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The earth is at the heart of the struggle for Palestine
Today, in the Middle East, the lives and health of people in Gaza, Palestine are being systematically obliterated. The Israeli military have bombed hospitals, homes, refugee centres, schools, and places of worship. At the time of writing, 25,700 Palestinians have been killed and 1.7 million people, nearly three-quarters of Gaza’s population, have been displaced.1 Many…
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Documentary Short: Torry: Lost to the Harbour?
I’m pleased to announce the completion of a new documentary short film ‘Torry: Lost to the Harbour?’ It premiered an event with the Friends of St. Fitticks Park at the Old Torry Community Centre on Saturday and is now available online. Further reading The film features the campaign to save St. Fittick’s Park, Torry, which…
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21 acts of defiance: Scottish people’s 10 year war against Trump and the politicians who backed him
Photo: Protestors march on Donald Trump’s half-built golf course at Menie, Aberdeenshire, 2010. Copyright Aaron Sneddon, used with permission. Scotland’s fight against Trump wasn’t about his bulging personality, but corporate power. Earlier this year Scotland was engaged, if not enthralled, in one of the more progressive parliamentary election campaigns in the wee Parliament’s short history.…
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How people power ended the coal era
It’s September 2024 and in the countryside just outside of Nottingham, England, something momentous is taking place: the UK’s last coal power station is closing and with it ends Britain’s coal age.[1] At the peak of its power coal employed over a million people across the UK providing energy for homes, businesses and public services.[2]…
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Comment: Scottish Government scraps climate targets
Don’t worry about climate targets. They’re just numbers, “nothing more meaningful than a straight line on a graph”, to quote a Scottish Government source this evening explaining away the scrapping of climate goals. What a way to miss the point. And oh boy, by a long long way. Statistics are worth being angry about. Numbers…
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Polluted Politics: new report
With Friends of the Earth Scotland I published ‘Polluted Politics: The fossil fuel lobby at Holyrood’, a comprehensive review of lobbying by oil and gas companies of the Scottish Parliament. I produced and authored the report working with research carried out by independent investigator Rachel Tansey. You can read a summary blog and the full…
Previous posts
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Uncovering Edinburgh’s festive radical trail
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EVENT: Peace, joy and protest – a festive walk on Edinburgh’s hidden radical side
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Cornwall, Nottingham and Normandy: the Eddowes family story
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A walk to Torness
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Canada’s climate crisis by coach: a photo story
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Oily sponsors come home to Scotland at the World Cycling Championships
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My tips for taking good protest photos
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Preview Clip: Around St Fittick’s Kirk
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Cycling through Spaghetti Country
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The science of Edinburgh’s gloaming
