‘Hungry man, pick up a book, it is a weapon..’
Bertolt Brecht (1898 – 1956)

Faslane Peace Camp now has a forum!! 

The poorest and most deprived areas in Edinburgh are missing out in the new way of distributing funds formerly known as "Community Regeneration". The Unfairer Scotland Fund will cut the money going into North Edinburgh by about half to nearly 1 million. This will damage projects like the Pilton Elderly Project and the Granton Youth Centre. For more information see: http://news.scotsman.com/opinion/Poorest-areas-missing-out-as.4475765.jp

The following is a press release sent out by Variant last week regarding the removal of their magazine from Glasgow's cultural venues. The story has been covered on IMC Scotland here and here.

Downloadable version of a Climate Camp film about Fences and how to get round, through, over or under them. Liberated from YouTube, hence quite low quality.

So when is a journalist not a journalist? When he's the "Media Manager" of Culture & Sport Glasgow it seems. Variant magazine have responded to their recent ban from, not just the Tramway but all Culture & Sport Glasgow venues.

The Unity Centre benefit gig last Friday turned out to also be the last-ever nighttime event at Glasgow's Carnival Arts Centre. The longstanding supporters of community projects are being moved to new premises in the face of continuing gentrification of the Trongate area.

The arts & culture magazine 'Variant' has been banned from Tramway, a key cultural venue in Glasgow "that promotes public participation, education and debate, placing the building at the heart of local, national and international concerns, issues and innovation."

Two senior directors of Jim McColl's Clyde Pumps, including the man who has continued to run this business since the entrepreneur acquired it from Weir Group last May, are leaving, The Herald has learned. However, Mr McColl was at pains yesterday to dispel any fears that the top management changes spelled a threat to the 640 employees at the Glasgow-based pump manufacturing business. ... Full Story