Time to end corporate personhood
People, it’s time to get real. The rich don’t want to stay rich because it allows them to consume vastly more resources than you and me. Vast wealth does not…
Radical Independence Conference: Wealth of the commons
Saturday 24th November saw the Radical Independence Conference being held in Glasgow, bringing together over 800 people from across the Scottish left. Bright Green held a workshop on the economy…
Starbucks Vice President awarded “Prize Mug” following £33m tax ‘dodge’
Starbucks VP Marketing Ian Cranna was yesterday awarded a golden mug ahead of a speech in Birmingham. The “Prize Mug” was awarded for the company’s ‘mugging’ of the UK taxpayer.…
Bright Green at the Radical Independence Conference
Tomorrow, Bright Green will host a workshop on the Green economy as part of the Radical Independence Conference in Glasgow. We were incredibly flattered to be invited and the graphic…
Inflation, stagnation and speculation
What happens if you cross the scandal of food speculation with the stars of BBC3’s The revolution will be televised? In the unlikely event that you were wondering, the result…
Stopping bankers betting on hunger
On World Food Day, the World Development Movement's Miriam Ross says we are less than a month away from a major breakthrough on financial speculation on food - or another…
The capital mobility myth: 'You better not piss off the rich'
Whether it be workers demanding higher wages and better conditions or citizens demanding higher taxes on corporations and the rich, the response from business chiefs and their drudges in the…
Great Aspirations
In his party conference speech this week, David Cameron talked about the importance of aspiration, and his party's desire to look after those who “strive to make a better life…
Extract: The Oil Road – journeys from the Caspian Sea to the City of London
With the kind permission of the authors, Bright Green is publishing two excerpts from “The Oil Road – Journeys from the Caspian Sea to the City of London”, a travelogue…
Why I gate crashed the HMRC boss' dinner
Last week, some friends and I gate crashed a speech from the retired HMRC boss Dave Hartnett at the dinner at a tax dodgers conference. The video of our action…