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…
Green leader Natalie Bennett gently trolls the Royal Baby
How does the leader of the largest republican party in Britain respond to the birth of a royal baby? By congratulating all two thousand of the day's new parents and…
Academics and the defence of their universities
Luke Martell An inspiring Convention for Higher Education in Brighton has made an important step forward, discussing what the public university should be, and investigating the implications of its marketisation.…
If voting changed anything, they would make it illegal
(Except where constitutions are involved) As recent debate about benefits in the UK has demonstrated, there is no agreement on what constitutes fairness or fair distribution in the UK. Now…
Changes in NUS rules have damaged the student movement
A tail of how the dry business of democratic structures can be used to limit debate, and what this means for the progressive left in the student movement - by…
Young Greens push for Greens to be included in General Election debates
The Young Greens yesterday launched a government epetition demanding that the Green Party be represented in the general election television debates. The petition was sparked by a recent poll that…
We must make EDF regret their choice to sue activists
The powerful win not by convincing the people, but by removing our tools for organising. Mrs Thatcher's great victory was not her privatisations. It was not her cuts, and it…
tours of Greece: Life and Debt in Thessaloniki
By Nick Dearden - this blog first appeared on the website of the Jubilee Debt Campaign, of which he is director. Nick is currently in Greece on a fact finding…
Freedom Bookshop Re-Opens after Fire
After the arson attack on London's Freedom Bookshop on Thursday, staff have announced that the shop will be open as usual today. Tim Gee reports from the clean-up over the…
Israelis offer Palestinians their votes in campaign against apartheid
Shimri Zameret, Israeli peace and democracy activist, and friend of this blog, has been in touch with the following message: "Hey everyone, we're a group of Palestinians and Israelis, and this is…