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Christopher Silver

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12th November 2021

COP Resistance Report 6: ‘We will outlive these empires’

8th November 2021

Welcome to the new world of Govan

6th September 2021

Time, travel and the fading magic of Edinburgh

Politics Posted on17th September 202118th May 2022

The return of hunger as a political weapon shames us all

Attending the Job Centre once a week was always a curious ritual. I recall long waits, being handed lots of bits of paper, stares from […] Read More

Climate Change, Scottish Politics Posted on13th September 20213rd January 2022

The politics of traffic are a dead-end: why it’s time to replace the M8

Depending on who you listen to, Glasgow is either uniquely well suited to play host to COP26, or outrageously ill-prepared. Amid growing political rancour ahead […] Read More

Culture, Politics Posted on30th August 202130th August 2021

To move beyond the culture wars, we must tackle the loneliness of capitalism

Whatever stage of life it hit you at, the pandemic has accentuated the process of ageing.  Whether you’re seventeen or seventy-one, there is a sense […] Read More

Politics Posted on21st August 202125th August 2021

More than politics? The SNP/Green deal can be a victory for social movements

Marked by the emergence of  a diverse social movement, mass political self-education, and panic at the pinnacle of the British state – the heady days […] Read More

Climate Change, Scottish Politics Posted on13th August 202125th August 2021

Scotland’s choice: oil or freedom?

By the end of 2021 the city of Glasgow will become shorthand for a landmark moment in human history; one way or another. As things […] Read More

Islands Posted on6th August 202125th August 2021

Power to the Islands!

In 1970 the island of Papa Stour, one of the fifteen smaller inhabited isles in Shetland, made headlines by advertising in a national newspaper for […] Read More

Coronavirus, Culture Posted on30th July 202125th August 2021

Tiny Universities of Solidarity

In a recent analysis of ‘Generation Left,’ James Meadway pointed out that, with 50% of 18 – year-olds attending university, ‘education is no longer a marker of […] Read More

Climate Change, Politics Posted on25th July 202125th August 2021

Good COP Bad COP: Big Oil, Cambo and Media Climate Lies

You find yourself commuting home from work one day. Unexpectedly, your train stops mid-tunnel. You then notice that water is seeping through the closed doors, […] Read More

Climate Change, Scottish Politics Posted on16th July 202116th July 2021

Summer Detours 3: Shitting in the Cathedral

Shit — imagine huge immovable mountains of the stuff, caked into the stones or rushing forth in biblical torrents. A great leveller, tramped in by […] Read More

Scottish Politics Posted on16th July 202116th July 2021

Summer Detours 2: Reconsidering Scotland’s Deep South

On crossing the border at Deadwater into Scotland, the signage is surprisingly dull. Scottish Borders and the Forestry Commission offer a muted welcome in fonts that resemble Comic Sans. Turn around, however, and […] Read More

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