The University of Glasgow (UoG) has been thoroughly complicit in Israel’s genocide in Palestine. But amid its stubborn refusal to change, student resistance has been unbreakable. And recent ‘not guilty’ verdict for protesters who took action earlier in the year may now embolden others to d...
War memorials in Derry have suffered two attacks in recent days. Damage and theft occurred at the city’s Fountain estate and a wreath had been stolen from the Diamond War Memorial on 11 November. The two incidents are being treated as sectarian hate crimes, the Police Service of Northern I...
Homelessness is up 45% since 2012 and the epidemic is continuing under Keir Starmer’s administration. So a charity – Crisis – is stepping in with its own social housing programme, having already set up a letting agency to do so. “Inconceivable” Matt Downie, the charity’s chief executive, s...
Just as we were all getting ready for bed last night, some news broke on social media. As tweeted by many corporate media journalists, including Alex Wickham of Bloomberg, Wes Streeting is allegedly planning to oust Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Wickham tweeted that there were “a series of ...
After Zohran Mamdani’s romp to victory in the New York mayoral election, US right-wingers are in the middle of a freak-out. A pre-election video trying to stir the Zionist right’s worst fears is still doing the rounds. As usual, it’s packed with racism, Islamophobia and homophobia that wil...
With a grin of smug entitlement, Itamar Ben-Gvir, the far-right fascist minister, roams through the Israeli Knesset, handing out a tray of Arabic baklava to his Israeli counterparts. They toast to the passing of a law that grants legal cover for the execution of Palestinian detainees. The ...
On 10 November, Reform deputy leader Richard Tice posted about the launch of ‘Students for Reform’. The announcement resulted in ridicule, however, because the Farage Youth look exactly like you’d expect: For once, I’m lost for words https://t.co/y2uzUcJM5u — Max (@maxcownie_) November 10,...
Disability Arts Online (DAO) today launched Cripping Culture: A Journey into Disability Arts Heritage, an archival initiative preserving the history of disability arts and activism.The timely project fights erasure and champions the storied history of disability activism against the backdr...
Back in 2023, the university identified a black-hole budget deficit of over £30m. At the time, spending controls were put in place across the university. However, this didn’t stop management from blowing £80m on the now Castle Meadow campus — which still isn’t open to this day. Given this ...
As a war on terror veteran, if you’d told me a few years ago that Al-Qaeda would be invited to the White House in my lifetime I’d have laughed in your face. Yet that is what has just happened… sort of. And it’s not that I don’t agree with the assertion that the West was...
