Building a movement for climate justice requires recognising all our struggles are interconnected
This article is part of a series – The Decade We Must Win – examining the successes and failures of social movements and the left since the financial crash, and exploring how…
Irish Greens battle for the heart of the party and its politics
Ireland’s Green Party members are voting this week on an ambitious Programme for Government in coalition with two established parties. After a passionate Special Convention, Bright Green spoke to four…
No coalition with Fine Gael and Fianna Fail say Greens in north of Ireland – UK Green news round up issue 64
Greens in north of Ireland reject programme for government in Republic of Ireland Image credit: Creative Commons: Northern Ireland Assembly The results of the Irish general election in February 2020…
Peace at any cost? The Good Friday Agreement, 20 years on
Stormont, the seat of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Photo Credit: pixabay user 'veve' CC0 license On 10th April 1998 the Great and the Good, from President Bill Clinton, to…
Brexit still poses unanswered questions for Northern Ireland
Arlene Foster, DUP Leader and Northern Ireland First Minister- credit, flicker user 'DUP Photos' I generally spend many minutes of the day in a state of deep frustration over…
DUP deal will destroy literary landscape
In June 2017 the DUP temporarily became the most powerful political party in the UK. The Tories had just lost their parliamentary majority, while the DUP had their best General…
10,000 March for Free Education in Dublin
Photo: Union of Students in Ireland This week, between eight and twelve thousand students, teachers and union members marched through Dublin in opposition to proposed plans to raise university tuition…