Who are the Greens’ new MEPs? #2: Scott Ainslie
Image Credit: Scott Ainslie Over 2 million people voted for the UK's Green Parties in this year's European elections. This is the second highest number of votes the Greens have…
Greens in election fever
Image credit: Creative Commons: Element5 Digital All the talk is of elections. Some that are happening and some that may happen. The ones that may happen are the more exciting,…
Bright Green relaunch – three months on
A little more than three months ago, Bright Green was relaunched. I wrote at the time about the need for radical media outlet that could help contribute to and steer…
Greens will be woke or we will be broke
Do you remember 2015? For the first time in nearly 30 years Greens, we were ‘woke’. We caught the imagination of the public, particularly young people, with bold policies on…
Brazil, Sweden, Venezuela – Global Green news round up issue 2
January has been a busy month – from thousands of school children going on strike for the climate in Belgium to the Swedish Greens getting into government. So it hasn’t…
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Iceland’s Left-Greens make progress but must be wary of coalition scandals
Katrín Jakobsdóttir. Photo credit: flickr user 'NordForsk', Creative Commons license. The Icelandic Left-Greens have entered government for only the second time in their history. They aim to implement an…
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The post-Brexit challenges facing the Greens
Green Party Autumn 2016 conference. By Jwslubbock (Own work) , via Wikimedia Commons There is considerable discussion of how the Green Party should position itself following Jeremy Corbyn’s election as…
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Green “Debacle” as Austrian Right Returns
The Austrian Greens have lost all 24 seats in parliament following Sunday’s election after being squeezed by big personalities across the political spectrum. On Thursday the Greens' worst result since…
Further Austrian presidential election delay gives green Van der Bellen hope
Alexander Van der Bellen, Austrian presidential candidate and former Green. Image credit: flickr user: Meln Baden , The rerun of the Austrian presidential election has been pushed back…
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It’s official, Greens are the most left-wing party (sort of)
Ideology is in the eye of the beholder. That’s the finding of a major study into party supporters and where they place themselves and their parties on the political spectrum.…