Discussions were held in the City Chambers by UNISON Scotland’s Black Members Committee, who launched a year long campaign against racism in the workplace called Year of the Black Worker. The launch was led by BAME community leaders who shared their life experiences and ambitions for the campaign ahead.

The Scottish Refugee Festival Scotland is returning from 16-25 June with the theme of hope – ‘showcasing inspiring stories and sharing hopes and dreams for a better future’

May Day is approaching and Glasgow’s trade union are hosting a whole variety of events for the May 1st celebrations. Before then, read about a history of political radicalism around Queen’s Park as Radical Glasgow Tours share the history of John Maclean.

Discursurile lui Sammy și Natalia de la Ziua Internațională a Romilor. Au participat la cursul „Community Catalyst” al lui Romano Lav – un grup de 12 tineri romi care au urmat un curs de 8 săptămâni pentru a afla totul despre drepturile lor și cum să lupte pentru ei.

Projevy Sammyho a Natalie z Mezinárodního dne Romů. Zúčastnili se kurzu v Romano Lav’s   ‘Community Catalyst’ – skupina 12 mladých Romů, kteří absolvovali 8 tydenní kurz, v němž se dozvěděli vše o svých právech a o tom, jak za ně bojovat.

After a six week pilot, the Scottish Child Law Centre is now seeking funding to find a permanent home in the area to offer legal advice to children and families.

On International Roma Day last year, Sammy and Natalia gave speeches to the crowd. Both took part in Romano Lav’s ‘Community Catalysts’ course, in which a  group of 12 Roma young people spent 8 weeks learning about their rights and how to fight for them.

‘What does it mean to be Black in Scotland today? How are notions of nationhood, Scottishness, and Britishness implicated in this?’ These are some of the questions explored in this important new book. We spoke to one for the books writers, and Govanhill resident layla-roxanne hill to find out more.

As more and more strike actions take place in response to unjust conditions, we wanted to share this article from Issue 5 of the magazine, in which Silas Lehane explored solidarity between interconnected struggles.

Taken from Issue 6 of the magazine, which explored the past, present and future of Govanhill, David Jamieson explored what happened when the British Union of Fascists came to the neighbourhood.

The transfer of assets such as buildings from the council to community ownership is often spoken about as a neat solution to an ongoing problem, but the process is much more complex than that. Alex Wilde, looks into the case of the Govanhill Baths and whether community ownership represents greater justice for a community.

The annual, and consistently brilliant Refugee Festival Scotland is in full swing. The theme this year is storytelling and there are so many events to choose from, it’s hard to know where to start. We rounded up some of those we’re most looking forward to in and around Govanhill.

A new art show and guerrilla visual projection in the City Centre aim to highlight the horrific miscarriages of justice that still plague our legal system.

In the second part of our exclusive interview with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, young people from backgrounds typically under-represented in the media who have been learning journalism skills with Greater Govanhilll got to ask questions about the subjects they were most interested in.

On the weekend of the 13th/14th June, the residents of Pollokshields gathered to commemorate, celebrate and educate on the anniversary of the Kenmure Street protests.

Ahead of this weekend’s Festival of Resistance, human rights activist, Pinar Aksu, reflects on some of the key moments around asylum policy from the past few years and the unity now needed in the face of the Nationality and Borders Bill.

Govanhill Baths have launched a crowdfunder to put on a weekend of events, known as Festival of Resistance, to commemorate the events of Kenmure Street on 13th May 2021.