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One year on from the Al Aqsa Flood

A report on Glasgow’s commemorations of October 7th: the year of genocide must also be recognised as a year of resistance.

Glasgow against fascism: a report on 7th September and thoughts on next steps

Tactical considerations for the antifascist movement in Glasgow.

Protesters try to de-arrest someone from a police van outside Thales in Glasgow.

The shift in Glasgow and how we fight back

What to make of new violence against the Palestine solidarity movement?

The Saramago dispute, Glasgow 2023

The Saramago dispute: hospitality organising in Glasgow

An interview with the workers who organised.

Fighting fascists in Erskine

Fascists have been organising weekly demonstrations in a small Scottish town – we explain who they are and how antifascists are organising to beat them.

An image showing a snowy street in Govanhill, Glasgow.

Govanhill: ghettoisation and exploitation in modern Glasgow

Slum housing, hyper-exploitation and racist demagoguery are alive and kicking in the Scotland of 2021 – along with the basis for internationalist solidarity and resistance.

Anti-racists reclaim Glasgow

Over the past fortnight Glasgow has become a flash point in the fight against the far right, demonstrating the inherent link between British Unionism and white supremacy.

We are working women and we make Glasgow

The strike that began today (Tuesday 23 October 2018) in Glasgow may be the biggest equal pay strike in UK history. Pete Cannell reports on Day One. Thanks to Christine, Mike and Eric for their contributions to the report. The two-day strike for equal pay involves more than 8,000 Glasgow council workers, members of the GMB and […]

We’re all off to Glasgow in the Green: in defence of the Green Brigade

Jamie Lewis comments on the two-match ban imposed on Celtic supporters the Green Brigade. I don’t think I have seen anything like the Celtic fans in all the stadiums I have played. – Xavi Parkhead, Celtic FC’s home ground, has a well-earned colloquial moniker: Paradise. The best players in international football regularly speak in awe […]

Thousands rally in George Square – report from Glasgow anti-austerity protest

North and south of the border, last Saturday was an important day in the process of building a mass fight back against austerity. Pete Cannell, from Edinburgh, and Joe Sabatini from Carlisle report from the anti-austerity rally in Glasgow.  Thousands rally in George Square Pete, from Edinburgh, reports: As tens of thousands marched against austerity […]

1915 Glasgow Rent Strike: how workers fought and won over housing

One hundred years ago the workers and housewives of Glasgow forced the government to place on the statute book the first-ever Rent Restrictions Act.

Glasgow Homeless Caseworkers strike: defending services against austerity and a Labour council

Homeless Caseworkers in Glasgow have been on strike for ten weeks for decent pay. Austerity is forcing working-class people in the city out of their homes. But, as Christine Bird reports, Glasgow’s Labour council seems more concerned about imposing Tory cuts than providing services to homeless people.   Last Friday, after they had been on strike for nine weeks, the council made […]