On Saturday 26 November we ran a session called ‘Glasgow (Re)Governed: A Session on Local and Alternative Democracies’ as part of Glasgow Belongs to Us: A Summit on Ownership and Democracy, organised by the Glasgow Against Closures campaign. Since publishing …
Levelling Up, Talking Down
LEVELLING UP, TALKING DOWN: GREENWASHING, GENTRIFICATION AND GATEKEEPING IN GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL’S APPLICATION TO THE LEVELLING UP FUND. Originally published as a blog for The SANE Collective Glasgow City Council is submitting seven bids for projects in the city to …
GOOD LUCK GLASGOW: LOCAL ELECTIONS 2022
This week we brought together the squares contributed to our Make Your Mark craftivism project and turned them into a pair of banners, which we introduced to several Glasgow landmarks ahead of today’s local Council elections! The squares have been …
AN ANTI-NEOLIBERAL CRITIQUE OF GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL
By The SANE Collective Understanding the reality of policy making in Glasgow is key to an effective struggle towards our vision. Undeniably Glasgow has insufficient resources to enhance the public good, but even within these limitations, why and how public …
Burrell and the culture of capital: A story in black and white
Burrell, like his American contemporaries and competitors, Hearst and Getty, built a vast personal wealth through the exploitation of labour and spent it building up a collection of works of art, sourced by his dealers and agents. The objects acquired …
GENERAL GUIDANCE FOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION REQUESTS – GLASGOW AGAINST CLOSURES
WHAT IS A COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION REQUEST? Submitting a participation request provides a legal route to engagement. Participation Requests can be made by a ‘community participation body’. This may be a: Community group (with or without a constitution) Community Council Participation …
OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLES – GLASGOW’S LIVEABLE NEIGHBOURHOODS INITIATIVE
By Barry DalgleishThis blog was originally produced in 2021 for the SANE Collective Glasgow City Council’s marketing department has been working overtime of late. The local authority has been producing some rather impressive presentation documents – impressive in appearance that …
GAINFUL OR GREENWASH? GLASGOW’S GREENPRINT FOR INVESTMENT
By Barry Dalgleish and Penny ColeThis blog was originally produced in 2021 for the SANE Collective In a flashy online report launched in September 2021, Susan Aitkin told us that COP26 would be “staged against a backdrop of unprecedented threats …