Members of the Human Rights Consortium Scotland (HRCS) met on 1st June and agreed on a co-ordinated campaign to defend the Human Rights Act (HRA), and to promote human rights for everyone in everyday situations. Human rights standards and… Read More »Campaign to support human rights
Zero Tolerance on Austerity The Foundation’s sister organisation Scottish Left Review, co-sponsored a fringe meeting at the STUC congress on challenging austerity and highlighting the cumulative misery and suffering caused to the poorest and most vulnerable… Read More »Fringe Meeting Success
Zero Tolerance on Austerity The Foundation’s sister organisation Scottish Left Review, co-sponsored a fringe meeting at the STUC congress on challenging austerity and highlighting the cumulative misery and suffering caused to the poorest and most vulnerable… Read More »Fringe Meeting Success
Scottish Parliament warned action needed to protect FOI The Scottish Information Commissioner, Rosemary Agnew, has warned the Scottish Parliament that immediate steps must be taken to protect freedom of information (FOI) rights from the damage… Read More »Maintain, Extend & Promote FoI Rights!
On 1st January 2015, people in Scotland celebrated 10 years of having an enforceable right to access information from our 10,000 plus public bodies in Scotland. What impact has this right made to the lives of individuals and communities?
On 1st January 2015, people in Scotland celebrated 10 years of having an enforceable right to access information from our 10,000 plus public bodies in Scotland. What impact has this right made to the lives of individuals and communities?
It was the very saddest news today to hear that Ailsa McKay had died after a long – and very spirited – battle with cancer. I first met Ailsa when we approached her to become… Read More »Ailsa McKay
On 10 October General Sectretary of Unite Len McCluskey gave the second Annual Jimmy Reid Memorial Lecture. This is the text of his lecture, entitled We Are Not Rats; the role of workers and trade unions in politics
RIP Iain Banks, a true supporter of the Scottish left
The makey-upy statistics on how much a single police force will ‘save’ Scotland offers just one more example of ‘hopeonomics’ – accountants balance sheets comprising of ideology rather than numbers.