Allan Gillies
@allangillies.bsky.social
Lecturer in Global Economy, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow | Political Economy of Illicit Commodities in Latin America
Where can I get the tour t-shirt?
October 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Where can I get the tour t-shirt?
Where can I get the tour t-shirt?
October 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Where can I get the tour t-shirt?
Ah shit! Stick it in a big box of rice for starters
October 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Ah shit! Stick it in a big box of rice for starters
“Sometimes I think God is teasing me, just like he teased Moses in the desert.”
October 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“Sometimes I think God is teasing me, just like he teased Moses in the desert.”
Nice one mate. You going to sign up for any races? Definitely find having a focus for training helps with progression
August 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Nice one mate. You going to sign up for any races? Definitely find having a focus for training helps with progression
With God on Our Side or Masters of War, might have been a better closer.
June 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
With God on Our Side or Masters of War, might have been a better closer.
He finished with a polished, band-version of Chimes of Freedom, which completely lost the meaning and feeling of Dylan’s original - a song of the broken and marginalised, which in the context of the evening, sounded like it had been repurposed for the glory of a lost America.
June 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
He finished with a polished, band-version of Chimes of Freedom, which completely lost the meaning and feeling of Dylan’s original - a song of the broken and marginalised, which in the context of the evening, sounded like it had been repurposed for the glory of a lost America.
In talking about the abuses going on in the US, he never mentioned the horrors of Gaza. Given the band’s strong anti-Apartheid stance in the past, it’s hard not to feel disappointed.
June 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
In talking about the abuses going on in the US, he never mentioned the horrors of Gaza. Given the band’s strong anti-Apartheid stance in the past, it’s hard not to feel disappointed.
I always thought Springsteen’s songwriting displayed a healthy scepticism, if not rejection, of these types of narratives. Rolling them out now, when the US is complicit in genocide in Gaza, seemed especially outrageous.
June 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I always thought Springsteen’s songwriting displayed a healthy scepticism, if not rejection, of these types of narratives. Rolling them out now, when the US is complicit in genocide in Gaza, seemed especially outrageous.
Springsteen deserves a lot of credit for speaking out against Trump and the slide towards authoritarianism in the US. However, he wheeled out a lot of American Exceptionalism tropes to support his argument - “a beacon of liberty to the world”, etc.
June 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Springsteen deserves a lot of credit for speaking out against Trump and the slide towards authoritarianism in the US. However, he wheeled out a lot of American Exceptionalism tropes to support his argument - “a beacon of liberty to the world”, etc.