Derek Wall was the last Principal Male Speaker of the Green Party of England and Wales. "How to be green? Many people have asked us this important question. It's really very simple and requires no expert knowledge or complex skills. Here's the answer. Consume less. Share more. Enjoy life."
Penny Kemp and Derek Wall
This blog promotes anti-capitalism, green politics, direct action, practical lifestyle change, indigenous struggle, Venezuela/Cuba and a touch of Zen.
Ecosocialism or muerte!
Joseph Healy is co-convenor of Green Left, the ecosocialist current in the Green Party and the Green Party representative on the Stop the War Committee.
MEPs from the Green Party and other parties have demanded an emergency debate in the European Parliament on the Gaza crisis - and have been rebuffed.
MOVIMIENTOS 50 years of Cuban Revolution special Thursday 8th January @ Salmon & Compass
Event date & time:
Thursday, 2009, January 8 19:00 Europe/London
Venue:
Salmon and Compass Bar
Thursday 8th January
@ The Salmon & Compass, Angel, 7pm – 2am / £3 / Donations before 9
Had this comment which I wanted to flag up, it shows, we need to engage in building strong ecosocialist and green sections in Green Parties every where
While I am a bit underwhelmed by the Green Party website over here (although the Village People were fun) may be we need to move on from taking the piss of the pope and get some solid anti-war graphics up, at least our Green MEPs Jean Lambert and Caroline Lucas have worked tirelessly for Gaza and lots of other causes. The party has been mobilising pretty well on a local basis to challenge the war.
Found this at Mike's new site.
I am very impressed by the look of Mike Armstrong's new blog, he has several, he is a key Green Party activist in Croydon, take a look.
As it turned out, Cast Lead was in fact adapted from a Hanukkah poem by Haim Nachman Bialik, national poet of Israel, who poetically lived and died before the nation of Israel was cast across 78% of Palestine. In one of his works, Bialik speaks of a "dreidel cast from solid lead"—a toy that is now being cast across Hamas-controlled portions of remaining Palestinian percentages.
A doctor from a Khan Yunis clinic in Gaza told me on the phone: “Scores of the wounded are clinically dead. Others are badly disfigured.
“I felt that death is of greater mercy for them than living. We had no more room at the Qatara Clinic. Body parts cluttered the hallways.
“People screamed in endless agony and we had not enough medicine or painkillers. So we had to choose which ones to treat and which not to.
“In that moment, I genuinely wished I was killed in the Israeli strikes myself, but I kept running, trying to do something, anything.”
On August 19th 2007, an oil tanker off the coast of Australia split in two, dumping 20,000 tons of crude oil.
Senator Collins, a member of the Australian Parliament, appeared on a TV news program to reassure the Australian public.
Politicians often think like Sen. Collins, but rarely do they articulate their thoughts with his directness and clarity.
Joseph Healy is co-convenor of Green Left, the ecosocialist current in the Green Party and the Green Party representative on the Stop the War Committee.
- You can donate to Islamic Relief's emergency efforts here. Their initial fundraising target of $3 million was met. However, due to the ongoing crisis and severe need of further funds, the Appeal has been raised to $10 Million.
This summary on health in Gaza is from the excellent people at Medact. Please write to your local paper, MPs, MEPs, embassies etc. This war must stop now.
Recent information directly related to health in GazaJanuary 4th 2009
MEPs from the Green Party and other parties have demanded an emergency debate in the European Parliament on the Gaza crisis - and have been rebuffed.
Jane, my long suffering partner pointed out to me how notably cheerful I had been over Christmas. This was in notable contrast to how I had behaved in the three months prior to this. This was because I turned of the computer and didn't look at it for two weeks, and even managed to stop thinking about residents parking for a week or so
Funny thing is, I spoke to another councillor on Monday night - who said his partner had told him exactly the same thing (about being cheerful, I mean).
I wonder - is there a theme emerging here?
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All of the following casualties were injured by the Israeli Defence Force. Can you spot which one is the odd one out?
Terrorist 1
Terrorist 2
Terrorist 3
Terrorist 4
It has been a delight hearing Clive James on the Point of View slot on Sunday mornings. Ok, I'm showing my age now, because rather than razzing it up on Saturday night and lying in on Sunday morning I often catch not only this essay at 8.50 but actually also Something Understood at whatever horrendous time that is on.
It's been a while since I had a post on how backwards Cambridgeshire can be. However picking up a copy of the Cambridge Evening News can reveal a goldmine of information on how dim people round here can be sometimes.
