Month: June 2024
Fochabers and Huntly students set to shine at Gray’s School of Art degree show
Gordon Maloney on Organising and Power
A discussion about the different strategies that make up a movement. I’m curious about how to describe you, would you call yourself an organiser? An activist? I’m pretty relaxed about it. A lot of people feel very strongly about the distinctions between activism, organising, mobilising, campaigning… The way I see it is that you kind […] Source
Glasgow bar 63rd+1st to close after three years in business
Reservoir Dogs
Years ago people predicted ‘resource wars’ as natural resources like food and water became more and more scarce due to climate change. We’re in that future now, deep into it, and seemingly oblivious. As weeks of torrential rain is followed by more record-breaking heat, we go on. In Mexico they have elected today Claudia Sheinbaum, […] Source
Farage’s emergency announcement, an emergency for whom?
Nigel Farage is the herpes of British politics, annoying, nasty, and impossible to get rid of. After saying for weeks that he wouldn’t be contesting the general election for his Reform party vanity vehicle, and that Reform would not be doing any deals with the Tories, Farage announced on Monday morning…
Scottish Borders: Proposed wind farm to have a quarter fewer turbines
Kirkcaldy: Major £2.5m business development approved
Morrisons: Scottish spirits producer strikes deal with supermarket
Family-run cafe in historic Scottish town closes after over 60 years
Nuclear War, Scotland, and the General Election
On the day when Labour’s Shadow Defence Secretary went on radio to say we can’t rebuild our public services if we don’t have nuclear weapons, David Mackenzie makes the case for peace, and sanity. Labours shadow defence secretary says we can’t rebuild our public services if we don’t have nuclear weapons. pic.twitter.com/R5fuKh0ecW — Saul Staniforth […] Source