Niamh Brook

2 weeks ago | brignews.com | Niamh Brook

SummaryBrig takes a look at activist groups who are bringing in the revolution - by cooking. It’s a drizzly Sunday morning on Buchanan Street, and the paving slabs are slick with rain. A tatty plastic table has been set up outside the subway station, a white plastic tablecloth weighed down against the wind. A grey metal pot full of lentil dahl sends a warm, curry-scented steam down the street. Four students spoon stew and line up slices of bread, handing them out to passers-by.

2 weeks ago | brignews.com | Niamh Brook

SummaryAs Scottish drug deaths continue to climb, Brig researches why, and what can be done. The UK Government launched a new 10-year drugs plan in 2022. According to the official statement, the plan promises ‘to cut crime and save lives.’The policy emphasises the illegality of drug use. Addicts are painted as responsible for almost half of burglaries and robberies in the UK. The policy calls for harsher punishments for recreational drug users too.

2 weeks ago | brignews.com | Niamh Brook

SummaryBrig sat down with nuclear proliferation organiser Elysia McCabe to talk about weapons, internships, and the secret to getting involed in campaigning. My first impression of Elysia McCabe is a bright green jumper hovering at the edge of my vision. She smiles as I turn to look, and asks if she can sit down. “I brought you some leaflets,” she says, placing them carefully on the table.

1 month ago | brignews.com | Niamh Brook

International Women’s Day saw the sun shining on Glasgow as a small group in purple shirts and keffiyehs set up a stall by the Buchanan street steps. A group of children sat next to them, eating snacks and hanging off the organisers arms. Onlookers milled around carrying transgender pride and Palestine flags, handing out leaflets and chatting. The crowd has gathered to attend the Radical Women’s Rally organised by Rosa, a socialist feminist organisation that has chapters all over the world.

1 month ago | brignews.com | Niamh Brook

Hello. I’m a size 16. I go to the gym. I eat my five a day. I have never tried a deep-fried Mars Bar. I keep myself healthy, and I am still a size 16. According to BBC reports, that’s the UK average size for an adult female. Yet, in lecture theatres, the desk presses against my stomach, and the chair crushes my thighs. It leaves sore red stripes, a sense of shame, and anger.