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Evictions 3 – seeking sanctuary and the inhospitable (British) State

Posted on August 22, 2019February 18, 2021 by erasmusresearch

Introduction In the true spirit of a radical Glasgow tradition, the organisation Living Rent are currently involved in a campaign of direct action to stop the 300 planned evictions of asylum seekers, by Serco Group PLC. This important campaign has attracted widespread support from a range of activists across the city. Community-minded legal organisations such […]

Evictions 2 – preventing the evictions of asylum seekers in Glasgow

Posted on July 18, 2019February 18, 2021 by erasmusresearch

Community Responses and Radical Resistance in Govan In anticipation of the imminent evictions of 300 of Serco’s asylum seeker tenants in Glasgow, 3 events were held across the city in Springburn, Maryhill and Govan. An Erasmus delegate attended the Govan event, held in the Pearce Institute. Background Serco, a FTSE top 250 company, won the […]

Evictions 1 – the forced removal of the Gaels in Scotland

Posted on July 16, 2019February 18, 2021 by erasmusresearch

A portal to the Highland Clearances – defiance and resistance at Arichonan The day after Erasmus had signed the Routledge contract for a book on evictions, we decided to begin the journey by travelling back in time, to mid Argyll, in the mid 19th century. We had been looking for this abandoned West Highland village […]

Police, Security and the State

Posted on March 22, 2019April 12, 2021 by erasmusresearch

The Bella Caledonia article can be accessed here. Newroz’, the Kurdish New Year will be celebrated in Portobello High Street this Sunday, on the 24th March. Earlier in the week Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Turkish President, in response to the Christchurch Mosque attacks, created controversy by warning anyone planning to carry out such an action would […]