Fun and Games, Part 1: In The City of Willies, The Powerless Always Come Last
Fun and Games: Part 1: In the city of Willies, the powerless always come last Kenneth Roy, Scottish Review Glossy corporate image at the front, bit of work still to do at the back: the Tontine Building being made ready…
Olympic Satire Rings True – Social Engineering on a Grand Scale
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/olympics-doing-exactly-what-they-were-supposed-to-201204245154/ Olympics doing exactly what they were supposed to 24-04-12 THE 2012 Olympics have been declared a resounding success as the first busload of undesirables was banished from East London. Organisers said the event was at least four…
Biased Games Legacy Debate – Scotland Tonight
On Scotland Tonight the other evening Dr.Libby Porter from the Glasgow Games Monitor challenged the boosterist promotional drivel of both the SNP (Shona Robinson) and the Labour Party (Patricia Ferguson). While they both told us how wonderful everything was going…
Poverty Games – Video Footage
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Budget Cuts and Bankers’ Bonuses
As reported in Glasgow Local News protestors from Citizens United Against the Cuts and supporters of the Save the Accord Centre campaign joined forces to occupy and hold a people’s assembly in front of a branch of the Royal Bank…
London Landlords Evict Tenants to Cash in on ‘Olympic Lets’
LONDON — Landlords in Britain’s capital are evicting tenants so they can cash in on this summer’s Olympic Games by charging tourists many times the usual rent. Homes in the east London boroughs where many events are to be held…
Dodgy Land Deals in Dalmarnock
In yet another example of the disgraceful way Glasgow City Council operates, we see Labour Councillors paying off their chums from regeneration budgets while those they have displaced or evicted are ignored. The Sunday Herald reported yesterday that Ronnie Saez,…
Glasgow Games Monitor 2014 Event: Whose Legacy? 21.10.11
GLASGOWGAMES MONITOR 2014 EVENT As part of Document 9: International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival Friday 21st October, 2-30-4.30. Clubroom, Upstairs at The Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA),350 Sauchiehall Street,GlasgowG2 3JD The Commonwealth Games 2014: Whose Legacy? Short introductory talk…
Save the Accord Demo 2: The East End Fights Back!
“The Accord Centre is a day care centre for people with learning disabilities in the East End of Glasgow. It is being demolished to make way for a bus park for the 11-day long Commonwealth Games in 2014. The carers and…
Newsflash: Eviction Today?
On the morning of the Jaconelli family’s eviction, the Daily Express finally do some reporting! Below they point out that the Scottish Government have offered to step in to help resolve the situation, but Glasgow City Council have refused: “Scottish Government…
