Bright Green Fringe at the Green Party Conference
This weekend's Green Party Conference, featured a new fringe organised by Adam Ramsay - Bright Green (named after the very excellent blog of the same name). I was asked to…
San Francisco Uncut: we decide what American means
A couple of weeks ago while still living in London I read Paul Mason's 20 reasons why it's kicking off everywhere. I remember thinking where the hell is the US?!…
US Uncut and the forgotten legacy of MLK
"Something is happening in our world. The masses of people are rising up. And wherever they are assembled today, whether they are in Johannesburg, South Africa; Nairobi, Kenya; Accra, Ghana;…
Report back from Bright Green Live: Greens and the anti-cuts movement
Yesterday (Saturday), about 30 Young Greens took a break from conference to go and occupy a branch of NatWest in central Cardiff, as part of the international day of action…
Green Party Deputy Leader Adrian Ramsay – full speech to conference
This is the full text of Adrian Ramsay's speech to the Green Party Spring Conference in Cardiff today. Bore da I chi gyd, a croeso I’r cynhadledd. Good morning to…
Green Party conference – Saturday morning motions
Conference opened today with one word: "bankers". And how apt. The first motion - "cuts and local public services" - committed the party to fighting public spending cuts at a…
Caroline’s Speech: we are ready to fight these cuts
Lucas slams cuts and privitisation Caroline Lucas has addressed Green Party spring conference today by slamming the government over spending cuts and privatisation. Calling the Green Party "the true opposition…
Griffiths: Long term jobs, not ‘here today, gone tomorrow’
Welsh Green Party leader Jake Griffiths opened up the Green Party Spring Conference in Cardiff today by outlining his manifesto for the Welsh Assembly. He promised to fight the 'here…
Conference Preview and Highlights
This will be the third Green Party of England and Wales conference I've covered for Bright Green, and (I think) the sixth I'll have attended. It already looks like it…
It’s better to break the law than to break the poor
We need a little perspective before discussing the cuts. The fact of the matter is that the cuts will beyond any doubt kill people. M Harvey Brenner showed through his…