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GalGael is a working community based in Glasgow, Scotland. We work together on demanding common tasks that demonstrate ways of living with more humanity in our times.

#GovanFreeState #ApropriateTechnologies #Degrowth #ConnectionWithTheLand #Community #NonHierarchicalOrganisation #MutualAid

Websitehttps://www.galgael.org
Address15 Fairley Street Glasgow G51 2SN
StateGovan Free State

@Wen

I despair that almost 1/2 of the voters chose a Tory to represent them at the last election.

How can anyone who isn't a complete sociopath look at what they've done in power and say "yes, I'll have more of that thanks".

I can only hope he loses his deposit this time.

Following 80 years of displacement, Indigenous Siekopai communities regained ownership of their ancestral Amazonian homeland on Ecuador’s border with Peru.

The provincial court of Sucumbíos ruled in favor of the community, saying the environment ministry must deliver a property title for 42,360 hectares (104,674 acres) to the Siekopai, as well as a public apology for its violation of their collective territorial rights.

By Aimee Gabay
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/historic-land-win-for-ecuadors-siekopai-sets-precedent-for-other-indigenous-groups/

#News #Conservation #Environment

Historic land win for Ecuador’s Siekopai sets precedent for other Indigenous groups

After winning a historic lawsuit, an Indigenous community in Ecuador has finally obtained legal ownership of its land in a protected area — 80 years since being forcibly displaced. According to experts, this new ruling may change the approach communities use to obtain their ancestral lands in Ecuador, and the country may see more communities […]

Mongabay Environmental News

This Christmas, let’s all dedicate ourselves to Jesus’ example of:

- beating up finance bros

- shaming bigots and moralizing scolds

- having at least twelve friends as an adult

- feeding hungry people

- demanding the abolition of debts and redistribution of wealth to the poor

"From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free", "Child murderer Israel" and "Stop the genocide in Gaza" is legal to say, even in repressive Germany, ruled courts in Köln/Cologne https://openjur.de/u/2479560.html and in Münster https://www.justiz.nrw.de/nrwe/ovgs/vg_muenster/j2023/1_L_1011_23_Beschluss_20231117.html based on e.g. that "the assembly slogan [Stop the genocide in Gaza] is a claim that is based on a truthful fact - here: signs of genocide" and that indeed the slogans are against Israel (a State) and not the Jews (a People).
More on this from the "European Legal Support Centre" (ELSC, https://elsc.support) in this https://www.newarab.com/news/germany-two-courts-say-pro-palestinian-slogans-legal article.
VG Köln, Beschluss vom 01.12.2023 - 20 L 2423/23

1. Die aufschiebende Wirkung der Klage der Antragstellerin - 20 K 6607/23 - gegen den Bescheid des Polizeipräsidiums Bonn vom 23.11.2023 wird wiederhergestellt. Der Antragsgegner trägt die Kosten de ...

Apologies for the late notice, but in a couple of hours we'll be having our #AGM! We’ll be looking back at the financial year from April 2022 to March 2023 and we look forward to sharing the stories of that year.
With our love of hospitality in mind we invite you to 'Declare Yourself Welcome' from 6pm at our workshop: 15 Fairley Street #Glasgow G51 2SN. There’ll be music, and food. #ibrox #GalGael

When accused of being dangerously incompetent in an important role, saying you don't remember much about what you said or did or the circumstances around it is not a DEFENCE it's an ADMISSION.

#CovidInquiry

📣 Calling all Partick Housing Association residents 📣

In April, #PHA (#PartickHousingAssociation) tenants and their fellow #LivingRent members won agreements from PHA to re-examine their #RentConsultation process, particularly its reach and security. But PHA have yet again released a survey that is badly publicised and not password protected. So, we are publicising their consultation event for them.

Go along this Thursday to ensure your views will be heard:
Thursday 7th December, PHA Boardroom
Two slots: 3:30 - 5pm or 6-7:30pm
All PHA #Tenants welcome. #Glasgow #Partick #Rent #Housing #SocialHousing

Register via this link: https://www.partickha.org.uk/news/rent24/

Rent Consultation 2024-25 | Partick Housing Association

Have Your Say

Partick Housing Association

Israeli hostages returning home and Palestinian prisoners returning home look the same because they are the same.

They are just people returning to their families after being caught up in a horror not of their own making.

There is hope for peace here, if we can recognize it.

#Gaza
#CeasefireNow
#ShalomIsSalaam

When reading my Mastodon timeline just now, I came across a post, which caused my screen reader to say the following:
"This is what I expect to happen in the decades ahead. Image with no description."
Yep, that's about right.

"I don't wear 🌈 items to tell you who's in my bed."

#lgbtqiaplus #rainbows #queer