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The Scottish Referendum shows it’s time to give 16 year olds the vote
Ross Greer, Green Party candidate for East Dunbartonshire and former Communities Coordinator for Yes Scotland, on how the Scottish Referendum shows that Scotland – and the UK – is ready for votes at...
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5 Reasons Housing is a Feminist Issue #LivingRent
Today is International Women’s Day, an important time for highlighting campaigns which promote gender equality. The struggle for better housing has historically been lead by women, with Mary Barbour...
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We need to radically rethink our relationship with work, give workers more power and end austerity – that was the message from a discussion session on jobs and austerity at the Scottish Green Party’s...
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Scottish Young Greens release Youth Manifesto
Scottish Young Greens launch their Youth Manifesto at their AGM today in Glasgow. Photo: Scottish Young Greens. Today, the Scottish Young Greens released their first ever Youth Manifesto at their...
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Patrick Harvie to stand in Glasgow Kelvin in 2016
The Scottish Green Party has confirmed that Patrick Harvie, co-convener of the party and an MSP for Glasgow since 2003, will be contesting the constituency of Glasgow Kelvin in 2016. He will also be...
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Poll suggests Scottish Greens will win 10 seats in Holyrood
According to a new poll, the Scottish Green Party could win 10 seats in Holyrood next year, with the SNP achieving a greater majority than they did in 2011. The TNS poll, which sampled 1031 adults...
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An SNP member on the importance of the Scottish Greens
Photo: Scottish Green Party Last week, Caroline Lucas—following the position of the Scottish Green Party—voted against the Scottish National Party’s amendment for ‘full fiscal autonomy’ in the Scotland...
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We need rent controls to fight poverty – and climate change
Photo: Living Rent Campaign This article was written under a pseudonym. In 1988, Margaret Thatcher scrapped rent controls for the Private Rented Sector (PRS) – laws limiting the amount landlords can...
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RISE and the Greens must work together, and here’s how
Radical Independence campaigners including Scottish Greens at the Lothians region count of the 2014 referendum. Photo: Ric Lander This week, a new political group is coming together in Scotland. RISE...
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Alison Johnstone to stand in Edinburgh Central constituency
Photo: Alison Johnstone MSP The Scottish Green Party has today confirmed that Alison Johnstone MSP will be contesting the constituency seat of Edinburgh Central in next May’s Holyrood election, in...
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STUC leader: Unions will take civil disobedience against Trade Union Bill
The Scottish left took another stride forward on Sunday as the Greens launched the party’s trade union group at their conference in Glasgow. Grahame Smith, General Secretary of the Scottish Trade...
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Climate marches connect activists across the world
Climate March Budapest, 29th November: activists drop leaves into the Danube, as a message to the Hungarian COP21 delegation. “Participants in the Budapest action want to make sure that those gathered...
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Why Indy Ref 2.0 is not ‘inevitable’
Wikipedia: The Scottish Parliament from Holyrood Park, Edinburgh. The consensus is that a second independence referendum is now inevitable. The SNP assertion in its 2016 manifesto of the Scottish...
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Scottish Independence must be about breaking from flawed economics
Scotland and UK flags, by The Laird of Oldham (jza84) on Flickr The lack of opposition to Conservative Mark Garnier’s suggestion that Scotland should become a “financial services hub” has highlighted...
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Eco-socialism on one island: why the Isle of Eigg shows us the way forward
Picture courtesy of: Flickr / Graham Lewis https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The sand beneath my feet is squeaking as I tread upon it. The water crashing against the shore is turquoise and...
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Reasons to be cheerful: 6 Green highlights from 2016
As we eke out of our sherry dens and back into non-festive life, the image of 2016 as a terrible year is setting itself in stone. But as fashionable it is to be pessimistic, it’s time to remind...
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Patrick Harvie: ‘minority of aggressive voices’ must not dominate next...
Patrick Harvie, Scottish Greens co-convener and MSP. Photo credit: flickr user ‘Ricjl’ http://tinyurl.com/kyg5dog Creative Commons license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ At the end...
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Greens in Europe – putting hope into action
Image credit: Creative Commons: Greens/EFA It is wonderful to feel a shiver of hope. I spend so much of my time feeling anxious and angry: anxious about people drowning in the Mediterranean as they...
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Will Brexit be a disaster for Scotland’s environment?
Image credit: © John MacPherson / WTML Scotland’s natural environment has benefited enormously from European environmental policies, which have helped us achieve, among other things, cleaner rivers,...
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The SNP’s 10 year strategy for mental health in Scotland
One in four of us will be affected, directly or indirectly, by mental illness during our lifetimes, making it a hugely important issue. Mental illness does not discriminate, it can affect anyone, of...
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