19th April 2022
Divest Glasgow School of Art Campaign intensifies its campaign with a hunger strike for the Glasgow School of Art to divest from arms companies. Glasgow School of Art (GSA) students Hannah Torrance Bright and Jasmine Roberts have been on hunger strike since 12 March as part of the Divest Glasgow School of Art Campaign against ...
9th March 2022
The Glasgow Guardian spoke to dozens of demonstrators at anti-war rallies in Glasgow and Edinburgh last weekend. Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh and George Square in Glasgow last weekend to protest against Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. In the early morning of Thursday 24 February 2022, the Russian ...
24th December 2021
Jeevan Farthing reflects back on Cullen’s satirical protest piece, which criticized the greenwashing of Shell in the form of a “Hell Bus” during COP26. *This artwork was installed during COP26 and ran until 13 November* Parked incongruously at the back end of The Glasgow School of Art is the Hell Bus. It is the creation ...
22nd November 2021
Members of the GULGBTQ+ society discuss how the BBC’s actions towards the trans community promote the growing transphobia that is prevalent throughout the UK. Transphobia is ubiquitous and it is intensifying. It pervades our parliament, our National Health Service and increasingly our media, too. Our public service broadcaster, the BBC, is furthering an orchestrated moral ...
13th November 2021
Glasgow’s biggest protest unites diverse groups to fight for climate justice. As part of the COP26 Coalition’s Global Day of Action on Saturday 6 November, approximately 100,000 people took part in the Justice March from Kelvingrove Park to Glasgow Green to have their voices heard about the COP26 climate summit. The protest was diverse in ...
8th November 2021
Students gather to make posters for the upcoming protests in Glasgow regarding the climate crisis. Glasgow University Amnesty International (GUAmnesty) in cooperation with the Student Representative Council (SRC) hosted a craftivism session in preparation for protests surrounding COP26 and the Global Day of Climate Justice. Annika Kapp, Secretary of Glasgow University Amnesty International took Th...
8th November 2021
The Glasgow Guardian spoke to attenders of the Extinction Rebellion (XR) protest against greenwashing and ecocide at Buchanan Galleries. They called out political self-interest, corporate disinformation, and global inequalities at COP26. Over 1,000 people gathered on the steps of Buchanan Galleries at midday on 3 November, carrying props, flags, and banners protesting against false climate ...
4th November 2021
Four arrested and hundreds more trapped in police kettle for hours at XR protest. At least four members of the environmental activism group, Extinction Rebellion (XR) were arrested today after protests broke out in the city centre. The four activists reportedly tried to force their way into the SSE energy company offices, and were subsequently ...
3rd November 2021
The Glasgow Guardian speaks to protestors who expressed their anger at politicians from across the world taking part in COP26. Protestors and Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists gathered in Kelvingrove Park on the evening of 1 November to urge world leaders to take action against the climate crisis, whilst the leaders themselves dined at a banquet ...
6th September 2021
From Glasgow’s Pride to the Irish Republican march to the anti-vaccine protest, Glasgow’s streets were packed Saturday 4 September was a busy day for Glasgow, with the city centre hosting three demonstrations. Glasgow’s Pride was organised by Mardi Gla to start at Festival Park, whilst the Friends of Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare Association started their ...
