58% of Conservative Party members think Islam is a threat to the British way of life
A new poll of Conservative Party members has found that over half of them think Islam is a threat to the 'British way of life'. Campaign group Hope Not Hate…
Green Party adopts APPG definition of Islamophobia
The Green Party has adopted the APPG Definition of Islamophobia, a definition developed by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Islamophobia and supported by the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB).…
Cheltenham Councillor defects from Lib Dems to Greens amid racism scandal
Another week, another Green Councillor. The Green Party of England and Wales has added another Council seat to its tally after a Liberal Democrat Councillor in Cheltenham - Wendy Flynn…
Oxford University’s fossil fuel ties legitimise racism
It is no secret that fossil fuel companies are racist. As Shell’s activities in Ogoniland show, the industry exploits the lands of indigenous peoples against their will and shows higher…
Sian Berry will refuse to collaborate with immigration enforcement if elected London Mayor
Green Party of England and Wales co-leader and candidate for London Mayor Sian Berry announced today that she will refuse to collaborate with immigration enforcement authorities if elected in May.…
The next Green Party leaders must be actively anti-racist
The turbulence of 2020 has laid bare deep-rooted problems which have been ignored for far too long: the fragility of the current socio-economic system, the inequalities that constitute the core…
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…
We must demand racial justice in response to the current crisis
In the week following lockdown I wrote a briefing in my day job highlighting the specific risks facing people of colour in the UK from COVID19. I have written dozens…
The memory of Jewish anti-apartheid militant Denis Goldberg is a blessing
The Jewish communist and anti-apartheid militant, Denis Goldberg died last week after a lifetime committed to the political struggle for racial equality and socialism in South Africa. Born in 1937,…
We urgently need to decolonise the environmental movement
A decolonised environmental movement is long overdue. For too long, there has been a notion by some in the environmental movement that racism is not the movement’s responsibility. In the…