Content warning: this piece discusses sexual assault. In October 2024, a young woman at Cornell was drugged and gang-raped by seven members of the Chi Phi fraternity. She went to the house to meet …

“It’s silly, no? When a rocket ship explodes and everybody still wants to fly But some say a man ain’t happy unless a man truly dies Oh why?” Prince, Sign O’ The Times (1987) This week the Un…

The Hate the State Made from Glasgow to Garvaghy Road Another woman beaten, raped, and murdered. And another morning of every woman mapping out the risks and calculations on how to stay alive. How …

Stochastic violence is the medium of our era. https://fiftysixdegreesnorth.substack.com/p/that-fascist-feeling?r=5teob&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

“It’s silly, no? When a rocket ship explodes and everybody still wants to fly But some say a man ain’t happy unless a man truly dies Oh why?” Prince, Sign O’ The Times (1987) This week the Un…

Scotland’s firefighters told us they can’t take anymore. In early August the Fire Brigades Union wrote to John Swinney demanding an urgent meeting on “capability, capacity and resilience”. After a …

by Archaeologists Against Apartheid The European Association of Archaeologists’ annual conference will take place between 26–29 August 2026 in Athens. Despite our call for boycott, as well as…

In Europe’s Drug Death Capital We’re Closing the Only Crisis Centre And Calling It a ‘National Mission.’ Scotland has the worst drug and alcohol death rate in Europe. 1,172 people died from drug-re…

Maryam Tariq from Sisters Against Cuts told Frontline about the group’s recent demo for full, secure funding for services supporting survivors of gender-based violence Campaigners gathered in Glasgow ...

The Murray’s Initiative had warned sessions with vulnerable women would have to end this week.