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“What Housing Crisis?” No Room For Dissent in the New East End

March 19, 2014by Admin 1 Comment

There’s a long-running joke that the machinations of Glasgow Labour, whose grip over the city is now into its thirty-third consecutive year, would put any tinpot dictator to shame. Corruption scandals, […]

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Is the East End of Glasgow the NEW West End of Glasgow?

March 10, 2014by Admin 6 Comments

Take a stroll around the east end of Glasgow and it quickly becomes apparent that big changes are afoot – the roads are being resurfaced, new buildings are springing up […]

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Clyde’s Big Day Out: Halloween Special

October 31, 2013by Admin Leave a comment

Today was an eventful day in Glasgow. Not only were there loads of STRIKES affecting unis and schools and a contentious city council meeting at which the SNP and Labour […]

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Whatever happened to the East End subway extension?

September 29, 2013by Admin 10 Comments

“EAST END SUBWAY LINK IS A DONE DEAL BEFORE 2014 GAMES” thundered the front page of the Evening Times back in 2007, characteristically pissing itself with excitement at the latest […]

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The Olympic struggle for human rights needs more than boycotts

August 14, 2013by Juan Mac Leave a comment

As the dust settles on our own Pride antics, the outrage over the implementation of new anti-gay laws in Russia shows no sign of abating.  The laws which prohibits “propaganda […]

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Clyde the Thistle: just who is he?

August 3, 2013by Admin 1 Comment

Ever since Clyde the Thistle awkwardly dangled onto the scene last September, unveiled as the terrifying human-thistle hybrid, sorry ‘gallus, Glaswegian’, face of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, speculation has been […]

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