Posts Tagged with ‘glasgow’
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Glasgow’s Ongoing Tradition of Protest
08 Aug 2012
Glasgow has a long tradition of struggle, probably the most notable among the cities that currently comprise the UK state. From the Act of Union in 1707, when people attacked the provost's home, after he refused to allow anti-Union messages to be read, stormed the council chambers and were stopped …
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Cameron in Glasgow: Tactical Lessons
04 Aug 2012
This is a guest post written by one of the anti-Cameron protestors at the event on 31st July, who is unwilling to identify themselves fearing harassment. It has been published with minor formatting changes. Introduction For background to this event and other policing in Glasgow, see these two articles: ‘Cameron's …
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Glasgow’s Total Policing
01 Aug 2012
After the debacle of the refugee demo earlier this month which generated a pile of complaints about the heavy handed and racist policing of a planned rally in support of refugees moved on so that a public square could be given over to fascists and has necessitated an internal inquiry, …
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Homelessness and Glasgow City Council
30 Jul 2012
This is the experience that I have had with a friend of mine, who turned up yesterday on my doorstep having seen her once only briefly over the previous couple of years. It spans two days of phone calls, police involvement, hospital attendances and homeless units. I have her full permission …
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Fifty Shades of Misogyny
18 Jul 2012
Fifty Shades of Grey is the summer bestseller. Endlessly and earnestly debated in the broadsheet press as to its appeal and what the phenomenon means to modern sexual relations and attitudes, almost no-one can not have heard of it by now. Fifty Shades of Glasgow is a facebook spinoff. Started, …
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I want to be Miss West End 2012!!!!
07 Jun 2012
A friend recently brought to my attention the "Miss West End" competition currently running in Glasgow as part of the West End Festival. Competitions aren't really my thing to be honest: when teams are being picked for pub quizes I'm thrown straight back to Primary School sports day with …
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Just a little slice of Glasgow Life
25 Apr 2012
David Cameron's great vision for combatting the austerity being imposed on the UK is the "Big Society". No-one really seemed to know what it was all about except that it involved people working for free. But as with all things in time it's become clearer. If you're on the …
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The BBC are beyond a joke
10 Feb 2012
I've had it with the BBC for a very long while, but my TV is in serious danger of getting a foot put through it and not just because I cant work the remote control. Yes, yes, I know they make good drama, Eastenders is pretty good and hell historical …
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Multi-cultural Glasgow
02 Feb 2012
One of the things almost any English visitor to Scotland will notice almost the instant that they get off the train is how "white" our country is. Partly this is because the sun is an infrequent visitor, but compared with England, where almost 10% of the population is of minority …
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De-occupy Glasgow
27 Oct 2011
Update - Open Letter from Glasgow Women's Activist Forum I can't honestly say that I was ever that enthused about the "Occupy Movement". After seeing a live link up from Occupy Wall Street earlier this month, I did feel a frisson of revolutionary excitement, but it faded by the time …