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Glasgow Lord Provost Eva Bolander at yesterday’s unveiling
[Glasgow City Council]
HUNDREDS of Glaswegians gathered yesterday to unveil a new memorial to rent strike pioneer Mary Barbour.
The leftwinger led Glasgow’s campaign against unscrupulous private landlords who took advantage of high demand for housing during the first world war.
Rents skyrocketed as thousands of workers flocked to Glasgow’s shipyards and munitions factories, but Barbour fought back by leading a rent strike by 20,000 tenants in 1915.
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BEN CHACKO reports on the struggles against sexism, racism and the brutish British state that featured at Matchwomen’s Festival this year
LYNNE WALSH tells the story of the extraordinary race against time to ensure London’s memorial to the International Brigades got built – as activists gather next week to celebrate the monument’s 40th anniversary