Housing Meeting Blocked in Bridgeton!
Glasgow Games Monitor 2020 housing meeting blocked by Bridgeton Community Learning Campus (BCLC). The Board of Directors at Bridgeton Community Learning Campus (BCLC) have closed down the joint housing meeting booked by Glasgow Games Monitor 2020 and Unite Community Union for…
Great 1980s Films from Easterhouse and Drumchapel
Two great videos below discussing housing, welfare and community issues in Easterhouse and Drumchapel in the 1980s. What is striking is how progressive they are in comparison to the stigmatising representations of the working class and unemployed we see on…
Petition – Glasgow 2020 Ltd Organising Committee – Drop ATOS as a sponsor for the 2020 Commonwealth Games
Glasgow Games Monitor have recently created petitions on 38 Degrees and Change.org calling for ATOS to be dropped as a Commonwealth Games sponsor. The Change.org petition is live and if you agree with it please sign it – you can…
2020 ATOS Council Vote – Dismaying Result
The outcome from yesterdays council vote on removing ATOS as a 2020 Commonwelath Games sponsor was dismaying yet somewhat predictable. Despite having the backing of SNP and Green Councillors the motion was quashed as every Glasgow Labour Councillor voted against…
Bin the Bedroom Tax – Protest at Lib-dems UK national conference
Story Credit: Grace Franklin/ Local Glasgow News A major protest against the ‘bedroom tax’ will be held on Saturday 14 September in Glasgow to coincide with Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg speaking at his UK party’s conference in Glasgow. In…
East Carers Open Letter to Gordon Matheson
Dear Mr. Matheson, We are writing this open letter to you because a suitable Day Care replacement Centre has still not been found since the Accord Centre was demolished for a Commonwealth Games bus park. This means there is now…
East Carers Open Letter to Alex Salmond
Dear Mr. Salmond, We are writing this open public letter to you because a solution has still not been found to what you have described, in a letter to City Council leader Gordon Matheson, as our “legitimate concerns” over the…
Alex Salmond at the Accord Centre – A Commitment Unfulfilled?
This post features a video recording and written transcription of Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond’s visit to the Accord day care centre, Dalmarnock, in May 2011. He was invited to the centre to discuss the future of the centre, and…
Interview with East End Carers/Save the Accord
This is a transcript of an extensive Glasgow Games Monitor 2020 interview with carers from the East End Carers group/Save the Accord campaign. The Accord centre was a day care centre for young adults with severe learning difficulties that has…
Chris Hoy Velodrome Occupied
Wednesday 26th June, Glasgow Against Atos occupied the Emirates Arena, Commonwealth Games venue, on London Road. The group were protesting against the French IT firm Atos sponsoring the games. The protestors, who occupied the Chris Hoy velodrome for well over…