Rights not rescue! Join Scotland for Decrim & others rallying for sex workers' rights, & against the Nordic Model that puts them at risk of harm, violence, poverty & exploitation. Driving sex workers underground will not keep them safe! Tues 18 Nov, 6pm, Scottish Parliament

🪧 Are you part of a #grassroots or community organising movement in #Scotland? 🗣️ Opinionated, much? The brilliant @katenevens.bsky.social, Iffat Shahnaz and Megan McHaney are researching what you need to ✨thrive✨ for @jrf-uk.bsky.social 📢 Have your say: www.surveymonkey.com/r/26CCL2P

Mamdani: Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job, a single mom still waiting for the cost of groceries to go down, or anyone else with their back against the wall—your struggle is ours too

The job of the radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing! Mamdani shows: - you don't have to pander to the right to win - solidarity with trans people is popular - people want leaders to speak out against genocide - we must tax wealth Scottish politics must learn from this.

Looking for folk involved in community organising or grassroots movement building for social justice in Scotland! If this sounds like you, please take a few minutes to respond to our survey! www.surveymonkey.com/r/26CCL2P And please share with your networks 😍

Spending a week on the Isle of Eigg for work, learning about the joys and difficulties of community organising.

With your support, we can elect Kate Nevens, an unapologetic feminist and left-wing voice to the Scottish Parliament as a Green MSP. Any contribution will make a huge difference to our people-powered campaign to deliver a record 3 Green MSPs for Edinburgh! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/elect-kate...

Yes!! Thanks @zackpolanski.bsky.social 💚

Really thoughtful discussion last night at @lighthousebks.bsky.social w/ authors from the most recent Scottish Left Review (inc the awesome Glasgow Green Councillor @danhutchison.bsky.social) about how we might coalesce as the left in Scotland & what we'd like to see from the nascent Your Party

Chip in today to elect Q Manivannan – a radical voice to the Scottish Parliament who is ready to fight for change. Any contribution - big or small - will make a huge difference to our people-powered campaign to deliver a record 3 Green MSPs for Edinburgh! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/elect-q-ma...

🚨 Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago answers this question brilliantly. 1/2

Fabulous morning doorknocking in Leith this morning. Almost everyone I spoke to was a green voter who cared about housing, Palestine, migrant justice, challenging the rise of the far right and/or LGBTQ rights. Leith you are wonderful and have my heart 💚🍉 @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

LMAOOOOO A bunch of comedians tried to make up for their participation in the Riyadh comedy festival by donating their pay to Human Rights Watch and Human rights Watch was like “nah bitch we don’t want your dirty blood money” 😂😂 I’m dying

Come along as we get started on the campaign for the 2026 Scottish Parliament elections! We're holding open meetings over the coming weeks for anyone who wants to get more Greens elected at Holyrood. See our events calendar for more details & upcoming dates: edinburgh.greens.scot/events-calendar/

Incredible turnout last night at the public launch of Women Against the Far Right Scotland, with a really inspiring line-up of speakers. A few of your neighbourhood Scottish Green candidates for Holyrood made an appearance too... #StandUpFightBack

On my way to help with setup for the public launch of Women Against the Far Right Scotland. Hope to see some of you all there!

Let's Get Started! A couple of Scottish Greens campaign kick off meetings happening this week in Edinburgh - all welcome! Join us in Porty on Tuesday edinburgh.greens.scot/events/elect... And South Edinburgh on Thursday luma.com/kqdfpyje @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

Over 200 of us have come together as Women Against the Far Right in Scotland and written an open letter rejecting the far right’s racist lies about “protecting” women and girls. news.stv.tv/politics/nic... Join us and sign the letter here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/wo...

Absolutely loved this conversation with Kristen Ghodsee and Cllr Alys Mumford about being both a feminist and a socialist, and about some of the incredible women who have inspired us from around the world. Thanks so much to the @edinburghgreens.bsky.social for organising 💚

The success of the far right is not only measured in votes and seats but in its impact on rhetoric, policy and ideology. The fact that a (nominally) social democratic head of government with a huge majority choses to say and do this is maybe the biggest success of the far right in Europe yet.

I’m pleased to be proposing this motion today 🇵🇸 The Scottish Government took a big step forward in supporting BDS calls from Green MSPs, but now they must do the same for Councils ⚖️ New powers need to be granted to local authorities or else the government position is just warm words ❌ 💬 🤷

Me and some friends back in Uni days, looking very much like the cast of Spaced

Very excited to be in conversation with Kirsten Ghodsee and Cllr Alys Mumford on Thursday, talking all things feminism, socialism and Green. Join from 7.45pm on Thursday, online and in-person in Edinburgh, all welcome! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/green-talk... @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

Such amazing news when we really really needed some hope. And so much respect to the incredibly brave and powerful women and fellow activists who made sure this happened. Can't wait to welcome you in the UK Alaa.

Have been having some really important chats with women in Scotland about organising against the far right - yesterday from Summerhall courtyard. There'll be a women's bloc at the antifascist demo in Glasgow tomorrow (Saturday), and more to come... Get in touch if you'd like to get involved ✊ 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸

Cultural boycotts have been vital in telling oppressive regimes they will not be normalised. Israel must not be allowed to use Eurovision as a platform to launder its reputation while committing atrocities. The UK should join the growing boycott of Eurovision if Israel takes part.

Strong showing from Edinburgh and East Lothian Greens at today's national demo for Palestine. Our hearts are breaking for Gaza #FromTheRiver 🍉 @edinburghgreens.bsky.social @qmanivannan.bsky.social

Legislative Theatre performance in Edinburgh this Sunday, developed from Pinar Aksu’s research on art practices for social change and access to justice rse.org.uk/event/cycle-...

Bit late to the party on this one, but we've managed to get the government to scrap peak rail fares, permanently 🙌 🚂

With Mother's Against Genocide reading out the names of the thousands of Palestinian children killed by Israel. We're reading names all day outside Scottish Parliament. It's tough. There are tears. Anyone available to join us please do.

🎉BREAKING: Scotland has joined the global movement to boycott Israel! The proposal put forward by Green MSP @patrickharvie.bsky.social was supported by a majority of members in the Scottish Parliament.

The Scottish Govt has banned Scottish Enterprise funding for Israel's arms dealers 🎉🍉 greens.scot/news/no-more... Well done to our Green team in Scottish Parliament team and all the campaigners working tirelessly on this. @scottishgreens.org

Has anyone read anything good about grassroots/community organising and movement-building in Scotland? Either academic or not, historical or current, on specific topics (anti-racism, housing etc) or more broadly...

Absolutely delighted that, at the 3rd time of asking, we have successfully banned arms companies from commercial activity (including testing) in Council parks and greenspace 🌳🚫 Thank you to everyone who wrote into the consultation earlier this year to make your views known .. we did it! 💬📝

Together we can stop Rosebank once and for all. Join us for a national Day of Action to #StopRosebank on the 6th of September 👇 actionnetwork.org/event_campai...

Some pot banging for Palestine outside RBS in Portobello, plus some incredible oud and readings as part of the Welcome to the Fringe Palestine festival. Still a couple of days of the festival left for anyone in the area 🍉🇵🇸 www.fringepalestine.com #BDS #FreePalestine

“Israel intentionally kills journalists in Gaza so as to prevent real-time professional reporting on its crimes.” “Shame on the media who stay silent instead of standing for truth, solidarity, press access.” —Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur

Saw a bad fringe show so cheered ourselves up with a peruse at @lighthousebks.bsky.social. Hoping to make it along to a few Book Fringe events over the next couple of weeks 📚🍉

Hanging out in Parliament yesterday with my fellow Green candidates for Edinburgh and Lothians East @lornaslater.bsky.social and @qmanivannan.bsky.social. Can't wait to get campaigning - we're going to make a really great team 💚 @edinburghgreens.bsky.social @scottishgreens.org

Important article from Talat: "If world leaders want to take decisive action, the answers have been in front of them since the start. End arms sales to Israel, recognise Palestine as an independent state, demand a permanent ceasefire, apply pressure on Israel through trade & economic sanctions."

New report by me, Rhianna, @talatyaqoob.bsky.social and @engenderscot.bsky.social‬ on women’s political journeys in Scotland and their experiences of becoming and being a candidate. It's not a pretty picture... www.engender.org.uk/news/blog/en...

Had a lovely morning doorknocking with Cllr Ben Parker in Marchmont yesterday. Lots of great conversations; gathered some council casework to take forward; and got a few folk registered to vote 💚 @cllrbenparker.bsky.social @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

Excited to be co-organizing an APSA MENA Methods Workshop on "Participatory and Engaged Research in the MENA" with @apsamena.bsky.social colleagues @separkinson.bsky.social, @ammars.bsky.social and Lara Khattab at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. ECRs & practitioners, apply by 9/14.

"I think your viewers will see this so called historic moment... for what it really is. An essentially performative gesture that is aimed at allowing the govt to put off taking effective action" Aimee Shalan from the @britpalcommitt.bsky.social on yesterdays announcement by the govt 🎯

I left the Green Party of England and Wales a few years back over their failures to deal with transphobia within the party. I have rejoined so that I can vote for Zack - this is an exciting moment for new leadership in our green movements 🌱

Great noise-making efforts outside the office of genocide-complicit Ian Murray MP yesterday. @edinburghgreens.bsky.social @caatuk.bsky.social

Some really exciting news 🎉 Scottish Greens have selected our candidates for Holyrood 2026 elections and I'm #2 on the list for Edinburgh & Lothians East! Which means I am in with a good chance of being elected in May 🤩 Alongside the wonderful @lornaslater.bsky.social and @qmanivannan.bsky.social 💚

That’s voting now closed, party members should hear the results around 21st July! Thank you so much to everyone who has supported my campaign, sent kindly messages, voted for me, not voted for me, recorded me a video, took a selfie, cheered me on quietly from afar...

As an MSP I will… make clear the links between climate justice, disability justice, gender justice, racial justice and worker’s rights, bringing our movements together. Vote Kate Nevens #1 for Edinburgh and Lothians East (voting closes soon!)

Some of the other candidates I'm supporting in this selection process for our Green candidates in 2026! Wishing the best of luck to @wadhwam.bsky.social and @qmanivannan.bsky.social and everyone standing! A bit more explanation of this here: www.facebook.com/KateNevensSG...