Adam Ramsay is openDemocracy's special correspondent. You can follow him at @adamramsay. Adam is a member of the Scottish Green Party, sits on the board of Voices for Scotland and advisory committees for the Economic Change Unit and the journal Soundings.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSix reasons progressive activists should join a political partyThey may not be in fashion, but political parties provide useful structures for activists to organise through, says...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIf security at universities isn't for students, who is it for?The London student president was arrested yesterday outside his union building for "failing to notify police of a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHiding behind the Cenotaph, Cameron will seek to re-write historyThe First World War plays a key role in our national story: a warning against violence, to be wary of our leaders....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBill McKibben interview - time for the climate movement to get on the front footLeading American climate change activist and founder of 350.org Bill McKibbon calls for environmentalists to get on...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe arms industry is advertising its vulnerabilityArms company BAE Systems always have adverts at Parliament's underground station. Why do they feel the need to buy...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPublic ownership is ridiculously popular. Why does no one campaign for it?A new poll yet again shows the overwhelming popularity of public ownership of public services in the UK. Yet no...