Being a student is wonderful in theory: you receive an education from the best professors in their field in whichever subject you’re most passionate about and take the skills you learn into the world of work. In reality, it’s an increasingly demanding sphere where students are required to work long hours on top of study just to make a living. That in mind, activists with the Better Than Zero campaign (see their work in the video below) write for Conter about an empowering series of courses starting tomorrow…

Women Against Capitalism is grassroots activism at its very best. A grassroots working class collective based in Castlemilk, Glasgow, they outline exclusively for Conter what their vision is as they seek to empower women struggling under an oppressive, profit driven and patriarchal system…

This year marks a century since John Maclean returned to Glasgow after suffering imprisonment, force feeding and hard labour at Peterhead Prison. One of the great revolutionaries of the Red Clydeside era, Maclean was revered by Lenin and Trotsky and described as the British Military Intelligence as 'the most dangerous man in Britain’. Henry Bell, whose book 'John Maclean: Hero of Red Clydeside' is out now, writes for Conter about what inspired him to study the iconic figure, and why he believes his message still matters...

Yesterday, thousands of council-employed workers, joined by thousands more allies, marched for equal pay from Glasgow Green to George Square. The dispute has been ongoing for over a decade under multiple administrations, which has led to toxic party political disputes between Labour and the SNP. But Eve Livingston writes that these strikes are part of a much bigger picture…

An anti-fascist movement is growing in Scotland and culture has become a key weapon in the emerging battleground. A writer with Interregnum, an independent radical online blog run by activist reporters, researchers and dissident writers based in Glasgow, speaks on the importance of building a sense of solidarity in underground scenes and looks ahead to this weekend's major anti-fascist hip hop event...

For the loyalist community in Scotland, the Orange marches are a source of pride and an opportunity to celebrate their culture. However, the vast majority of Scots oppose the marches on the grounds they are hateful and bigoted. David Swanson argues that socialists must be vigilant and take a firmer stand against them if we're to instil solidarity across the working classes...

As Glasgow gears up for the arrival of the Undersea Defence Technology (UDT) Arms Fair, anti-militarism campaigner Jay Sutherland reflects on the significance of this, Glasgow City Council's pathetic response and how activists can co-ordinate their response...

Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi is a talented filmmaker from Glasgow who suffers from Type 2 Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Due to the Care Tax, she's effectively double taxed by the state for her disability. Through the medium of hip hop, her film 'Tax On Me' explains exactly how it affects her in her day-to-day life. We spoke to her about how socialists can get involved and campaign against this unfair and dehumanising tax...