Green Parties support Syriza’s call for debt conference for Greece
Photo: Wikimedia. Leading figures from both the Green Party of England and Wales and the Scottish Green Party have voiced support for Greece to reject the proposal from the Troika…
There and back again, an FYEG tale
Tom Pashby, Campaigns Officer for the Young Greens of England and Wales, discusses his experience of the Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) General Assembly 2015 in Tblisi, Georgia. Federation of…
The 22nd European Green Council
GPEW delegates to the 22nd European Green Council, from l to r: Gina Dowding and Elizabeth Ward. Taxiing along the runway as I was reading the proposed amendments for the…
Beginning of the end for anti-Gypsyism?
Last year, on the 70th anniversary of the largest mass killing of Roma, on August 2, 1944, hundreds gathered at a commemoration event in Krakow and Auschwitz. Photo by Artur…
The documentary about Romanians that sparked protests in the UK
On March 3, British TV Channel 4 aired the final episode of its three-part documentary The Romanians Are Coming, the story of several Romanian immigrants in the UK as told…
Greece: the first Green government in Europe?
Image: Stefan Gabrieli The sound system was playing Bella Ciao. Flags of parties from across the left and the continent wiggled as their bearers danced and sang along. Ouzo flowed…
Arming all sides: how arms companies fuelled the great war
Munitions workers painting shells at Chilwell, Nottinghamshire c © IWM (Q 30016) World War One was an immoral war that led to an unparalleled level of death and destruction. By…
Romanian diaspora raises a cup of tea for democracy
Image: Adriana Neagoe A centre-right candidate may not be everyone's cup of tea, but the results of the recent Romanian elections can leave many of us smiling all the same.…
At a crossroads: where do the European Greens go from here?
The Green Group in the EP. After a difficult set of elections in May, European Greens face a lot of hard choices about strategy and how to position themselves. As…
Hope as Resistance: 16 Pictures of Dissent to World War One
The last surviving British veteran of the First World War, Harry Patch, died in 2009. With him dies the collective memory of a generation that fought, resisted, endured and dreamed.…