Now at 115,000 members and in some polls level with Labour in terms of public support, CHRIS JARVIS looks at the factors behind the rapid rise of the Greens, internal and external
Stand and be counted
Amid government attempts to clamp down on civil liberties and the right to protest it has never been more important to raise your voice for Palestine and for peace, writes ANN CZERNIK

THE unfolding horror of the Palestinian people in Gaza has been called “a defining global justice issue of our time.”
An important truth, and fundamental human rights have been lost in the rhetoric of this conflict. Human rights are universal and apply to all.
But today, in Israel and Palestine, and in Britain, these rights are qualified by which side of the political divide you are on.
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