It’s time to back bigger wage demands
The price of maintaining a life in Britain in 2022 – what gets termed the ‘cost of living’ – is growing day by day. This phenomenon is not new. Relative…
Failure to equalise remote learning is a failure of the Conservative Party’s making
I think I’m on mute. I’m saying what I need to say, but it isn’t getting through. The meeting is continuing as if I wasn’t there, but I know that…
It’s time to rethink our cities so they work for people and the planet
For many years now, we’ve been hearing about “Smart Cities”, usually accompanied by vaguely sci-fi looking graphics of driverless car pods and total surveillance from sensors on every surface. But…
What’s the message of the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Photo: pixabay user 'ralpoonvast' Creative Commons license After 18 movies, 11 TV shows and 5 ‘one-shots’, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has finally reached the event it has all been…
Political engagement in the UK: Starting a conversation
Part of Bright Green's new political engagement series As a species we face truly existential threats. The creeping financialisation of western economies is dampening innovation and progress whilst shackling the…
The Champagne Socialist Fallacy
Glasses of champagne. Photo: Lionel Allorge, via Wikimedia Commons. ‘Champagne socialist,’ ‘limousine liberal’, or my personal favourite ‘bourgeois bohemian’ are equivalent accusations aimed at people who advocate socialist thought, while…
An open letter to other White Greens
Greens of Colour at Stand up to Racism march, 2015. My name is Steve, I'm White, I'm a Green Party member and I've been silent for too long. With success…
Communication Workers' Union branch backs independence
The CWU Scotland No 2 Branch has voted to back a yes vote in the independence referendum next year. The union, which covers postal workers in the Stirling, Edinburgh, Fife…
It's about much more than gun control
When children are murdered, there is nothing you can do to alleviate the tragedy. There is nothing you can write which isn't a platitude, nothing you can say to ease…
Occupy Toronto
By Juliette Daigre & Tom Malleson Occupy Toronto began on Saturday 15 October, with a 2,000 person march (a pretty impressive size for Canada) through the financial district before setting…