Time to crush the IMF
In 2005 Latin America made up 80% of the IMF's total lending. In 2007 it made up only 1%. Over 3 years, their total loan book dropped from $81 billion…
Tory triangulation: their great weakness?
Labour was always accused of spinning. In a sense, this seems to ultimately have contributed much to their downfall - but not in the ways we would expect. The usual…
Caroline Lucas’ bill fights taxdodging
Caroline Lucas' office have announced that her anti-tax dodging bill is due for its second reading on Friday: Caroline's new Tax and Financial Transparency Bill, which could help the UK recover…
Take action: ask Professor Dawkins not to teach at £18k college
I've just sent this to Richard Dawkins: Dear Professor Dawkins, I am saddened to hear of your involvement in the £18,000 a year “New College for the Humanities”. I have…
AC Grayling – the executioner
It was, of course, inevitable. For years now, UK governments have massively underfunded higher education. We sit in the bottom quarter of OECD countries for public funding for universities. But…
NEWS: National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts – national committee elected
The National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts today had its annual conference in Birmingham, at which it elected a national committee. Those elected (using the Single Transferable Vote) were (in…
No money for food, but $350bn for Apple & friends?
US Uncut protest in Seattle, WA. By Simon Li. What if your family's finances were tight, and you had a water bill that you couldn't afford to pay? What if…
Letter from Northern Ireland: our non-movement and what it means
Lorcan is Deputy President of NUS USI (Northern Ireland) When I was approached to write for Bright Green, I was asked to write about the Northern Ireland student movement. I’m…
UK Uncut – the support is growing, and diversifying
All across the country today, UK Uncutters took to the high street. This time, our target was banks. This time, we were shouting about the health service. This time, our…
Apple next in line for US Uncut protests
Grassroots anti-austerity campaigners US Uncut have announced that their next tax-dodging target will be Apple computers. The hipsters' favourite is a leading voice in the "Win America Campaign" (WAC) for…