Watch the Greens’ thrillingly unapologetic, socialist broadcast
Caroline Lucas’ local election film is the clearest and most explicit proclamation of the Greens’ democratic socialist principles ever.
Sussex Uni ‘Pop-Up Union’ to fight outsourcing
Workers at the University of Sussex have formed a new union in a bid to halt the outsourcing of 235 campus jobs. The initiative comes from rank-and-file members of the three recognised campus trade unions, with the support of students from the now six-week old Occupy Sussex movement. Announcing the move at a mass demonstration [...]
PCS to back anti-cuts candidates
The Public and Commercial Services Union has announced it will back anti-cuts candidates in future national elections. Whilst local FBU branches have in the past backed Green candidates, this is believed to be the first time a union not affiliated to the Labour Party has adopted a national strategy for election campaigns. Which candidates the [...]
Caroline Lucas stands down: space for someone to lead
So, it’s now public – the rumours that Caroline Lucas is standing down as Green Party leader have been confirmed. It’s a good move. Perversely, because we didn’t used to have one, we Greens have a long history of talking about what a leader is for. One of those roles – the role we used [...]
Caroline Lucas to step down as Green leader
Caroline Lucas will not run for a third time when her current two-year term as Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales ends in September.
Yes to an EU referendum
Green Party MP Caroline Lucas today backed a referendum of Britain’s membership of the EU. This was apparently such a surprise to the world at large that her name was instantly trending on Twitter. But that someone on the left supports a referendum should come as no shock. Because this country’s public debate about the [...]
film: a reminder after DSEi arms fair of Eisenhower’s warning
Last week we saw the return of the DSEi arms fair, and the usual protest against its presence. Defence Secretary Liam Fox went to bow down before these peddlers of death tools, whilst Caroline Lucas helped uncover illegal cluster bomb sales. Inside, machines of murder were bought and sold, outside, protesters exchanged slogans and leaflets. [...]
Boundary review – Greens do pretty well
Boundary reviews are always a frighting time for MPs. You can fight for years to win a constituency, then have it dissolved in the blink of a commission. For the Green Party, whose work to win Brighton Pavilion has gone on for years, it was a potentially terrifying time. But today’s results of the first [...]
“Unrestrained capitalism eats away at the fabric of our society” – Caroline Lucas’ conference speech
The full text of Caroline Lucas’ keynote speech to the 2011 Green Party Autumn Conference at Sheffield Hallam University.
Caroline Lucas’ bill fights taxdodging
Caroline Lucas’ office have announced that her anti-tax dodging bill is due for its second reading on Friday: Caroline’s new Tax and Financial Transparency Bill, which could help the UK recover billions of pounds of lost tax by forcing companies to be more transparent in their accounting, is on the agenda for debate in Parliament on [...]
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