SEIN Presents: Scottish Ethnic Minority Deaf Club
Tauseeb Aslam, the Engagement Officer for Scottish Ethnic Minority Deaf Club (SEMDC), spoke to Ruth Cape and Jess Steele of the South East Integration Network, about SEMDC’s climate challenge work with the deaf ethnic minority community in Glasgow.
Community Energy’s Role in Addressing the Climate Crisis
While world leaders gather in our city for COP26, groups like Glasgow Community Energy are hoping to demonstrate the importance of local responses to the climate crisis.
Remade Network: Building a Repair Economy
In a world of fast fashion and cheap electronics, it can be too easy to buy new rather than repairing what we have. The Remade Network aims to offer an alternative as a one-stop shop for bringing life back into our goods.
Scotland’s Climate Assembly: Organisations Urge Scottish Government to Listen to Its People
Greater Govanhill has added its name to Scotland’s Civic Charter, which calls on the Scottish Government to take heed of the 81 recommendations drawn up by the Scotland’s Climate Assembly, which call for bold leadership on climate change.
Scottish Refugee Council Holds Meeting to Oppose the Nationality and Borders Bill
A number of organisations gathered on Wednesday to show solidarity with refugees and oppose the criminalisation of migrants.
Community Climate Action is an Act of Resistance
Originally published in our fourth print issue, Fraser Stewart sets why organising for climate action must be inclusive of all sections of our communities.
Parents For Future: We Can’t Wait Any Longer
More and more people are feeling moved by the climate emergency to take to activism in a way that they might never have before. Claire Larkin from Glasgow’s new Parents For Future group tells her story.
Invest in Communities to Address the Climate Crisis
Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow and Co-Leader of the Scottish Greens, outlines why investment in communities is essential to addressing the climate crisis and why it is counterproductive merely to guilt trip individuals.
Bruce Downie on the History of the Govanhill Baths
Greater Govanhill interviewed writer and historian Bruce Downie, who recently published a book on the history of the Govanhill Baths.
What I Learned Growing Up in Govanhill
Originally published in our third print issue, Sehar Mehmood details how growing up in Govanhill has affected how she sees the world.
What’s your experience of renting in Govanhill?
What are your experiences of renting in Govanhill? How have price rises affected you? Have you ever had a dodgy landlord? Help us to get a picture of how the quality, availability and affordability of housing in our area has changed over time by filling out the survey below
Delivering Your Dinner: A Deliveroo Rider’s Perspective
Originally published in our third print issue, Danny Macpherson reveals what it is like to work as a courier with Deliveroo.
Book Review: Make Bosses Pay by Eve Livingston
Eve Livingstone’s Make Bosses Pay sets out a compelling argument in favour of trade union membership and offers a bold and exciting vision of how the movement can adapt to meet the challenges of the modern day.
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Why Unions? ‘Make Bosses Pay’ by Eve Livingston
In this extract from the recently released Make Bosses Pay, Eve Livingstone sets out why collective action is essential for workers seeking to counter the power dynamics present in modern workplaces.
"I'm twenty-one years old and I am scared for my future" - Lauren Macdonald, climate activist
As young people all around the world strike today to demand better action on climate change, we spoke to one Govanhill-based climate activist who featured on the cover of our latest magazine. Lauren Macdonald, a member of Stop Cambo, told us why she feels she has to take a stand.
Like My Grandmother Used to Make
Kate Samuels shares her family’s recipe for borsch. Warming, nutritious, and affordable the ingredients for this recipe can easily be found in the local area.
Connecting Through Food
Anna Širjajeva & Ellen Vanderhoven discuss how food helped them to connect during the pandemic and share a traditional Latvian recipe for rosols salad.
Mutual Aid: Where Everyone is Valued
The team behind the Pollokshields Community Food Point explain the work that they carry out and the importance of mutual aid.
The Power of Rubbish
in our second print issue, Mikey Jarrell and Peter Armstrong discussed the Glasgow Recycling and Renewable Energy Centre in Polmadie and what happens to our rubbish when it’s thrown away.