Rise with your class, Not out of it. John MacLean- 1879- 1923 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

This month marks 100 years since the passing of John Maclean. A lovely wee write up by sean baillie on his life and legacy. Find out about the events taking place to mark the centenary. “We, like him, are out for life and all that life can give us.” thenational.scot/news/23947993.…

Henry Kissinger, one of the world’s most notorious war criminals, has finally died. Let’s take a look back and remember him for all the things he did: 🧵👇

Today is the day to unveil the John Maclean stained glass window at Pollokshaws Library! Join the artist Keira McLean and guests from 3:30pm. glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/john-m…

Tonight, as part of Celtic Connections, there will be a special tribute concert to the late John Maclean (1879-1923) - Russia's Bolshevik representative in Scotland, and the man Whitehall dubbed 'the most dangerous man in Britain'.

What a phenomenal night celebrating the life and work of John Maclean with some incredible performances and surprise appearance from none other than Dick Gaughan!! Well done to Siobhan Miller & Henry Bell for pulling it off! ✊🏼❤️

Big freedom come all ye finale at Celtic Connections John Maclean gig 🟥🟥🟥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The red clydeside John Maclean centenary concert was stunning. Beautiful, powerful poems and songs. Dick Gaughan making a surprise appearance was unbelievably special. Folk music at its absolute finest. I’ll be thinking about that concert for a long time.

“The unalienated solidarity of direct human contact, communal singing, looking around to see thousands of people united in the timeless cause of peace, justice, and human flourishing” ⁦BELLA CALEDONIA⁩ Celebrating John Maclean at Celtic Connections bellacaledonia.org.uk/2024/01/21/cel…

Greetings pals, first Radical Glasgow Tours of 2024 are now open for booking, check them out here: radicalglasgowtours.com/2024-tour-sche…

We introduced a small charge to avoid the inevitable no-shows you get with free events, but if this is a barrier just set the donation to 10p or give me a shout and I will sort out free tickets.

"My sympathies remain with those who struggle and are building a world in which they can live a rich and decent life. There is no question that we, the people, in the deepest sense, create the wealth. We and our children should enjoy it." greatergovanhill.com/latest/when-pa…

Radical Glasgow Tours summer party in a couple of weeks! Come along and enjoy performances from Anna O’Neill and Josie Long manifesting the baby sleeping through, hang out in Galgael’s beautiful garden and raise some funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians

Going to SGSAH summer school and about tomorrow morning? Join me to chat about using walking to communicate research! I'll share some lessons learned from running Radical Glasgow Tours over the past few years, and folk will be able to try out creating stops & planning routes

Felipe Bustos Siera who made Nae Pasaran! - Now On Demand has been making a film about Kenmure Street, solidarity and direct action. They need a last bit of money to get it finished. share and give if you can. kickstarter.com/projects/debas…

The lasting legacy of the Pollok Free State: In this article, Katherine Mackinnon goes digging in the archive of the #PollokFreeState protest movement, to tell the story of a legendary struggle against the expansion of the M77 through Pollok Park... greatergovanhill.com/latest/the-las…

Brilliant, eye opening Radical Southside walking tour today by Radical Glasgow, Henry Bell and Katherine Mackinnon, can't recommend these tours highly enough. One of the best birthday presents I've given my mum, I reckon.

So I am looking for Glasgow pubs with a connection to radical history so we can put together a Radical Glasgow Tours Pub Crawl. Truly in everyone's interest. What Glasgow pubs have got a good political story!