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 …
Glasgow: No Dear Green Place
The look and the feel of city centres are important aspects of city life, because residents spend a considerable amount of time there for employment, leisure, travel and retail purposes. The greenness of city infrastructure overall plays a vital role …
Educate and Liberate – An ode to what we can learn
On Tuesday 21 March, members of the SANE Collective met with members of the UCU Union following their picket at the University of Glasgow to discuss the work of SANE, scope for a People’s Plan for Glasgow, and the transformation …
People, Plans, and Power – An ode to what we can achieve
On 11 March 2023, The Solidarity Against Neoliberal Extremism Collective gathered their members and supporters for a lunch meeting to discuss their ongoing work and set their course for the year ahead. Among these discussions was an exploration of the …
Selling Out the City’s Economy: Lectures on Lucrative Localised Leadership
“City leadership is one of the best jobs in politics because you can’t walk away, there are services to provide, the job is constantly problem solving, and keeping the city standing when crisis hits” “In difficult and challenging times, leadership …