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Workfare to be challenged in the courts.
Posted on November 23, 2011 by Tom | 1 Comment
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 for up to 5 weeks in order to keep their benefits. Now a legal challenge under human rights legislation is being brought against the scheme.Tessa [...]
Northern Ireland Green Party Conference 2011
Posted on November 4, 2011 by Adam McGibbon | No Comments
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 Belfast’s fledgling local chapter of the Occupy Movement have set up their tents. Delegates, of course, went down to show support. Conference can tend to [...]
Law as the codification of attitude
Posted on June 27, 2011 by Admin | No Comments
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 that the Foetal Homicide Law that some states in America have introduced to protect women and their unborn from violent attacks from ex-partners etc, has [...]
The M word: It’s time to take Marx beyond ‘Marxism’
Posted on January 28, 2011 by Alex Wood | 8 Comments
Following my last blog there were a few comments referring to how the Green Party must avoid being ‘Marxist’ and how left wing polices will only appeal to the dreaded ‘Marxists’. But before we can understand why we should be concerned about ‘Marxists’ we have to try and understand what being ‘Marxist’ actually means.
Christmas Appeal – sponsor a student activist
Posted on December 16, 2010 by Adam Ramsay | No Comments
Haven’t got your Christmas presents sorted yet? Why not take part in the Bright Green Christmas appeal, and sponsor a student activist this Christmas? With the current spate of activism, it’s interesting to look at how people learn to campaign. Because the skills required by activists are learnt just like any others. And across the [...]
The beginning of the end of the LibDems?
Posted on December 16, 2010 by Admin | 16 Comments
Extended post – words by Rupert Read photo, unknown (let us know if it’s yours and we’ll credit you). The last month of student protests, culminating in the Parliamentary vote on Thursday in favour of trebling fees and thoroughly marketizing British higher-ed, have delivered what well could spell the beginning of the end of the [...]
What we’re arguing against – and what we’re fighting for
Posted on December 13, 2010 by Adam Ramsay | No Comments
I was asked to write a guest post for UK Uncut. Here it is – it was there first. George Osborne thought his smokescreen was working. It looked for a while like the people of Britain were going to accept the biggest cuts to public spending seen in the Western world in a century. He [...]
What could NUS do to back student direct action?
Posted on November 29, 2010 by Adam Ramsay | 4 Comments
Aaron Porter visited the UCL occupation this morning to finally pledge his support, and that of NUS, to the occupations across the country, and to Tuesday’s day of action. So, what could NUS be doing to provide practical support to the wave of people across the country taking direct action over the coming winter? Well, [...]
Edinburgh University Settlement: When not if; the slow demise of a much loved old friend…
Posted on November 25, 2010 by Admin | 24 Comments
This is a guest post by Chris Richardson. A little under a month ago Edinburgh University Settlement was declared bankrupt and I started to consider how I would write this piece. Let me put my cards on the table up front, I was asked to write this because I was once uniquely positioned to witness [...]
Legal Aid cuts will wreck lives and increase inequality
Posted on November 18, 2010 by Admin | No Comments
By Pete Speller The Tory spending cuts are based on ideology, not sound economics. This is becoming more and more clear as the scope of the cuts are revealed. Recent revelations in the Tories’ plans to increase the tuition fee cap to £9000 per year will block hundreds of thousands of potential students from attending [...]
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