RISE Glasgow

Rise members have been out this morning with living rent to campaign against shoddy landlords. If your landlord has messed you about, get in touch with living rent - solidarity gets results!

"his is why politics in Scotland is complicated and multi-layered. There are real reasons why many on the left of different strands don’t automatically join Labour – as they would do living in England. The situation remains fluid. No Scottish seat is stable. We need to get Scottish politics back onto the field of ideas. This is what made the Yes movement flourish. But it’s going to take all of us who adhere to socialist principles –regardless of party – to engage in a robust debate about strategy, while engaging together in campaigns. Enough of the ta**ry, intellectually vacuous social media skirmishes. We live in a changing world – and Scotland is part of it. We need to re-engage the best practices of the referendum process, and of the Labour movement: open debate, radical ideas and putting a challenge to power"

Forward Scotland Jonathon Shafi explores the new political landscape and drivers behind the Scottish Governments ambitious Programme for Government announcements. The ideas of the left are at a premium. That is the…

Common Weal’s head of policy, Ben Wray told CommonSpace: “The irony of Ruth Davidson calling for more council housing in Scotland while her colleagues at Westminster continue to destroy the last remnants of it south of the border is not lost on anyone."

Ruth Davidson calls for new Scottish towns as critics blast Tory record on housing The Scottish Tory leader said that Scotland should build a new generation of towns to address the national housing crisis RUTH DAVIDSON, the Scottish Conservatives leader, has advocated the building of 25,000 new homes a year, saying Scotland should “look at a series of new generation new towns”. In...

Just an example of the shocking conditions shoddy landlords will enforce for profit - join living rent today, tenants solidarity gets results and transforms lives

Congratulations to Cathy Milligan who came 5th in Linn Ward with over 700 first preferences, narrowly missing out on taking a seat. RISE were honoured to take part in an excellent community led campaign for a formidable class fighter. Whilst other candidates only come out for elections we know Cathy will still be fighting alongside Castlemilk Against Austerity, for her community and her class, and RISE Scotland will be there alongside her!

Homelessness shames Glasgow!

Many thanks to those who were able to attend tonight's demo and memorial at short notice. We will be organising further practical support in the future to pressure Glasgow City a council to deal with the city's homelessness crisis

An important statement from Radical Independence in the wake of this weeks proposed independence referendum, and Westminster attempts to block it.

Radical Yes | Radical Independence Campaign

We are delighted to formally announce that we will be putting our local activists and resources behind Cathy Milligan in the council elections. Cathy is without doubt the best person to fight for Castlemilk.
She has worked with many others to bring together Castlemilk Against Austerity and will be running a grassroots campaign in which many groups, organisations and individuals will be involved.
Please like her page today - and stay tuned for more updates.

Vote Cathy

a pretty comprehensive demolition of Coburn by Commonspace journalist David Jamieson

'We don't need to play by Westminster rules': Opinions on IndyRef2 collide (Debate) Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s announcement of plans for a second Scottish independence referendum has been met with mixed reaction. While the i...

NEW- Today First bus increased their fares by 10%, an unaffordable price hike for working people. Sign our petition to scrap Glasgow bus fare increases.

RISE for fair fares, end the First bus farce.

Scrap Glasgow Bus Fare Increases, Re-regulate Buses Enough is Enough. The latest fare increases from First Bus to the cost of travelling in Glasgow are a hike too far. FirstDay tickets are going from from £4.30 to £4.50 and the network-wide ticket increases 25p to £6. A five-stop journey has gone from 95p to £1:05, to £1:15, £1:20 and now £1:40, a…