The Green Party is deeply concerned by reports that the United States intends once again to station nuclear weapons at RAF Lakenheath – a US-controlled airbase in Suffolk.
Linda Walker, from the Green Party Policy Working Group on Peace, Security and Defence which co-authored the new policy, explains the Party’s new position on NATO, the goal to enhance the...
The Bill will be voted on in the House of Lords today. A series of late amendments from the Government gives the police the power to ban protests if they feel it will ‘seriously disrupt’ ...
The PSD Working Group is calling for members to share their views on party policy. Debra Cooper outlines the rationale behind potential policy changes.
“By working together, in a spirit of cooperation and mutual support, we can put this virus to bed and come out of this with a stronger sense of community and a fuller understanding of our...
As arms companies from all over the world descend on London to present their weapons at Defence and Security Equipment International 2019 (DSEI), the Campaign Against Arms Trade has publi...
“The UK’s involvement in the arms trade – we are the second largest arms exporter in the world – is a matter of shame for our country.” The DSEI arms fair takes place in London this week,...
“At a time of climate and humanitarian emergency, we must take a stand against the horrific farce that is the arms trade.” From 10-13 September, weapons from all over the world will be sh...
Green MEP for the North West of England, Gina Dowding, calls for a condemnatory statement from the UK on the events in Kashmir after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi revoked the specia...
On the 74th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Green Party Deputy Leader Amelia Womack considers the risks faced by the anti-nuclear proliferation movement today.
A new report from right-wing think tank Policy Exchange calling for increased surveillance on environmental activist groups, such as Extinction Rebellion, has been condemned by campaigner...
Since bombing began in Yemen in 2015, the UK government has licensed the sale of at least £4.7 billion worth of arms to Saudi Arabia. A three-day appeal by Campaign Against Arms Trade con...
Following Home Secretary Sajid Javid’s decision to revoke the citizenship of Shamima Begum, who travelled to Syria to marry an ISIS member, Shahrar Ali, the Green Party’s Home Affairs spo...
Many arguments for leaving the European Union were based on making the UK safer, but Rebecca Johnson, Green Party Peace and Defence Spokesperson, reveals why that logic may be flawed
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Tom Franklin describes he and his fellow protestors' journey through the courts since their arrest in 2016 at the Defence and Security Equipment International arms fair
Green Peer Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb looks at the Snooper's Charter's sharing of intelligence with foreign powers, and considers what this means in a Trump era
Last year, Green Party member Tom Franklin and 10 others were arrested for protesting the illegal activity that occurs at the DSEI arms fair. After being acquitted, he reflects on his exp...
The founding executive director of the Global Policy Forum shares his thoughts on reforming the United Nations on the occasion of its seventieth anniversary