Discover the extraordinary life of Margaret Harrison—the shipyard worker and devout Christian who co-founded the famous Faslane Peace Camp with her husband Bobby! From cycling across Britain spreading message of peace to choosing jail time over paying fines and protesting inside the House of Commons, learn how this unstoppable Dumbarton legend dedicated her life to global peace.

In the 1990s, a major campaign emerged in West Dunbartonshire to protect one of its most treasured landscapes, the Kilpatrick Hills from proposed development.

In this episode, Clydesider TV explores the story of that campaign through the voice of one of its key figures, Gordon Doughty, who played a leading role in the Clydebelt campaign to preserve the area’s natural beauty.

From community meetings to public opposition, this was a defining moment in local environmental activism and one that helped shape the landscape we still know today.

This film has been created by Clydesider volunteer Sarah Dillon as part of our ongoing work to document the people, places, and movements that have shaped West Dunbartonshire’s history. Through In Peace and Revolution, funded by ‪@TheNationalLotteryHeritageFund‬, we explore stories of activism, change, and community action across the region — highlighting the voices behind movements that have often gone unrecognised.

In May 2021, a U.K. Home Office dawn raid triggers one of the most spontaneous and successful acts of civil resistance in recent memory. In Scotland’s most diverse neighborhood, hundreds of residents rush to the streets to stop the deportation of their neighbors.

The morning in Glasgow, the first day of Eid, started as any other. However, when neighbors heard through community message networks that two local men were snatched up for deportation, hundreds of people left their breakfast tables, work Zoom calls, and daily lives to rush down to Kenmure Street to save them by putting their bodies on the line. Though mostly strangers, and with almost no planning, this extremely diverse group organized themselves, taking on essential roles to allow the collective to achieve their goal: protecting their own from government forces going after the weakest among them. An inspiring and profoundly moving portrait of what “normal” citizens are capable of in the face of injustice, Everybody To Kenmure Street reminds us of the power that is always inherent in the people.

This film has been shown at film festivals and small screenings for a while now but it is finally available to the public. Find a copy and give it a watch. It's a great example, with primary source material, of how to organise, protest, and protect our communities from government overreach.

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Social capital affects nearly every aspect of our lives, from employment and education to friendship and organising. By understanding how it operates—both its emancipatory potential and its capacity to reproduce domination—we can cultivate social relations that move us closer to anarchy.

I recommend finding this movie and giving it a watch. Set in a dying ex-mining town in the north of England, an area left in poverty by decades of Thatcherism and austerity. This movie provides a glimmer of hope in the face of the rise of Reform UK, and their similar ilk around the world. It provides inspiration and hope that community can endure in the face of hardship.

A pub landlord in a previously thriving mining community struggles to hold onto his pub. Meanwhile, tensions rise in the town when Syrian refugees are placed in the empty houses in the community.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/970348-the-old-oak

STRENGTH SOLIDARITY RESISTANCE

Comedy video about going vegan that has a positive message I think people who care about animal welfare and the environment should be adopting more.

The first installment of the series takes a look at the push for green capitalism, and questions the common-sense assumptions of its cheerleaders. Bolstered by unwavering, uncritical support from NGO’s, energy corporations portray themselves as cutting edge innovators in green energy technology while hedging their bets and maintaining diversified portfolios – packed with fossil fuel investments.

The effects of runaway climate change are already here. If the past 50 years of gas-lighting have made one thing abundantly clear, it’s that the politicians and entrepreneurs leading the charge for green energy will never prioritize the interests of life on earth in their pursuit of profits. So what are we going to do about it?

The Daily Wire, a fascist propaganda outlet funded by fossil fuel money, released another racist history "documentary," this time arguing how colonialism was cool actually. But what could the fossil fuel industry possibly have to gain by demonizing Native Americans? HMMMM...