Police fail in effort to curtail activist’s right to protest
On Tuesday 2 July activist Sarah Whitehead appeared at Winchester Crown Court. Sarah was part of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) , a group which […]
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Labour to begin killing badgers in Wales later this year
Jeremy Corbyn was rapturously received on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury last week. He “came out to cheers and crowds normally reserved for headline acts” […]
For Class Struggle and Animal Liberation – out for May 1st
The German group Marxismus und Tierbefreiung (Alliance for Marxism & Animal Liberation) has just published a statement called For Class Struggle and Animal Liberation – out for May […]
My all time favourite political records.
To me politics and music have always been inseparable. My interest in radical politics came about at the same time as I started listening to […]
Business as usual…
It has been all of five months since I was last here. The blog has returned. That’s not why this post is called Business as […]
The blog is back
After a gap of two months, Red Black Green returns. I had a rest from blogging and recharged my batteries. A lot has happened since […]
Greetings on Mayday
Hello and a happy Mayday to all of you. 1st May has for centuries been a day of pranks and mischief making and for over […]
Brand meets “Milibrand” and both decide they like each other
Russell Brand’s interview with “Milibrand” for his Youtube channel has gone online today. It was meant to be kept secret until the weekend but apparently […]
Apologies…
for making no posts in over a week. Most of this was due to the server being down. For a long time there was no […]
“There’s class warfare all right, but it’s my class – the rich class – that’s making war, and we’re winning.”
Those words were uttered in a rare moment of candour – or should that be arrogance – by US billionaire Warren Buffet. He was telling […]
“War is the health of the state”
Not content with all the misery they have caused by interfering in the region for decades, if not centuries, today our rulers decided to embark […]
Working class heroes!
Tragically a fire at a home for abandoned dogs in Manchester this evening has claimed over 40 lives. The blaze was apparently deliberately started and was soon […]
Species and Class
Species and Class is a really good blog which describes itself as “Exploring the animal-human relationship from socialist and anarchist perspectives”. If you like this […]
Don’t do as we do, do as we say!
Is the green movement ready to embrace animal rights and veganism? Recently some campaigners have been saying yes, chief among them Ronnie Lee who used […]
Has the Vegan Society lost the plot?
There’s been controversy in vegan circles recently over changes to the Vegan Society(VS). In late 2013 the organization underwent rebranding in order, we were told, […]
The teenage toff killed by a bear: the “politics of envy”?
The Socialist Wankers Party has been in the news again. What for now, you may ask. The SWP were once the biggest party to the […]
Glastonbury – things ain’t what they used to be!
Glastonbury is over for another year. For many the mixture of mud, music, revellers and a peculiarly English charm gives it it’s attraction. But this year […]
Why the police should never be trusted
The day after this year’s World Day for Animals in Laboratories march in Nottingham a very controversial post appeared on the group’s Facebook page. It […]
RIP Nancy Phipps, mother, grandmother and activist
Mother, grandmother, friend, and dedicated activist Nancy Phipps died on Friday 30 May. She was as an animal rights campaigner for decades and in 1986 […]
