Blogs

Humanity isn’t a disease – but ecofascism is
By: Ruth Wilkinson
Date: 6 April 2020
Campaigns: Climate
Since coronavirus hit Europe, ideas about this destructive pandemic, which has killed thousands, as the ‘cure’ for environmental damage have been circulating. On stickers, Instagram graphics and viral Tweets, across the internet people are trying to ‘look on the bright side’ of Covid-19 by claiming that if the human population were to drop or people were to stop consuming, that would solve global warming. This idea is dangerously wrong, and it’s not new.
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International Women’s Day: Seven ways women changed the face of the last decade
By: Ruth Wilkinson
Date: 5 March 2020
The 2010s marked a period of mass protest and social upheaval. Today, the first International Women’s Day of a new decade, we look back at just a few of the thousands of women-led movements across the world challenging and toppling oppressive systems.
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30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Europe is a continent of walls.
By: Ruth Wilkinson
Date: 11 November 2019
Campaigns: Migration
Thirty years ago, the Berlin Wall was brought down in a euphoric rush of hope and reunification. I was born in the 90s. For my whole life, the joyful crowds […]
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The new Scottish climate bill shows how far we’ve come – but it’s not enough
By: Ruth Wilkinson
Date: 26 September 2019
Campaigns: Climate
Yesterday, on Wednesday 25 September, Holyrood passed the new Climate Bill for Scotland. It’s much more ambitious than it was when it was first proposed – but it doesn’t do enough to address the climate emergency.
Read moreThe last year of incredible women-led movements around the world
By: Ruth Wilkinson
Date: 7 March 2019
This International Women’s Day, as tens of thousands globally take part in this year’s Women’s Strike, we look back on some of the many incredible movements led by and for women around the world since 8 March 2018.
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Why climate change and migration are unavoidably linked
By: Ruth Wilkinson
Date: 18 February 2019
Campaigns: Climate
Across the world, two issues have everyone’s attention – immigration and climate change. It’s easy to think those two things are unconnected, but like so many issues of global inequality, […]
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A tug of war for Scotland’s future
By: Ruth Wilkinson
Date: 5 September 2018
The sun is unexpectedly shining from a clear blue sky as I arrive at Holyrood. I’m wearing my finest business suit and bowler hat, and I’m standing outside the Scottish […]
Read moreArt, theatre, festivals and fun this summer in Scotland
By: Ruth Wilkinson
Date: 5 June 2018
Looking for something to inspire you this summer? Every year, thousands flock to Edinburgh for the Fringe. But the Edinburgh Festivals are just a fraction of the fun on offer […]
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