#GreenSurge latest: Green Party website back online after crashing
The party is struggling to cope with such an unprecedented increase in numbers The Green Party website reportedly crashed last night and parts of this morning under the strain of…
What’s next for the student movement in 2015? 7 student leaders give their thoughts
2014 has been a big year for the student movement, potentially the turning point in the development of a radicalised, organised student culture (see my top 6 highlights of 2014 for the…
“Get Organised!” – why young workers should join trade unions
Georgia Elander explains why it's important for young workers to join trade unions, and discusses Young Greens' new Get Organised! campaign, which had its first national week of action last…
Young Greens plan week of action against university pay inequality
The Young Greens are planning actions at campuses across the country as part of a national week of action against pay inequality at UK universities. The youth branch of the…
Young Greens push for Greens to be included in General Election debates
The Young Greens yesterday launched a government epetition demanding that the Green Party be represented in the general election television debates. The petition was sparked by a recent poll that…
Conference Preview and Highlights
This will be the third Green Party of England and Wales conference I've covered for Bright Green, and (I think) the sixth I'll have attended. It already looks like it…
Challenges and chances for Young Greens
England & Wales Young Greens co-chair Sam Coastes reflects on the tuition fees vote. I couldn’t get to London for last Thursday when Parliament voted to give England the most…
“This is the expression of a generation at the end of its tether” – Young Greens
The Young Greens, the youth and student branch of the Green Party have today commented on the student protests in London. Sam Coates, co-chair was at Millbank yesterday, he said:…
Conference fragments – young brilliant jobless Greens
Green Party conference last weekend was packed with articulate, hard working, passionate, and mind-blowingly intelligent young Greens - many of whom were unemployed, or underemployed. There was the guy who…
Conference Fragments – Mobilising the Jilted Generation
I spoke, along with Shiv Malik of 'Jilted Generation', at the Young Greens fringe on 'mobilising the jilted generation'. Shiv spoke eloquently about how Thatcherite liberalism has screwed today's 20…