On Friday 25th November, Glasgow City Council hosted its annual State of the City Economy Conference at the Radisson Hotel. SANE was due to attend but decided along with others to boycott the event because of the involvement of arms …
Not another strategy! Plans for Glasgow City Centre revealed
A recurring theme in our monthly blogs this year has been the volume of plans and changes which require Glaswegians to make sense of without having had the opportunity to contribute ideas. The latest strategy to emerge from Glasgow City …
Glasgow: Armed and Dangerous
The world is currently scarred by conflict – Ukraine, Yemen, Sudan, Eritrea, Nagorno Karabakh, to name some examples – and this is undoubtedly set to worsen with wide scale displacement and competition over limited resources caused by the hastening of …
Glasgow: All Planned Out?
This month, Glasgow City Council has put out an invitation in advance of the preparation of its Development Plan. The plan is aimed at setting out strategic land use changes in the city for the next 20 years, but the …
Glasgow (No) Bread and Roses
Glasgow City Council prides itself in making the city a key destination for cultural and sporting events. This summer sees a succession of concerts and music festivals in Glasgow parks, the World Pipe Band Competition and the Cycling World Championships …
Glasgow – Sickening the City
This month, The SANE Collective was invited to participate in a People’s Health Assembly. Organised by the People’s Health Movement Scotland, the main aim of this assembly was to build a stronger public health movement campaigning to overturn an ongoing …
Glasgow: ‘The System’s a Monster’ – Conversations about Governance
In the most recent local government elections in 2022, turnout in Glasgow was 38.4%. This was even lower than in the previous council elections of 2017. Concerning as this overall figure is, it masks considerable variation between wards, where for …
Glasgow’s Hidden Assets
The Scottish Government is currently consulting on introducing legislation to support community wealth building (CWB), the aim of which is an approach to economic development which focuses on how the economy can work to increase equality and wellbeing. Many would …