Hundreds of people attended a People’s Vote Let Us Be Heard rally in The Meadows yesterday. Labour MPs Jess Phillips and Ian Murray, and SNP MP Joanna Cherry were joined by a stellar line-up of comedians from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
As well as the MPs, speakers included top comics Andrew Maxwell, Grace Campbell and Fred MacAulay as well as the renowned ‘Brexit Graffiti Granny’, Hazel Jones. Continue reading ‘Brexit is based on lies’: hundreds call for People’s Vote
Labour MP Jess Phillips and SNP MP Joanna Cherry will join a stellar line-up of comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for a People’s Vote ‘Let Us Be Heard’ rally in Edinburgh today.
They will be joined by top comics Andrew Maxwell, Grace Campbell and Fred MacAulay as well as the renowned ‘Graffiti Granny’, Hazel Jones. Continue reading People’s Vote: Let Us Be Heard rally at The Meadows this afternoon
Welcome to the ‘Age of Aquarius’. It’s 1967 and HAIR’s hippie ‘tribe’ youngsters in the East Village of New York are yearning to change the world, questioning authority and the American flag. Wild, colourful, sexually liberated and free, they are united in protest and song, under the shadow of the Vietnam War. Continue reading HAIR: Love and Peace comes to Edinburgh
Twenty-nine environmental protesters were arrested during Tuesday’s city centre protest by the Extinction Rebellion group. Continue reading Twenty-nine arrests following Edinburgh environmental protest
Scottish Green MSPs have praised the thousands who took part in youth climate strikes in Scotland yesterday and called on other parties to back radical climate action. Continue reading Greens hail climate strike youth protesters
Capital Coalition poised to slash city services by more than £34 million
Campaigners from North Edinburgh Save Our Services and representatives from Edinburgh Tenants Federation will appeal to city councillors to draw back from making swingeing cuts to council services across the city when they speak at deputations to the City Council’s Budget meeting on Thursday. Continue reading Silent Slaughter: Community groups and Trade Unions urge council cuts rethink
Join us on Tuesday 19th February 2019 for a family-friendly, free, catered discussion at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre Community Cafe on protest and the north Edinburgh’s housing crisis. Continue reading Art of Protest: housing event at Royston Wardieburn
Join the protests
Thursday 21 February from 9am
UNISON, the biggest union in Edinburgh Council, will join Edinburgh Trades Union Council and community groups to lobby the council and the Scottish Parliament on 21 February 2019 to say ‘enough is enough’ as Edinburgh faces yet another cut of over £30 million. Continue reading ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: No More Cuts!
Fight goes on to save vital local services
The fight to save local services goes on with a series of action group meetings and demonstrations planned over the next few weeks. Continue reading Save our Services: campaign meeting on Monday
Pilton Community Health Project could face closure unless alternative funding can be found. The respected local project – Scotland’s oldest community health organisation – was one of 35 who learned last week that they would receive no funding from the latest round of Health & Social Care grants. Continue reading Heartbreak as funding appeal rejected … but the fight goes on
