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Govanhill Baths Deny Involvement with Workfare After Being Named on DWP List

July 31, 2016by Admin Leave a comment

A prominent Glasgow charity with a history rooted in community struggle has been forced to deny their involvement with the UK Government’s controversial workfare programme, after being named on a Freedom of […]

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There’s Plenty On and Off The Dole in Glasgow

September 22, 2013by Admin Leave a comment

A guest post from John M Growing up in Glasgow’s state-schools, children are taught the significance of education as a force that can improve the material conditions of their lives. […]

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Home Alone: The Tory attack on our houses

April 7, 2013by Admin Leave a comment

by Jack Ferguson (Part 1 2 of an ongoing series) On April Fools Day the millionaire sadists that run the country launched one of their cruellest jokes yet: the infamous bedroom […]

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VIDEO: Glasgow Against The Bedroom Tax

March 31, 2013by Juan Mac 1 Comment

Yesterday thousands took to the streets in 53 towns and cities across the country to express their anger at the UK government’s “Bedroom Tax.”  The changes to Housing Benefit which […]

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The Coming Welfare Apocalypse

March 9, 2013by Admin 4 Comments

by Jack Ferguson Over the coming year, a massive social transformation is set to take place. Under the name of ‘Welfare Reform’, the government has declared all out nuclear war on […]

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