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Women in Politics: Maggie Chapman at the University of Stirling
Panel at the Centre on Constitutional Change’s discussion event at Stirling University on "Women in Politics" earlier this week. Image: Maggie Chapman. Earlier this week Maggie Chapman, Co-convenor of the…
Showing race equality the green light
Are road accidents a 'race' issue? Nearly 50 years ago in Oakland, California, a political movement ran one of its earliest campaigns on this topic – protesting against a set…
Greens must not repeat Lib Dem mistakes on race
This piece has been reposted with permission from Lester Holloway's personal blog, where it first appeared on 26th December 2014. Opinion polls currently have the Greens roughly neck-and-neck with the…
Black* minds matter to the Green movement
Credit: South Bend Voice, Flickr Once again, Naomi Klein hits the nail on the head with her brilliant analysis of the connection between the #blacklivesmatter movement and the global fight…
Lessons from Ferguson and #Blacklivesmatter
Image: nefer|media We've all seen reports from Ferguson, protests, and the killing on camera of a black man in New York. The Police, far from being the servants of the…
Assisted dying: choice for whom?
Image: Paula Peters, 2014 Choice and control are key principles of the disabled people's movement. They are also principles adopted by those campaigning for Assisted Dying legislation. But choices aren’t…
BP reach for the pinkwash with “LGBT Careers Event”
A BP flyer found in London. Image uses photo from Marine Photobank. We face an onslaught of unpleasant, greenwashing advertising from fossil fuel companies. Shell and their "We'll keep the…
‘Comrades of the Glen’ seek £6m to buy castle for asylum seekers
On Tuesday Aberdeen Shared Planet launched a crowfunding bid for £6 million on the website Image: Aberdeen Shared Planet. Student group at the University of Aberdeen launches crowdfunding initiative to…
Equality, Diversity and the Green Party
"Why do we often suggest our voices are loud enough to be heard without microphones?" Image: Leo Reynolds. It was personal experience of the benefits system – during a four…
The system that plays those that it is supposed to help
Unity marching in Glasgow in 2010. Image: End of City Sophie is a writer and educator based in Glasgow and a volunteer with Unity Centre Glasgow. Amidst a media war…