5 ways the Greens should respond to the Labour Party’s split
via YouTube Screengrab Today, what many had been predicting for some time happened. The cold war in the Labour Party became hot, as seven Labour MPs resigned their membership, and…
Budapest diary: another brick in the wall
NATO specification barbed wire. Photo by Lars Plougmann. It reads like a work of fiction in instalments, published in the daily newspaper, Népszabadság, that I avidly study with my morning…
The system that plays those that it is supposed to help
Unity marching in Glasgow in 2010. Image: End of City Sophie is a writer and educator based in Glasgow and a volunteer with Unity Centre Glasgow. Amidst a media war…
Natalie Bennett on immigration policy: time for the facts, time for humanity
Whilst the main UK parties struggle to out-do UKIP, Natalie Bennett, leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, gave this speech in defence of migrants and migration two…
Maggie Chapman welcomes Romanians and Bulgarians
As Romanians and Bulgarians achieved full rights to live and work in the UK last night, Scottish Greens co-convenor Maggie Chapman welcomed them to Scotland. Chapman, who is also the…
Immigration: a vital part of the solution to climate change
By Alex Randall. This post first appeared on the website of the UK migration and climate change coalition The Green Party in the UK recently came out in support of…
All for one and one for all in the environmental movement? Time for an apology to Immigrants
As a Romanian immigrant and a Green Party member and activist, I am doubly proud to see that recently, the Romanian Cultural Institute hosted the Green Party leader, Natalie Bennett,…
Greens: We are Committed to Defending Immigrants and Immigration
The debate in Britain is becoming more and more polarised on the issue of immigration. Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats are all vying with one another to appear more and…
Green Party leader slams immigrant scapegoating
Green Party leader Natalie Bennett yesterday gave a speech at the Romanian Cultural Institute slamming leaders from across the political spectrum for scapegoating immigrants. In her speech, she apologised for…
Philippe Legrain at the Edinburgh Book Festival
A vision of a world fairer, safer, richer and greener. Thomas Friedman says the world is flat - Philippe Legrain doesn't think so. What matters most to how you do…