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Preferred format is a short summary, with practical details of where & when, and any links to a web pages for more detail.

FORMAT
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1. Name of Event
2. Date/Time
3. Location
4. Description

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Break with Trump Stop Bombing Iran National Demo Assemble
Saturday 11th April 11am
McLellan Arch, Glasgow Green. Sponsored by STUC, Glasgow Trades Council, Stop the War and others. The United States has now openly abandoned international law and plunged the world into chaos. The illegal and unprovoked attacks on Iran by the Trump and Israel has set off a war that is now engulfing the Middle East with no signs of stopping.
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North Glasgow Against Hate. Demo
Sunday 12th April noon
Assemble Maryhill Park. March to Burgh Hall.! Let’s take to the streets with the trade unions, LGBT+, faith groups, environmental groups and many more to say that North Glasgow is Against Racism. Join us to march, dance and celebrate in unity Assemble: 12 noon, Maryhill Park (ent. Maryhill Road) Ending at Maryhill Burgh Halls for food, music and good vibes 🪇🕺!
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Communities together for Palestine and Glasgow
Sunday 12th April 2026 at 7pm
At the Ark 70 Coplaw street Glasgow. G42 7TG
A night of food, music and words with Palestine in mind and love in our hearts and to raise funds for Gaza. To reassure and affirm ourselves and our moral stance in the face of the illegal, once sided rules based order. Eddie and Colin on Flute and guitar We give affirmation to community, kindness, caring for each other from Gaza to Glasgow, Rafah to Renfrew. Mark Coleman with a very special reading Vickie Paxton, SInger and song writer We are aiming for a lively, colourful, positive event on 12th April that shows we are for Palestine and that we reject the politics of hate and racism. Free Palestine
A SURPRISE GUEST
Tickets : £2, £5 or donation at the door
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Paisley for All. Love Paisley Hate Racism
Saturday 18th April Assemble 11am 
March from Barshaw Park. Assemble 11am at Car Park. March to County Square for Rally and Music. Paisley has always been a place where ordinary people stood together to demand dignity, fairness and a better future – not just for some, but for all. Those values are under threat today. Forces that rely on racism, scapegoating and dividing us want to rewrite our history and poison our communities. We refuse to allow hatred to take root here. Paisley stands for unity, solidarity and togetherness, not division – and we are organising to make that clear.

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Southside Unity March against Racism
Sunday 19th April. Assemble 12pm
Newlands Park. March to Kenmure St. We are excited to announce details of time and assembly point for the southside unity march against racism! Thank you to all our backers. More info about the route will be released soon! We are looking forward to marching back to Kenmure Street for a celebration of unity.

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The People’s Common (See bottom of listings for updates on these events or check website)
20th April – 6th May 2026.
The old pony paddock by the Queens Park
Rooted in a belief that folk embedded in their community know what’s best for them, G2G are organising and facilitating three weeks of gatherings, meals and assemblies in the old pony paddock by the Queens Park main gates. The project will be led by David Lees, and he will be joined by (TBC). We’re planning big conversations about land, justice, health and culture from the 20th April – 6th May 2026. We’re working toward’s a People’s Manifesto; we’ve no faith in politicians and parties – the old system only ever worked for the privileged few, and the wheels are really coming off now. Watch this space for more details!  https://www.grassroots2global.org/peoplescommon
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Riding the Commons at Queens Park
Saturday 25th April. 2:00

At Old Paddock (to right of Queens Park Victoria Rd gates). Join us as we trot around our ancient Greens with bikes, skateboards, baby-buggies, wheelchairs, hobby-horses or whatever we can cobble together, to protect our common land from modern-day robbers… like Property Developers. Children with parents all welcome- Make a stick horse or pick one. Part of “The People’s Common” events.

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International Workers Memorial Day,
Tues 28th April
Apron Display at Drying Green, Glasgow Green, after official IWMD event . Noon to 6pm An artwork of aprons displaying the many who have died in their work place. Held just across the road from the Templeton’s carpet factory where One hundred and thirty years ago, 29 young women lost their lives and 32 more were injured in the Templeton’s Carpet Factory disaster, the East End’s worst peacetime tragedy.

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May Day event Buchanan St steps
Friday 1st May 12-2pm.
Open event with Glasgow Keelie and friends. Music, poetry and song to celebrate May Day and its history of working class struggle and celebration

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Glasgow Trade Union Council Fight of Our Lives March
Sunday 3rd May assemble 10.30am
Barrowland Park march to Glasgow University Union. The theme of this year’s march and rally is the ‘The Fight of Our Lives!’, focusing on the plethora of challenges facing our city’s trade unionists today — from the rise of the far-right and the scourge of falling living standards to Trump’s new imperialism and implications at home. Speakers Kids face painting at GUU Licensed Bar at GUU Access to GUU Cafe

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Queens Park May Day – THE EMPORIUM OF RADICAL IDEAS
Sunday 3rd May 2:00
(after Trades Council March)
The Emporium will be working to build a portal of useful information, to help support the need for positive community action in working class communities. To challenge the infiltration of right wing agendas, that are replacing the spaces the left have almost forgotten, or are desperately in need of their attention. Part of “The People’s Common” events
Website Find out ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW – To get started
The project was set up to look at these problems specifically through the lens of a working class experience, and to help in the work of setting up strategies and agendas to fight the disparities of opportunity and wealth that stem from current government policies.
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Garnethill Community Stage
(call out) 
May 9th/
Time
Location. Need to ask. Hello all, I’m once again the local Community Producer for the Garnethill Community Stage at the upcoming Sauchiehall Street Music Event on Saturday May 9th. If any of you know any musicians who live in or have a connection to the area, please send them my way: garnethillconcert@gmail.com. It’ll be a paid gig. Sam.
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Riding the Commons at Glasgow. Green
Sunday 17th May 2pm
Meet outside Peoples Palace Sunday 17th May 2pm Join us as we trot around our ancient Greens with bikes, skateboards, baby-buggies, wheelchairs, hobby-horses or whatever we can cobble together, to protect our common land from modern-day robbers… like Property Developers. Children with parents all welcome- Come and make a stick horse or pick one.

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David Rovics Keelie Folk Club 

Monday 18th May 7pm for 7.30
McNeills Bar 106 Torrisdale St G42 8PH DAVID ROVICS Tour only Glasgow gig plus 2 or 3 support acts. Singer/songwriter, writer, podcaster (on Spotify, Substack & Patreon), libertarian socialist, dad, lover of life. Lots more about me at davidrovics.com. known for his protest music that addresses social justice issues, labor history, and political topics. He has made all of his recorded music available for free online and actively performs at protests and demonstration

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The Programme so far for The People’s Common at Queens Park from 25th April

25th April – Making The Commons. Spend the afternoon with us making banners and marking out our commons. We’ll be working on a big willow Goose too!

26th April – The Fire that Never Went Out remembers the Craigallian Fire, a campfire near Milngavie that burned for 20 years and fostered Scotland’s working-class outdoor movement. Fire-sitters shared stories, planned change, and later fought for land rights, anti-fascism, and social justice, revealing overlooked histories that inspire hope and action today.

27th April – What do we need to face an uncertain future? A facilitated conversation around local responses to global problems.

30th April – Tackling the Far Right. Looking at the historic context of the far right’s presence in the Southside, and organising against it today. With Radical Glasgow Tours and Living Rent.

1st May  (5pm – 8pm) – Celebrating International Worker’s Day. Songs wi Doctur Normul – bring yer instruments and a picnic for a wee session!

2nd May – Tam Harvie’s Dyke tells the story of a community taking on a greedy landowner in the 1820s, resisting the enclosure of the commons, and winning rights of way along the Clyde. Come and help bring the story to life, with a play reading, lively discussion and a couple of songs.
Bits fae The Chariot, The Flag and the Empty Empty Houses – an anti-nuance-ceilidh-play, which explores the complicated nature of living on and being from the Isle of Skye. Combining live music, theatre, poetry and comedy, it aims to explore big issues like housing, identity, language and cultural trauma while still feeling like a good night out (or afternoon in this case…)

4th May (5pm – 7pm) – What do we need for a healthy community? A wee talk from Carol Craig (The Tears that Made The Clyde, The Scots Crisis of Confidence) and a facilitated group conversation afterwards. 

5th May – What does safety feel like where we live? Join us for an open conversation about community and justice — especially for those who don’t always feel heard. We’ll talk about what harms us, what helps us, and what could change when our lived experiences guide the way. Every voice matters here. Yours is welcome.

6th May – What next for the Commons? Time to reflect on the People’s Common, and to develop ideas and actions for how we move forward together.

 

Common locations: 

The Admiral Bar, 72a Waterloo Street, G2 7DA
The Art School, 20 Scott Street, G3 6RQ
The Arc Sports Centre, Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, G4 0BA
Bar Bloc, 117 Bath Street, G2 2SZ 
The Briggait, 141 Bridgegate, G1 5HZ
The Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, 113-117 Trongate, G1 5HD
Fred Paton Centre, 19 Carrington Street, G4 9AJ
The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield Street, G2 3AU
Govanhill Baths, 99 Calder Street, Glasgow, G42 7RA
GCVS Albany Centre, 44 Ashley Street, G3 6DS
Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB
Garnethill Multicultural Centre, 21 Rose Street, G3 6RE 
Glasgow Women’s Library, 23 Landressy Street, G40 1BP
Kinning Park Complex, 43 Cornwall Street, G411BA  (opposite Kinning Park Underground)
Woodlands Community Gardens, 91–111 West Princes Street, G4 9BY
The Pearce Institute, 840-860 Govan Road, G51 3UU (opposite Govan underground)
Inn Deep, 445 Great Western Road, G12 8HH
Mono Cafe Bar, 10-12 King’s Court, King Street, G1 5RB
The Old Hairdressers, 20 – 28 Renfield Lane, G2 6PH
Pollokshields Playhouse, Albert Drive, G41 2PE
McChuills, 40 High Street, G1 1NL
Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre, Trongate 103, G1 5HD
Stereo Cafe Bar, 20 – 28 Renfield Lane, G2 6PH
Toryglen Community Base, 179 Prospecthill Circus, G42 0LA
Plantation Productions 978 Govan Road, G51 3AJ
Trades Hall Of Glasgow, 84 Glassford Street, G1 1UH

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