Scottish Greens announce plan to treble tax on biggest houses
Image: Dave Connor, Flickr The Scottish Green Party announced today their plans to reform taxation within the life of the next Scottish Parliament, including major tax increases for the wealthiest.…
Social media round-up: Greens respond to Brussels attacks
By Miguel Discart on Flickr : , via Wikimedia CommonsBelgium has today been rocked as a serious of explosions occurred in Brussels, home of the European Parliament. The explosions happened on…
Podcast: A chat with John Finnie, Maggie Chapman and co. at Scottish Greens conference
Left to right: Maggie Chapman, Adam Ramsay, Alys Mumford, John Finnie MSP, Isla O'Reilly, Peter McColl For our second podcast Bright Green visited the 2016 Scottish Greens Spring Conference for…
Fighting rent exploitation and empowering tenants through Bristol’s community union
The housing crisis so blighting Britain is one the biggest social justice problems we face. Bristol has been one of the cities most acutely affected outside of London. Short sighted housing…
Why young people need to start talking about Europe
Hannah Ellen Clare, Young Greens Co-Chair As David Cameron’s renegotiations come to a close, the debate on Britain’s membership of the EU is starting to begin in earnest. Disappointingly -…
Five ways you can help the UCL rent strike
Photo: UCL Cut the Rent This Monday, students at UCL escalated their rent campaign and declared an indefinite rent strike. 150 students in UCL halls are withholding what amounts to…
40 years on: the Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
In 40 years deer numbers have increased by 250,000. Image: Keith Laverack I was lucky enough to see the excellent production of ‘The Cheviot the Stag and the Black Black…
Greens support junior doctors on strike
Photo: Green Party Junior doctors across England are on strike today over a new pay and working hours contract imposed by the government — the first strike by hospital doctors in 40 years.…
Alternatives to capitalism: Derek Wall’s Economics After Capitalism (2015)
In his book Economics After Capitalism: A Guide to the Ruins and a Road to the Future (Pluto Press, 2015), Derek Wall (International Coordinator of the Green Party of England and Wales) discusses…
Learning apart: Northern Ireland’s divisions begin in the classroom
Green Party NI leader Steven Agnew and the present author, Georgia Grainger. The Greens have been very involved in the launch of the report. Photo credit: Sarah McCracken Approximately 90%…