Students face crackdown after sit-in
By Edd Bauer I’m a student at the University of Birmingham, and one of twelve facing disciplinary action that could lead to my expulsion after a peaceful one-day sit-in that…
Are the police carrying pepper spray illegally?
Today, at a peaceful UK Uncut demonstration at a central London branch of Boots, a number of demonstrators were attacked by police officers deploying a lachrymatory agent which was either…
Countering Council Cuts: Local Alternatives to Austerity
Photo courtesy of Guardian Edinburgh via flickr While we've rightly been focussed so far national campaigns, defending welfare and education, we mustn't overlook the fact that many of the cuts…
A year in the life of a scrounger
By Beth Tichborne **Trigger warning – neglect** Imagine that you’re put into a minibus one day and moved to a new house, in a new town where you don’t know…
Scots Greens look to close business property tax loophole
The Green Members of the Scottish Parliament have proposed closing a tax loophole on vacant commercial property, in the run up to Holyrood voting on the 2011-12 Scottish Budget. Empty…
Tunisia’s struggle and ours: battles in the same war
As an anti-cuts campaigner in the UK fighting rises in tuition fees or corporate tax dodging or the closure of a local library or redundancies at a city council or…
From Gramsci to the Greens
It seems that the work of Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci is more pertinent now than ever, as we prepare for the most devastating assault on the welfare state, education system and…
Dick of the year: George Osborne
This is a nomination for the Bright Green #Dick2010 award from Louise Hazan George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Of all the dicks eligible for this award, there can't be…
Dick of the year: Jo Swinson, Lynne Featherstone, Sarah Teather
This is a nomination for the Bright Green #dick2010 award from Lisa Ansell Jo Swinson, Lynne Featherstone, and Sarah Teather, our feminist MPs. This is a short, and very special…
Dick of the year: José Manuel Barroso
This is a nomination for the Bright Green #dick2010 award from Nishma Doshi 2008 was the year the Banks went Bang! and the government swiftly filled the banks’ treasure troves…