Dundee Refugee Support: “This container will only be a drop in the ocean, but hopefully it will do more good for those in need than sending missiles will”  

A 40 FOOT CONTAINER filled with aid left Dundee at 11am today (17 April) destined for the refugee camps of Lebanon.

The container was filled with over 250 large sacks of women’s and children’s clothing, as well as shoes and blankets. The donations have come from across Scotland, all the way from Shetland to Fife.  

The local Common Weal group in Dundee reports on a recent local meeting in which members of the community won a victory against a poorly developed care plan - but the battle is not yet won

DUNDEE CITY CHAMBERS was the venue for a lively meeting of the policy and resources committee last month when more than 50 members of the city’s social care employees and their trade union representatives crammed into the public areas.

Dundee MPs demand answers from the UK Government after Brexit renders the city ineligible to be the 2023 European Capital of Culture

THE UK GOVERNMENT SHOULD “FULLY” COMPENSATE DUNDEE and other UK cities for the money spent in the bidding to be the 2023 European Capital of Culture (ECOC), Dundee MPs have argued.

Organised by the Scottish Socialist Party, Dundee will host Leftfest on Sunday 24 September

THIS WEEKEND, Dundee will host the first Leftfest, a new one-day festival of political radicalism, featuring music, arts performances and stalls from trade union, community and grassroots campaign groups.

Taking place at the Reading Rooms in Dundee from 12 noon-10pm, Leftfest has been launched and organised by the Scottish Socialist Party’s Dundee Branch.

Labour to launch an economic development conference in Scotland that will provide a “clear, economic alternative” to winning back power

LABOUR LEADER Jeremy Corbyn is to launch an economic development conference in Scotland in order to develop an economic strategy aimed at rejuvenating the north-east of Scotland.

No date has been set, but Corbyn told activists at the Labour conference that shadow chancellor John McDonnell would also travel across the UK to gather ideas.

Campaigners suggest that strategy to deal with homelessness lacks effectiveness 

THE Living Rent campaign, Scotland's tenant union, has said more effort into tackling privately-rented housing is needed in a bid to tackle homelessness in Scotland.

Abertay event to feature Lesley Riddoch, Gary Clark and politicians

SCOTLAND'S CULTURAL future is to be debated at a hustings event in Dundee on 2 May, with aspiring MSPs asked to give their vision of how media and culture can flourish.

In an event billed as "ditching the standard hustings format", candidates from the five major parties will set out how they will foster culture and media in Scotland if elected.