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The waiting game on Dale Farm

TimGee 24 September 2011 The waiting game on Dale Farm2011-09-24T15:00:28+01:00 No Comment
‘I hope you’re not going to waste your weekend,’ says my taxi driver as I climb in and ask for Dale Farm. ‘They’re all scum up there I tell you.…
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Abortion Rights: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

AlysonMacdonald 30 August 2011 Abortion Rights: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics2011-08-30T13:00:29+01:00 4 Comments
There's a certain irony to promoting “non-directive counselling” as a means of reducing the abortion rate. But I'm starting to think that the coalition government doesn't really understand irony. The…
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Russell Kane is a sexist bully

KateHarris 29 August 2011 Russell Kane is a sexist bully2011-08-29T20:45:23+01:00 Scotland 24 Comments
Russell Kane, on Thursday night, was featured in a BBC Comedy Festival special from Edinburgh. In his short set, he said that women ‘moan’ about getting unwanted male attention but…
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The rise of the Far-Right after the riots

KateHarris 13 August 2011 The rise of the Far-Right after the riots2011-08-13T10:30:10+01:00 England & Wales 10 Comments
I wish we could ignore that petition. You know which one. The one that would have innocent people thrown out into the street because of what someone in their family might…
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Abortion Rights and Democracy: The Nadine Dorries Update

AlysonMacdonald 27 July 2011 Abortion Rights and Democracy: The Nadine Dorries Update2011-07-27T13:00:38+01:00 4 Comments
When I wrote a piece for Bright Green a few weeks ago on the undemocratic nature of challenges to abortion rights, I didn't expect to be writing a follow-up quite…
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Justice for Smiley Culture

Adam Ramsay 5 July 2011 Justice for Smiley Culture2011-07-05T11:40:18+01:00 4 Comments
Today I'm up in Westminster Magistrates Court for my pre-hearing about the UK Uncut Fortnum & Mason protest on the 26th of March. But I've been advised not to write…
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Law as the codification of attitude

Bright Green Editors 27 June 2011 Law as the codification of attitude2011-06-27T17:30:50+01:00 No Comment
By Mairi Campbell Jack So, I was able to have a righteously leftist angry breakfast on Saturday courtesy of reading this article in the Guardian. The jist of it is…
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Enough of the drama: on the language of rape

Bright Green Editors 23 June 2011 Enough of the drama: on the language of rape2011-06-23T17:15:57+01:00 8 Comments
This week we've had the annual figures released from the Crown Office, which show the number of convictions for rape, and as normal, it makes pretty depressing reading. So far…
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Feminine or Feminist?

AnnaLujzGilbert 12 June 2011 Feminine or Feminist?2011-06-12T09:00:53+01:00 4 Comments
In the beginning there was man and there was man’s wife (woman). And man was brave and strong and clever, and man’s wife was weak and emotional, and cared for…
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Choosing to fight

MatthewButcher 10 June 2011 Choosing to fight2011-06-10T08:00:47+01:00 1 Comment
On 31st May 2009 Dr George Tiller was shot dead by an anti abortion activist while serving as an usher in his local church in Wichita, Kansas. This was the…
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