False Economy reveals 50,000 NHS job losses and a diverse movement
Anti-cuts campaign website False Economy has launched officially today with woth research revealing 50,000+ job losses in the National Health Service. The words "I'll cut the deficit, not the NHS"…
Bright Green Live: the Green Party and the anti-cuts movement
Coming to Green Party (of England and Wales) Sping Conference this weekend? The first ever Bright Green Live event will be at the conference, this Saturday. To discuss the role…
Countering Council Cuts: Local Alternatives to Austerity
This post was first published 3 weeks ago, but we've decided to re-post as a response to this controversial piece on Liberal Conspiracy. Photo courtesy of Guardian Edinburgh via flickr…
Are our NGOs being bought off?
I've been meaning to write this post for a while. But I never quite found the impetus to pull together the examples to paint the picture that I thought I…
Call to Action – US Uncut, Washington DC Chapter
Call to Action US Uncut, DC Chapter February 15, 2011 US Uncut DC is calling on you to join a series of protests that link the avoidance of taxes by…
‘Fight’ against the cuts will demand respect for difference
By Lisa Ansell - you can read her in The Guardian and she'll be one of the speakers at the Bright Green fringe at Green Party of England and Wales…
US Uncut is born
Carl Gibson is the founder of CIVIL USA - the first of what we hope will be many US Uncut groups. Visit the CIVIL USA website, and follow the campaign…
We remember, Mr Cameron
I was asked to write a post for UKUncut on the new campaign on banks. This was it. "The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against…
Scottish Greens Unveil Budget Proposals
On Monday the Scottish Green Party released their proposals to amend the draft budget before Holyrood today, focussing on protecting education and housing (including a programme of home insulation we've…
Green broadcast – the struggle of memory against forgetting
Is it just me or was anyone else hoping that that final Caroline Lucas speech ended with "the struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting"?…