Is this the end of capitalism? A series.
Pixabay user: 'anaterate' Creative Commons 0 license This article is part of Bright Green's 'End of capitalism' series- if you'd be interested in contributing something to this series, drop us…
What we’re saying Yes to: Community resiliency and regenerative regrowth
Photo: pixabay user congerdesign. “In the moment of crisis, the wise build bridges and the foolish build dams.” –Nigerian Proverb Climate catastrophes are raking our world across the coals. From…
It’s time the Democrats offered a real alternative
Bernie Sanders. Photo: flickr user '350 Vermont' Creative Commons license Two weeks ago Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders introduced, for the first time, a ‘Medicare for All’ bill to…
What we’re saying Yes to: Indigenous rights
Photo: flickr user 'ecolabs' Creative Commons license Naomi Klein is not wrong when she says in her latest book, “No, is not enough!” The power of no is stifled when…
In an age that seemingly hates experts, how should academics respond?
Academics are needed, but not in their ivory towers. Image credit: flickr user Timothy Vollmer @N00/ A lot of things were said during the Brexit referendum. Some of them…
American pride in the time of hubris
Donald Trump, President of the US . Image by Flickr user Gage Skidmore. My father and I were not close growing up. A middle-aged man from a poor and…
The dark side of lesser known ‘special relationships’
Alexandra Barcea gives Bright Green an Eastern European perspective on Trump's inauguration Budapest protesters on the Women's March on Saturday, 21st January. Credit: Lidia Klingenberg The Trump inauguration and the…
It is not the ‘ignorant masses’, but rather obscene wealth that really threatens our democracy
Democracy- by flicker user Sara: It’s been said so often now that it’s becoming a bit of a truism, but 2016 was a bit shite. Whilst the doomsday clock…
2017 will bring political chaos: the left must capture it
“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever.” So goes the quote from George Orwell’s dystopian novel, Nineteen-Eighty-Four. It…
In 2017, hope without organising will be futile
Image by Flickr user Gage Skidmore. The week between Christmas and New Year is usually dense with year-end listicles and think pieces offering their assessment of the most pressing issues…