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Opinion: Privatisation is Killing Glasgow – And No One’s Coming to Help

Jonathon Shafi

The axing of Glasgow’s only night bus service is just the latest for a city in freefall, writes Jonathon Shafi - and its leaders sure as hell aren’t coming to the rescue.

Report: Meet the Robin Hood-Style Activists ‘Shoplifting’ for Food Banks

Simon Childs

Activists in Scotland are taking food off supermarket shelves and putting it straight in donation bins.

Protesters unfurl a banner and let off a smoke bomb from one of the blocks. Photo: @SavetheWyndford on Twitter.

Report: Glasgow Flats Demolition ‘On the Wrong Side of History’, Experts Say

Simon Childs

Scotland’s biggest social landlord is planning to demolish 600 homes even though the IPCC says retrofitting is key to stopping climate catastrophe.

three women in blue, black and maroon suits wave at the cameras

Opinion: Neoliberal Politicians Are Destroying Glasgow

Jonathon Shafi

Privatisation-loving council leader Susan Aitken once partnered with McDonald's to organise volunteer-run clean-ups as she slashed refuse collection budgets. Now she's charging locals £50 to have their garden waste collected. Jonathon Shafi on the crisis unfolding in Glasgow.

Report: Iconic Glasgow Council Flats Occupied in Protest Against Demolition

Simon Childs

Opposition is growing against a plan to demolish 600 social homes in Glasgow.

Report: Should Bosses Pay for Workers’ Travel Home Late at Night?

Polly Smythe

A hotel worker in Glasgow was sexually assaulted walking home from a late-night shift. Now she’s fighting for late-night travel funding for staff. Polly Smythe reports.

Downstream: How the Mainstream Media Enabled Climate Denial

Aaron Bastani speaks to George Monbiot about COP26, which countries are climate change leaders and how the mainstream media enabled a culture of climate denial when it mattered most.

Report: For Glasgow’s Striking Refuse Workers, Social and Climate Justice Are Inseparable

Refuse workers in Glasgow went on strike during Cop26 to demand better pay and working conditions, shining a light on the vital role they play in the fight to protect our environment - and they're ready to strike again.