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Culture and Leisure at Risk, Glasgow 2026

I am concerned about the recent closures to many arts organisations in Glasgow and have tried to detail them in this post. If you have any more relevant information please let me know!

We are looking forward to this event from @publiclawproject.bsky.social - it's sold out but we're hoping more tickets will be released

“Freedom of information only works if you can find it”

So why don’t gov depts proactively publish it? Then they won’t need to respond to requests.

#FOIFest

just looking at your website now - it's heartening to see a local organisation following council developments so closely!

That's a very common tale. Has there been much public pushback? Any other big sales?

We just published some research showing that councils getting EFS are still selling off £££ of assets - with £1bn more in the pipeline this year. May be of interest researchforaction.uk/report-flogg...

We just published some research showing that councils getting EFS are still selling off £££ of assets - with £1bn more in the pipeline this year. May be of interest researchforaction.uk/report-flogg...

We just published some research showing that councils getting EFS are still selling off £££ of assets - with £1bn more in the pipeline this year. May be of interest researchforaction.uk/report-flogg...

We just published some research showing that councils getting EFS are still selling off £££ of assets - with £1bn more in the pipeline this year. May be of interest researchforaction.uk/report-flogg...

We just published some research showing that councils getting EFS are still selling off £££ of assets - with £1bn more in the pipeline this year. Take a look! researchforaction.uk/report-flogg...

35 councils now have 'exceptional' financial support for 2026/27. We've shown how these councils are still selling off millions of £ of assets despite these huge bailouts - researchforaction.uk/report-flogg...

We've added a little bit more information on #Nottingham #Council and #EFS to our report - check it out here researchforaction.uk/report-flogg...

To tackle the ecological crisis we must challenge the corporate-driven growth model and rethink power beyond the state. @steve-rushton.bsky.social explores how #Degrowth connects to #Municipalism drawing on Fearless Cites summit in Sheffield

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🕵️NEW: Councils getting 'exceptional financial support' from govt sold over £1bn of public assets in last 5 years 😱 we've mapped some of the biggest sell-offs including #Birmingham #Nottingham #Bradford and #Southampton , with £1bn more planned in 2025/26 ➡️ researchforaction.uk/report-flogg...

Out of the red, but at what cost? Birmingham council asset sales have left city reeling, say residents As council declares it’s ‘no longer bankrupt’, people say closure of services have added to social isolation and crime

Meanwhile a timely article today @theguardian.com re #Birmingham - pretty galling to hear the claim the city is 'no longer bankrupt' when plenty of evidence to suggest it never was.... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

A record number of #CouncilsInCrisis are expected to apply for EFS this year. We call for a proper independent evaluation of the impact of losing these local public assets - from land to libraries, outdoor learning centres to car parks.

🕵️NEW: Councils getting 'exceptional financial support' from govt sold over £1bn of public assets in last 5 years 😱 we've mapped some of the biggest sell-offs including #Birmingham #Nottingham #Bradford and #Southampton , with £1bn more planned in 2025/26 ➡️ researchforaction.uk/report-flogg...

Naples #UrbanCommons are six massive buildings legally recognised spaces run by weekly democratic assemblies,with the only stipulation being that everyone agrees the space is anti-sexist, anti-racist and anti-fascist.
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#GiardinoLiberato  
#ScugnizzoLiberato

“The far-right thrive in a world of crisis...the local level as a key arena to do politics – instead of thinking of politics as solely revolving around the state – is vital to reimagine our world...” @steve-rushton.bsky.social writes
#FearlessCities blog one
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“We're all political activists. Every action that we take in the community is political .You don't have to read Marx or go to university to do that. I didn't ...and I can organize with my neighbours.” Says Shiri Shalmy from @cooperationtown.bsky.social #Podcast
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How can we #StopICE from spreading to our streets? How do we stop racist policing and immigration raids? In our first #FearlessCities write-up, we profile #AntiEviction and #AntiRaids work challenging Britain’s hostile environment.

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We ❤️Cooperation and we ❤️Cooperatives.

Listen up to our first podcast, following up on Sheffield's #FearlessCities summit with tips and inspiration of how we can build an economy based on solidarity
#SolidarityEconomy
@cooperationtown.bsky.social
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Rojava is the world's leading example of democracy, gender liberation, and people power—and it is under existential threat.

This piece, written before the recent invasion by the Syrian state and jihadist forces, helps explain why Rojava matters. Read. Share it. Act in solidarity.

#DefendRojava

Capitalism is wrecking the planet — but communities are organising differently. Learn how neighbourhood power & ecological democracy are being built from Sheffield to Rojava. 🌍💪
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#ClimateJustice

To break free from top-down power, we need the solidarity economy and participatory democracy. Our second Fearless Cities write-up looks at how we build power as a multitude.
by @steve-rushton.bsky.social
#SolidarityEconomy #DemocraticAssemblies
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Tomorrow Thurs 22 Jan 19h GMT
(20h CET)

Rojava: War, Militarism and Resistance with Dilar Dirik

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by @leftbookclub.bsky.social

#AntiRaids organising is central in building a city for everyone. Check out our first write up of this inspirational anti-racism organising, from #FearlessCities in Sheffield by
@steve-rushton.bsky.social
#KenmureStreet

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Defend Rojava! repost from gullybujak on IG.

#DefendRojava

State integration forced on Rojava - Freedom News Islamist attacks and great-power manoeuvres place the revolution in existential threat ~ Blade Runner ~ Recent weeks’ clashes between Syrian …

Defend Rojava!

The Kurdish-led democratic North and East Syria faces an brutal invasion by the Islamist Syrian regime.
freedomnews.org.uk/2026/01/20/s...

We need to stand with the world’s most advanced experiment in democracy.
#defendRojava #saveRojava #KobaneUnderAttack

Rojava, the largest actually-democratic project in the world, has entered what might (or might not) be a last desperate stand.