Archives for Social Movements
#ScrapSI445: ‘Emergency measures’ & the risks to children’s social care in England
Just over eight weeks ago, on April 24, the Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) regulations (otherwise known as Statutory Instrument 445) were introduced in England. Broadly speaking, these temporary…
Electronics and extractivism during the COVID-19 pandemic
A landmark report was published in June 2020 highlighting the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on communities affected by mining. The report - Voices From the Ground:…
After the Edward Colston statue, destroy all momuments of colonisers
We don’t need to keep monuments to colonists in order to preserve ‘the past’ or ‘history’. Those that seek to do this do not have an accurate understanding of what…
Lessons and legacies from the University of Manchester divestment victory
On 22 May 2020, the University of Manchester became the 82nd UK university to announce its divestment from fossil fuel companies, after more than eight years of campaigning by the…
Eyes on the occupation: In the Jordan Valley, there’s nowhere else to look.
In late January, still weeks before coronavirus had swept across the globe, I travelled to Jerusalem. Although this was first and foremost a family visit, a space to reconnect…
The memory of Jewish anti-apartheid militant Denis Goldberg is a blessing
The Jewish communist and anti-apartheid militant, Denis Goldberg died last week after a lifetime committed to the political struggle for racial equality and socialism in South Africa. Born in 1937,…
A Green New Deal must be built from the ground up
You would think that tackling inequality and climate change in one fell swoop would be almost universally popular. But the UK’s 2019 general election suggested otherwise. With per cent of…
What Oxford University’s historic commitment means for the divestment movement
It’s not every day that such an old institution as the University of Oxford takes an about turn on a policy that it has resisted for almost twenty years. But…
Shape the future of Bright Green
Since relaunching in January 2019, Bright Green has published 390 articles. We've covered social movements ignored by the rest of the media - from climate strikes in China to workers…
Green Parties must embrace class politics
Green Parties have long championed universal provision as a means of avoiding the cruelty, waste, and coercion of means tested systems of welfare provision. Universal Basic Income, for years a…