Charges Dropped Against Edinburgh Uncut Activists.
In a victory for the right to protest against the tax dodging of big business and the rich, charges against Uncut activists in Edinburgh were revealed to have been dropped…
Some (Constructively) Critical Reflections on STUC Youth Conference
Last weekend I attended the STUC Youth Conference as a delegate from UCU. I'm told there hasn't been a delegate from my union in a while, in a sense that's…
Strathclyde University Occupied
This afternoon student at Strathclyde University in Glasgow occupied the geography and sociology department of their university in opposition to threats of cuts and course closures. The students issued the…
No to de-recognition at Robert Gordon University
Robert Gordon University, in Aberdeen, recently terminated it's recognition agreements with both the University and Colleges Union (UCU) and Unite. UCU were immediately derecognised, while Unite, owing to a slightly…
Hutting: A social Revolution waiting to happen
In Scotland, in Britain and in most of the Western world we have a profoundly dysfunctional relationship with work and leisure. For too many of us living for the weekend,…
Let’s hit the Hut
by Dominic Hinde The recent flurry of news surrounding the unique Carbeth cabins north of Glasgow and the inability of their owners and tenants to access them has again highlighted…
Red Tories, Blue Labour? What they mean is alienation.
‘Alienation is the precise and correctly applied word for describing the major social problem in Britain today. People feel alienated by society. In some intellectual circles it is treated almost…
Video Released of Edinburgh Uncut Arrests.
Video of Edinburgh Uncut’s protest at Bhs on May 28, during which two women were arrested and both charged with Breach of the Peace, one also with “Resisting Arrest”, has…
UPDATED: 4th Uncut Activist Arrested in Edinburgh
We have just heard word that a fourth UK Uncut activist has been arrested in Edinburgh for breach of the peace. The activist was arrested at their home this afternoon…
Tartan Trechery: Radio Caledonia and Scotland’s Lord Haw Haw
by Gavin Bowd. This article first appeared in issue 26 of Democratic Left Scotland's magazine, Perspectives. The radical right has been a noisy and sometimes menacing part of the British…