9 Thoughts on Left Unity and its Founding Conference
Saturday saw the launch of a new left-wing political party in Britain – Left Unity. I won’t attempt to report on it, as I wasn’t there (nor did I want…
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,…
A Cap on GP Appointments and Other Tory Health Proposals
By now most of you will have heard that the Tories have asked local party groups whether they think there should be a cap on the number of GP appointments…
UK Uncut stages bedroom tax protests at Lord Freud and Iain Duncan Smith’s million pound mansions
Hundreds of people are protesting over the bedroom tax and benefits cap at Lord Freud’s £ home and 20 disabled activists are staging a protest at Iain Duncan Smith’s country…
Reproductive Rights in Irish Law: A Beginner’s Guide
A protest vigil in memory of Savita Halappanavar When the tragic news of Savita Halappanavar's death was circulated around the world on Wednesday, it brought Ireland's strict anti-abortion laws to…
Campaigners target Adidas with huge projection at Olympic park
Last night, this is the scene that greeted thousands of people as they left the Olympic Park after the men's 100 metres final. Projected on to a building overlooking the…
Hundreds join UK Uncut's Downing Street Dole Queue to tell George Osborne that 'Austerity Isn't Working'
Nearly 400 UK Uncut protestors gathered to form a 'dole queue' outside Downing St today to highlight soaring unemployment under the government's austerity programme. Unemployed people from across London came…
Workfare to be challenged in the courts.
Workfare is a programme whereby anyone who has been claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) for 6 months can be sent to work for major multinational companies like Tesco, Poundland and Sainsbury’s…
Northern Ireland Green Party Conference 2011
The Green Party in Northern Ireland’s conference took place in the Ramada Encore Hotel in Belfast’s trendy Cathedral Quarter last weekend – five minutes’ walk away is Writer’s Square, where…
Law as the codification of attitude
By Mairi Campbell Jack So, I was able to have a righteously leftist angry breakfast on Saturday courtesy of reading this article in the Guardian. The jist of it is…