Globally things seem bleak, but at the grassroots, there’s hope
Photo by FOES and Maverick On Saturday, 15,000 students and lecturers, including myself, marched through central London. We were taking part in a demo against tuition fees and the Governments…
Democracy is in crisis, but it’s not too late to save it
Donald Trump has been elected President of the United States without winning support from a majority of voters. Image by Flickr user Gage Skidmore. The United States has – albeit…
On post-Trumpism and workers’ collectives
International Trade Union Congress- Credit, flickr user 'peoples world': Creative Commons License: For a long time, until about four years ago, I worked in an organisation committed to international…
Too much soul-searching, not enough action
The 2015 Conservative election victory, the Brexit vote and now Trump's victory, have all been painful for the left. We need a plan of action, and we need to execute…
The US election: where we’re at
After a surprising and emotional night of election results, the United States now knows who their 45th president will be. At the time of writing Trump is standing on 279…
25 acts of defiance: Scottish people’s 10 year war against Trump and the politicians who backed him
Protestors march on Donald Trump's half-built golf course at Menie, Aberdeenshire, 2010. Photo copyright Aaron Sneddon, used with permission. Scotland's fight against Trump wasn’t about his bulging personality, but corporate…
Brexit hurts, but don’t let it turn us away from a more direct democracy
Democracy- by flicker user Sara: Post-Brexit, trust in ‘the people’ is pretty low. Democracy seemingly let us down in the Scottish ref, the recent Columbian referendum and in the ongoing…
Trumped by experience
In every election, the press make the same mistake. They decide that this election, this time, people will vote for their new exciting celebrity candidate. They are, almost always, wrong.…
Dick of the Year: Donald Trump
This is a nomination for the Bright Green #dick2010 award from Siobhan Samson I think Donald Trump deserves the award for; a) Being conceited enough to believe that he can…
Dick of the year: Sir Ian Wood
This is a nomination for the Bright Green Dick of the Year award from Aberdeenshire Councillor Debra Storr - you can submit your own nomination by emailing before the 31st of…