Time for me to check out of here. Thanks to everyone who made this website a space where, for a time, elites were exposed and new ideas flourished. I guess that's why it had to be taken over by a man-child and enshittified along with the rest of the Internet. Take care x

"I used to like the Greens when they just focused on the environment" No you didn't.

You can either take antisemitism seriously or you can make absurd grandstanding threats like this @BellaSankey - but you can't really do both. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6p9…

the scottish green party are in favour of the united kingdom being abolished

One of the most crucial questions, that a UK activist who genuinely supports Palestinian Liberation, justice and human rights, can ask themselves is the following: Is what I am doing, or does what I am proposing, adhere to the Palestinian request that we be strategic and tactical in our advocacy so as to make tangible gains in support of Palestinian rights.

The next question, specifically in the context of this Green Party motion on Zionism is Racism, shouldn't be whether it is ideologically or academically sound - I've said already I agree with most of the motion text - but rather whether it is strategically the best thing to have brought forward, whether it is thought through properly and tactical, and whether it does anything tangible for furthering Palestinian Liberation, justice and human rights... Or is it simply a massive statement of look at what we did... we made the Green Party officially anti-Zionist and got them to declare Zionism is a form of Racism... look at how great we are and look at us doing Palestine solidarity...

The Left debate over ZiR just feels like a furious relitigation of the arguments about the Corbyn project's response to antisemitism allegations, as opposed to any serious attempt to grapple with how to influence the current national discourse around Palestinian rights

Stuff like this is just a recipe for the Greens and the wider left tearing itself apart forever. Our job is to build a political movement capable of making a genuine contribution to the liberation of Palestinians - not chasing likes and calling each other names.

The fundamental problem with the 'Zionism is Racism' motion is that it transforms a debate about the concrete reality of the suffering of Palestinians - a debate the left has been winning - into an abstract debate about ideology. Strategically inept in my view.

That includes the literal leader of the Green Party! Nobody who speaks like this is interested in building a left-wing majority for transformative change. They're only interested in settling scores on the left, on driving out traitors, and embracing righteous irrelevance.

Something which makes me suspicious: People who are hyper-realist on some foreign policy issues and hyper-idealist on others. E.g thinking both 1) In the interests of peace, Ukraine should come to some compromise settlement with Russia, whether or not all their sovereign territory is returned (hyper-realist) and 2) The only acceptable outcome in the Middle East is a single secular Palestinian state where jews and Palestinians live peacefully side-by-side (hyper-idealist).

Identities are complicated and contradictory. They don’t need to “make sense”. There are millions of people who identify as “Zionist”, often in very pragmatic ways. They believe that Jews should have a homeland in the Land of Israel, period. This does not make them “racist”.

My view on the debate on Zionism is Racism is this, it wasn't a debate where either side engaged in the other's arguments. Against argued on the strategy and implications, For on the politics. The For side totally ignored the arguments put to them & I don't think that's helpful

#GoodNews Congratulations @BHGreens! #GetGreensElected #VoteGreen

Absolutely huge victory as the Green Party take on Labour and win in Brighton! Huge congratulations to Cllr Mark Strong and the entire team. Labour have tired old solutions and Burnham is more of the same. The Green Party is the change we need. Awesome win! 💚🎉

in may, i got a phone call asking me to join the campaign team to elect Nadia in Peter Kyle’s backyard - and last month, i got the same for Mark in Chris Ward’s backyard too. two very different campaigns, two sides of the city, two completely astounding results. roll on LE27!

RT @TheGreenParty: 🚨 GREEN WIN 🚨 🔴➡️🟢 LABOUR WARD GOES GREEN Massive congratulations to Brighton and Hove Green Party for electing Cllr…

Awesome Green GAIN from LAB in Brighton: Green - 50% (+28) Labour - 35% (-19) Reform - 7% (+7) Con - 4% (-4) Lib Dem - 3% (-2) Impressive swing. Well done @BHGreens 👏

Three by-elections in a year. Three wins from Labour. Three huge swings. And all in the city’s two Labour-held constituencies. Snap election? Bring it on.