If no Green Vote Pirate!

Looks like we are running in nearly 300 constituencies.

If you follow this blog you know that I would be very very happy if Plaid Cymru beat Chris Bryant MP in Rhonnda, remember when he was foreign office minister with responsibility for Latin America he made no public statement condemning the killing of the defenders of the rainforests by Peru's murderous government.

I also support of good left candidate where there is no Green, especially the splendid Salma Yaqoob.

I really do think that the main three parties have little of worth but if no green or serious left, do vote Pirate.

Elinor Ostrom has a party that advocates the commons when it comes to the pirates and the pirates sit with the Green Party in the European Union.

http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/blog/2010/feb/8/candidates-2010/ for pirate candidates.

Green Left regrets the decision of Barking Green Party

there are good reasons and bad reasons and then reasons so obscure they look the plot of 'The Sirens of Titan'


“Green Left regrets the decision of Barking Green Party to stand a candidate in the forthcoming general election in the constituency of Barking against the wishes of the London Federation of Green Parties. While recognising the right of local parties to take their own decision based on local knowledge, factors etc, we regard this as a political mistake and a retrograde step under the circumstances where a high profile BNP candidate (Nick Griffin) is standing. While the actions of New Labour have been largely instrumental in leading to the rise of the BNP, we consider any split in the anti-Fascist vote in Barking extremely dangerous and it opens up the possibility of a BNP breakthrough.



A breakthrough by the BNP would silence any victory Greens will make in Brighton Pavilion and will act as a recruiting sergeant to the politics of hatred espoused by the BNP. The BNP is a fascist, racist and homophobic organization that stands for an all-white Britain , the destruction of trade unions and deny the holocaust happened.. Where the BNP have elected representatives that crimes against black and minority ethnic and hatred against lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people mushroom. The primary aim of the Barking Green Party should be avoiding the election of the BNP’s first MP. We agree to campaign with other organisations to maximise the anti-Fascist vote in Barking.”

Campaign against Climate Change Trade Union Conference 2010

13th March, South Camden Community School, London NW1



The Campaign against Climate Change’s third Trade Union Conference will take place in Camden on Saturday 13th March from 11:00am until 4:30pm. With little commitment from Government to create green jobs post Copenhagen and in economic climate putting pressure on employment, the Campaign against Climate Change Trade Union group is setting out a framework to push the Government to develop climate jobs and support workers.

Previous conferences have brought together hundreds of Trade Unionists to discuss the role that the Trade Union movement can play in the fight against Climate Change. Speakers for 2010’s CCC Trade Union conference include:

Tony Kearns (CWU), Manuel Cortes (TSSA), Chris Baugh (PCS), Prof. Barbara Harriss-White, Jonathan Neale (Million Green Jobs Commission, CCC), John Stewart (Airportwatch), Graham Petersen (UCU), and Larry Lohman (Cornerhouse).

The failure to agree a serious strategy for dealing with climate change at the Copenhagen Climate Conference underlines this problem, and why the CCC Trade Union group will push the Government to employ a million unemployed workers to save the climate.

Registration £10 for workers, or £5 low-paid or unemployed
Download registration form here http://www.campaigncc.org/tuconference2010
Or pay at the door. Doors open at 11:00am.

Protest against Zionist greenwash event with David Bellamy

On Tuesday evening, the Zionist Federation are holding an event, celebrating Israel's contribution to the environment. Their guest will be David Bellamy; all the other speakers are Israeli scientists. We however, know a different story- that in the West Bank and Gaza, Israel has destroyed trees and polluted the ground and water. BRICUP (British Committee for Universities in Palestine) has written to David Bellamy, asking him to pull out.


Join us outside Logan Hall, Institute of Education, Bedford Way London WC1H 0AL on Tuesday 9 February from 6pm

and pass this message on.

You will have heard about this outrageous attempt by the Zionist Federation to ‘greenwash’ Israel – at any rate, you will have if you have looked at the February BRICUP Newsletter message.





It starts at 7pm, and doors are open from 6.30. BRICUP has organised a (peaceful) protest demonstration there, from 6pm. Please join us – and pass on the news to others.

Salma Yaqoob challenges Richard Branson to go green not greed!

With climate change looming over us, one thing we must achieve is to shift our transport system from private and polluting to public and green. I am not alone in valuing the freedom and flexibility I get from owning a car. But there are plenty of occasions when I would rather let the 'train take the strain', and other occasions when would if I could.
To have the freedom to jump onto any weekday Virgin train from Birmingham to London will cost an eye-watering £140 return! Avoiding the rush hour used to be a way of getting the cost down to something that didn't require a second mortgage. But not only have the prices gone up, the 'peak' hours have been extended.
As a society, we need more people to swap their car for the train. But we then hand over our train network to private companies whose first concern is getting a return for their shareholders. The end result is a pricing system that seems to be deliberately designed to force us onto the roads.
The first off-peak Virgin train from Birmingham New Street to London is now as late as 10.10am – not getting into Euston until 11.34. A short day trip isn't so easy either – to get a reasonable fare you'll have to hang around until 19.03 and won't be home until 20.27. And when you do get on a Virgin train, it is not uncommon to find the standard carriages packed and the first class ones practically empty. They always give you the option of upgrading to first class of course – for an extra £15.
When my children ask to visit their cousins in London, I'll be counting the cost before giving my answer. Surely, any rational approach to transport should be based on making it as easy as possible for all of us to use less polluting alternatives? Tell that to Virgin Trains.

More here from Salma

He lied they died, Alistair Campbell wriggles on BBC1

Alistair Campbell was the spin doctor who spun us to war and as a result a great many innocent people died.

As the BAE judgement shows we are ruled by and for the benefit of arms corporations.

Do remind Labour canvassers when they knock on your door of all the damage done.

Weapons of Mass Destruction? The weapons Saddam Hussian had were sold to him by the US and UK.

More wars for oil coming your way soon, more lies to justify them and no apologies will be forthcoming when they are exposed too late.

Still amongst the ruins we may watch them wriggle like Mr Campbell.

Nuclear attack on indigenous Americans

"It's astonishing what man can do to try and kill his fellow man; but, yet, do
very little to truly protect and preserve the unique people throughout this
world."

Yakama Nation cultural leader Russell Jim talks about the Hanford Nuclear
Reservation in south-central Washington and the social, cultural, economic, and
political issues that surround it

More here