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Renewable energy company becomes first business to declare a climate emergency
Image credit: Creative Commons, Tom Corser On May 20, Ecotricity became the first UK company to declare a climate emergency through a Facebook post by its founder Vince Dale. The…
Young Greens Announce Action Day
Young Greens: our future is at stake, but we can do something about it. Even though we do not have a general election or huge referendum to campaign on, there…
Correction
Just a heads up folks- the latest article that went out (The case for progressive alliances) was written by Rob SHEPARD, not Rob Telford- apologies for the admin error (it's…
The Roma – a different story
Roma, a widely dispersed group of people living in most of the European countries. Infamous for the majority, forgotten by the institutions, and neglected in the decision-making processes. A people with no…
A Citizens’ Income could give people power over capital once more
Stuart Rodger is a political activist based in Scotland. He tweets here. One of the most talked-about ideas at last year's Radical Independence Conference was a Citizen's Income – a…
Natalie Bennett on immigration policy: time for the facts, time for humanity
Whilst the main UK parties struggle to out-do UKIP, Natalie Bennett, leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, gave this speech in defence of migrants and migration two…
Cornwall Council’s offensive newsletter: ‘pay your rent before it’s spent’
Something pretty disturbing and offensive came through the door of my parents’ council flat on Christmas eve. It was Cornwall Council’s seemingly innocuous winter housing newsletter to all council tenants…
We Won’t Work Till We’re Dead
There was a protest against Conservative plans to delay the pension age until 70, here Innes MacLeod writes about the importance of pensions and retirement: The UK government recently announced…
Australian election returns disappointing result
Adam Bandt, Green MP for Melbourne. Picture from The Australian federal elections have returned a disappointing result for the left, Greens and environmentalists. Whilst the Australian Green Party will quite…
A dream…
50 years ago today, Dr Martin Luther King gave his most famous speech. Here is its full text, cut with a few pictures of unarmed black people killed by American…