Glasgow Uni lecturer: Working alongside some fabulous Community Development students who are trying to make a real difference in the world. All views are mine.
@delboy4877 @paulconmcguire @CelticFCSLO Why ..where else in sport is this a condition of entry into a venue. It's not so long ago we were all covering our faces.
@JohnWardMcLeod@JeanFind John, kettling is not a practice I agree with, however the group you refer to, did get access to the ground still wearing their snood,hats and singing their bile.
Two Catholic nuns, Vincentia Maria and Grace Okoli, have been abducted in Nigeria. Please pray for their safe release.
Info: Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Christ
Tony Benn’s 5 critical questions:
“What power have you got?
Where did you get it from?
In whose interests do you exercise it?
To whom are you accountable?
How do we get rid of you?
And if you can’t get rid of the people who govern you, you don’t live in a democratic system.”
Happy Birthday to all refugees arbitrarily assigned 1st January as their date of birth.
Congratulations on your perseverance despite the despicable treatment seeking asylum entails in the richest countries of the world.
Celebrate your persistence in ensuring your rights.
My name is Dr Ahmed Hussain, I am a General practitioner.
I call for the immediate release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and his colleagues. He was abducted by Israeli forces.
I am calling for protection of hospitals and medical workers in Gaza, and an end to the genocide.
I am Jeanette Findlay, a Professor of Economics in Scotland.
I'm calling for the immediate release of Dr Hassam Abu Safiya and all other medical and all other medical and allied health professionals from Gaza currently detained by Israeli forces.
#FreeDrHussamAbuSafiya
@irish_news For the last few years Damien & the team have been very generous with their time in hosting groups of community development students from Glasgow university at the farm . The amazing work done by all is fab,& a definite hit with our students. See you in March!! @StJamesFarm1
December 28
The Slaughter of the Innocents.
The Christmas Story is no tinsel town. It is messy, humiliated, hungry, cold. It is a collective birth-death trauma for stateless people, under brutal occupation, with no escape.
It is Gaza.
See the way in Scotland we scrutinize footballing desicions. Imagine as an electorate we done the same with our politicians and their policies especially around poverty but not from a party perspective but a societal lens. Things would change and change quick.
Big shout out to the newly opened west end Malage Tapas. The team at the restaurant were fabulous & coped well with our big group. The choices & service was unbeatable. The CD team will be back, u should try it out.@chainuptheswing@UofGlasgow@cldstandards@BailliestonTAFC