“We can do better than this, and we have no right not to try. We have no shortage of those who have not given up.”
journalism
As a fitting end to Source, we wanted to introduce an independent community magazine that is presenting news at the hyper-local level – Greater Govanhill magazine.
Greater Govanhill: Embrace and Support Diverse Voices in the Media
Amnesty International are calling for journalist Raman Pratasevich, former editor-in-chief of the popular opposition Telegram channel NEXTA, to be released, as Belarusian Government forces a Ryanair flight to land in Minsk.
Human Rights Concerns as Civilian Plane is Diverted to Arrest Journalist
“In order to care about journalism, one must care about journalists. That care must be demonstrated through advocacy, organisation and a clear articulation of what will and will not be tolerated.”
Sean Bell: To save the Scottish press, listen to those who defend its journalists
Common Weal Versus the Virus: The virus is exposing the reality of the weaknesses in our economy, society and democracy. Over the last six years Common Weal has been showing that the weaknesses can all be fixed. Over the next few weeks Common Weal Director Robin McAlpine will write a series of columns showing how Common […]
Robin Mcalpine: Scotland is in desperate need of good journalism – this is how we can have it
“This is why we always lose – we march, they rig the system from within. We have the slogans and (often) the best arguments, they have the membership of all the decisive committees and boards. We need enormous amounts of public effort to get issues onto the agenda, yet they can undo it all again quietly and in private without any real effort.”
Robin McAlpine: Corrupted Scotland needs a post-virus governance revolution
Here is something curious. At the end of a detailed report on The Daily Business about the Herald & Times leaving their Glasgow office due to financial concerns, it ended with this sentence from the Scottish Government: “We are in discussion with the newspaper industry as we continue to explore how best to support businesses during this […]
Free to Rebel?
“We aim to build on the work of CommonSpace, on the labour and talent which produced it, and publish what we believe our readers need, rather than what they expect”
Editorial: Welcome to Source
Far too much of Scotland is unreported, argues Common Weal director Robin McAlpine in his introduction to Source