Don MacKeen

Don MacKeen

I'm a teacher at City of Glasgow College, working with students on a transitional course; most of the students have been labelled as having Asperger's syndrome and most are what the educational establishment describes as "school-phobic". This past summer my wife Jackie McMaster and I went to Detroit to compare the urban gardening movement there with Glasgow's. We made a film about it: vimeo.com/35592097 I've also conducted a series of interviews with activists in Glasgow called "Why You're Being Robbed" http://bit.ly/f3AlGD

Scottish independence referendum update

With the Scottish independence referendum almost upon us, the Westminster government and its Better Together campaign continue to conjure up fearful stories of a grim future for an independent Scotland. After PM David Cameron met with supermarket bosses to spin…