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Wyndford news:
World Socialist Web Site Article on schools
Water everywhere without a drop to drink. A workman describing himself as a Council worker went into the school in the pretext of checking a gas leak. (He was informed by parents that there is no gas - it is all electric in the schools). I need to check anyway says he. When he left the school was left with no water. So do the council have workmen who lie for them now? Was it a council worker? - do they have sub-contractors who lie for them? Anyway the "Festival of Water" has begun at the Wyndford. Please bring all the water you can find, paddle pools, water-guns and ensure that the Wyndford campaigners don"t end up as dirty as Glasgow City Council.
The council have not come up and spoke to the parents themselves - just tactics like the above. Wish list: Bottles of water, disposable plastic
cups, ready meals - volunteers for the front gate and leafleting the area.
Bring music.
Contact school: 07783508740
School protest in CCTV stand off BBC
Parents stopping Glasgow City Council from removing equipment from the Wyndford school prior to a judicial Review relating to the legality of closing the schools. More proof of the councils complete disregard for any opinions or democratic process.
Walkin and Talkin Games
Monitor walk A walk from the merchant city area, east to the
games village site, and the site of the new indoor stadium on Saturday June
20th. Meet at Mono at 1.30. Map
Council
land-grab fails in Pollok Park
Campaigners Send councils "forced" Go-Ape plan packing. "We
call for a detailed inquiry into the council's futile posturing and mishandling
of the Go Ape affair."
LA connections Podcast audio
In Sep. 08 City Strolls visited Los Angeles, Meeting people working in community empowerment work in the down town area where the effects of gentrification are meted out on the poorest of the community. Here we hear some of the situations people are facing and how folk organise to create understanding and strategies fight against powerful business interests who care nothing about the plight of low income and homeless people. We have much in common in this country (UK) and we would well heed the lessons from LA
Registered Social Landlords - The new Corporations
as they are now known, are becoming a powerful oppressive force within our communities.' - Mike Lane, campaigner.
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Fire
the Boss: Naomi Klein & Avi Lewis on “The Worker Control Solution
from Buenos Aires to Chicago”
Shock Doctrine author Naomi Klein and Al Jazeera host Avi Lewis discuss
the workers who are taking over their factories and plants rather than lose
their jobs, some to owners who owe money to bailed-out banks. They also
address the latest news in the nation’s global economic collapse amidst
the White House and Democratic-led Congress’s rejection of single-payer
healthcare
Visteon Occupation - A fight for justice - Interviews with Enfield workers April 4 2009 Taking over the factories
Labor is Not a Commodity Chicago workers takeover
'Yes' Vote at Republic: Workers Get Pay, Plant Occupation Ends
Industrial Workers of the World
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The GHA Board's final
decision on Sighthill's Pinkston Drive
is due at a GHA Board Regeneration Sub-Committee meeting today. The choices
are between total demolition of the remaining 5 blocks totaling 1,100 homes;
or a part-retention refurbishment plan for 3 of the blocks saving nearly
600 flats - favoured by the tenants and some of GHA's key architecture and
regeneration officers. Below is a statement from the Pinkston TA.
Govanhill Says
- Time For A Rethink
“We need to increase understanding of the stories behind the headlines
and the jargon.”
Locals say We must End
Slum Housing – No more excuses
Deputy First Minister comes to Govanhill Last summer the Community
council held two public meetings to highlight the scandal of slum housing
in their area.
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Gentrification before
people - Leave our allotments alone
More from our caring city council
" Just now, time on a waiting list for a plot in Glasgow can range
from 2 to 8 years. It seems tragic that in a period when we are concerned
about lack of opportunities for exercise, about food miles,about reducing
carbon footprint and also about an economic recession, a group of allotments
- which can help with all these issues - should be under threat."
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