Author Archives: floaker

Getting the word out!

We have been doing a big organising drive recently: postering, stickering, leafletting, out talking to folk. Rather than arrange big groups of us descending on an area we have been popping up a note of times where one of us is … Continue reading

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SolNet flyering this Thursday

The Network wants your help! We’re meeting on Thursday, 15th of May, at 3pm at Cafe Cherubini on Great Western Road in the West End for an hour of flyering. There are quite a lot of private let and agency … Continue reading

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6 Things You Should Know About Glasgow’s Social Housing Crisis

This article by London-based Novara Media looks into what is going on in Glasgow with regards to social housing and gentrification. Their summation  is really spot on: Housing is a basic need of the human body: without shelter, we die. The gentrification of … Continue reading

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Big Meet-up, Big Thanks

Just a quick thanks to everyone who turned up to our Big Meet-up tonight. It was a really upbeat meeting and it seemed to mark a positive step for the network, both in terms of getting to know other groups in … Continue reading

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Repost: Direct action and solidarity win in Glasgow, African migrants strike in Israel, and a few upcoming events

We just got a shout-out over at Cautiously Pessimistic. Thanks for letting people know about our win and for giving a platform to other fights going on at the moment. A nice quote from the piece: “When we think seriously about … Continue reading

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Repost: Solidarity Networks: Innovations, recomposition, and questions

An interesting look at solidarity networks using the same model that we here at GSN follow has just appeared over on Recomposition. Interesting reading for a Sunday evening.

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