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Green politics
The Green party has outgrown its own conference
Muddled plenaries and a guessing-game agenda left members at this autumn’s conference all but shut out of policymaking. Liam Jones sets out how the party can give every member a real voice.
‘Extremist’ is a judgement, not a measurement
Since the ‘Zionism is racism’ motion passed in Brighton, Green party members have been branded extremists, entryists and infiltrators. El Donnellon argues that the labels say more about the accusers than the accused.
Why the Green left keeps repeating Labour’s mistakes
The Greens have inherited the space Corbynism left behind. They’re at risk of inheriting its central failure too, says Andrew Hedges.
“Nobody is coming to save us”: Greens’ left asks what it takes to build an ecosocialist party
The Life of the Party podcast brought its live show to Brighton, pitting ecosocialism against ecopopulism and urging Green members to organise, stand and argue.
Is the Green party really Britain’s most democratic party?
The Greens like to present themselves as more democratic than their rivals. Look past conference and the picture is far messier, says Andrew Hedges.
A party history that flinches from its subject
The Green Socialist, Russel Warfield’s account of the rise of the Green Party and Zack Polanski, is strong on reportage and weak on judgement.
The Greens don’t have a Burnham problem. They have a structure problem
A Burnham bounce and a string of Polanski own goals have put the Greens under pressure. But the party's deeper problem is a structure built for consensus, not confrontation – and a conference clash over defence spending is about to test it, says Andrew Hedges.
Green New Deal Rising opens applications for 2026 leadership programme
A fully-funded scheme is looking for 40 young people to build organising skills and take climate action together. Applications close on Wednesday 9 September.