Globally things seem bleak, but at the grassroots, there’s hope
Photo by FOES and Maverick On Saturday, 15,000 students and lecturers, including myself, marched through central London. We were taking part in a demo against tuition fees and the Governments…
15,000 march in London for free education
A banner at the NUS/UCU demo- photo credit, Bradley Allsop On Saturday the National Union of Students and the University and College Union held a national demonstration for free education…
On post-Trumpism and workers’ collectives
International Trade Union Congress- Credit, flickr user 'peoples world': Creative Commons License: For a long time, until about four years ago, I worked in an organisation committed to international…
Mockery will only make Trump and Brexit worse
The average Trump supporter and Brexiteer, though separated by thousands of miles and countless other cultural differences, tend to have a general feeling in common. They’re sick of not being…
Too much soul-searching, not enough action
The 2015 Conservative election victory, the Brexit vote and now Trump's victory, have all been painful for the left. We need a plan of action, and we need to execute…
Online voting is central to digital engagement
Keyboard- by Marcie Casas, Creative Commons license Digital democracy has taken centre stage of late. Indeed, Bright Green’s recent piece: How digital democracy can boost political engagement, combined with…
Political engagement: what have we learnt?
Democracy- by flicker user Sara: Part of Bright Green’s new political engagement series For the last few weeks Bright Green has been publishing a series of articles on political…
How local Greens are fighting air pollution
One of the Green Party members installing air monitoring devicesCredit: Steve Miller To a lot of people, Northampton will mean little more than a stopping off point on the…
Eco-socialism on one island: why the Isle of Eigg shows us the way forward
Picture courtesy of: Flickr / Graham Lewis The sand beneath my feet is squeaking as I tread upon it. The water crashing against the shore is turquoise and clear. In…
Post-Brexit, Northern Ireland is being hung out to dry over the border
Stormont- the seat of Northern Irish government The Westminster inquiry into the future of the Irish border announced last week is useless if we still don’t know what kind…