Greens and Trades Unionists must work together
This is a guest post by Jean Lambert, Green MEP for London, who is hosting an event today on 'Building our Green economic future', more details of which can be…
What happened in the Norwegian election?
Aled Dilwyn Fisher has lived in Norway for three years and is a Research Assistant at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights. On Monday, Norwegians took one look at the…
Video: Awesome interview with Iceland's president – how they saved their economy
Davos, as someone else has said, is where the rich gather to work out how to get richer. So, it's a joy to see this Al Jazeera interview with Olafur…
¡No Pasarán! David Lomon 1918-2012, survivor of the International Brigade
David Lomon, the last survivor in Britain* of the International Brigade, died yesterday. He was 94. A salesman in Hackney, East London, Lomon started his political life battling Oswold Mosley's…
Villa Amalias statement: we are, and we shall remain here.
On Thursday Greek police raided a long-standing squat in Athens, arresting 8 people - who have been charged with felonies relating to the construction of explosives. The squat had been…
Reproductive Rights in Irish Law: A Beginner’s Guide
A protest vigil in memory of Savita Halappanavar When the tragic news of Savita Halappanavar's death was circulated around the world on Wednesday, it brought Ireland's strict anti-abortion laws to…
Union of Students in Ireland votes to retain free education stance
A special conference of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI), the national union of students in Ireland, has voted to retain the union’s stance that higher education should be…
Bingo! Osborne’s Autumn statement: fun for all the family
Thought the pre-budget report was going to be enraging? Worried that watching it will set you on a trajectory which will inevitably lead to the need for a new TV,…
Beating the right and the coming European event horizon
“Event Horizon: (n) A spatial boundary around a black hole inside which gravity is strong enough to prevent all matter and radiation from escaping.” As the European economy teeters on…
Yes to an EU referendum
Green Party MP Caroline Lucas today backed a referendum of Britain's membership of the EU. This was apparently such a surprise to the world at large that her name was…