The Tenementals

first the vinyl album, next the full band - ha!

actually born in Belshill!

An Anarchist's Story: Ethel MacDonald YouTube video by A Radical Guide

Happy Birthday, Ethel MacDonald. Born in Motherwell on 24 February, 1909, Ethel was a Glasgow-based socialist/anarchist who travelled to Spain when the civil war started. BBC Scotland made this pretty decent documentary - a life worth remembering, for sure. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDc...

There's a great exhibition on Scotland's brutalist architecture - at Street Level Photoworks until 16 May. (Great to see our album in the shop there, too.) Swing by!

Nina Simone: Mississippi Goddam YouTube video by Aaron Overfield

Happy Birthday, Nina Simone - born 21 February, 1933. This performance of classic protest song Missisippi Goddam is incredible - www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ25...

Poster for the screening

Cine Dialógico - a film about building solidarities across borders - Free screening (and reception) at Glasgow University - 5.30pm - 8pm, Thursday 5 March. All welcome! Come along, pass it on! @uofgarc.bsky.social @nuriaarauna.bsky.social

The Tenementals (ft. Monica Queen) - Te recuerdo Amanda YouTube video by The Tenementals

Happy Birthday to Monica Queen! She joined forces with us to sing 'Te recuerdo Amanda', in honour of the great Chilean poet and singer, Victor Jara, who was murdered by Pinochet's right-wing military dictatorship. What a voice! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ege...

Palestine Action wins High Court challenge against government ban It remains in place for now to allow further legal argument and the government to consider an appeal.

Can Keir Starmer advise how much taxpayers' money was wasted in criminalising Palestine Action. How many millions in police time, in court time? A ballpark figure will suffice. And all to deflect from Britain's shameful role in the genocide in Gaza. Lest we forget. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Poster for The Great May Day Cabaret

Here's the full line-up for The Great May Day Cabaret. We'll be playing some new tunes. And some old ones. Pass it on. Come along!

Montage of Tenementals members with details of the band written in Spanish

Many thanks to Kikochispas for all the support and for playing The Owl of Minerva on Radio Castelldefels, Catalonia.

This 21-Year-Old Bagpiper Plays Through Tear Gas to 'Fire Up' Anti-ICE Protesters ~ L.A. TACO Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.

Putting the pipes to good use! Doff yer bunnet to 21 year-old Jack Duffy who's been inspiring the anti-ICE protesters in the US in traditional manner. Read more at the link below - thanks to Norry Wilson at @lostglasgow.bsky.social for spreading the good news. lataco.com/protest-bagp...

Go Left, Young Writers! A century ago, a socialist magazine published a manifesto calling for workers to pick up the pen, heralding the dawn of America’s proletarian literary movement. Our society’s need for working-class wr...

Here's a good (long) read on working-class writing. We've always hoped that the history of Glasgow we create would be a starting point for others to write their own histories. If you've been inspired to do your own writing after listening to our tunes, drop us a line!

jacobin.com/2026/02/new-...

Alex Harvey Band - Next YouTube video by AudAnd

Happy Birthday, Alex Harvey! Born in Glasgow, 5 February 1935 - frontman for a few bands, not least The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. Their version of Jacques Brel's 1963 song 'Next' (released in 1973) is phenomenal! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqx5...

Quote from Johnny Rodger's review in Popular Communication: "The Tenementals have not only realized what are the possibilities of the critical in pop song—they have effected it. They use song in making apparent that kaleidoscopic, patchwork history of this city, and thus, they bring it alive."

Many thanks to Johnny Rodger, Professor of Urban Literature at @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social, for the extensive, complimentary and super-insightful review! radar.gsa.ac.uk/10505/3/Revi...

Six Tenementals pin badges

You know you want one!

We've taken delivery of more t-shirts with designs we'd sold out of. All available in S, M, L, XL - 2XL in main logo - black and white, and red, black and white. Mugs and tote bags too. Badges free with every order. Postage is £4 regardless of how much you buy. Fill yer boots! tenementals.com/merch

Documentary on Kenmure Street immigration protest wins Sundance award The film documents how hundreds of residents in Pollokshields prevented the detention of two neighbours during a dawn raid in May 2021.

From the earth, comes the grassroots....congratulations to Felipe Bustos Sierra and the team that made 'Everyone to Kenmure Street'. People have the power! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@nuriaarauna.bsky.social might well be interested, Adrian.

Bob Anderson at the drums

Picture of the band

Lily Mohaupt

Poster for the event

Time fizzes and skizzes .... three years today we played a Glasgow Strike Solidarity gig in the Admiral Bar. Belle and Sebastian's Sarah Martin brought her sweet vocals to the line-up, as did Lily Mohaupt when we performed Peat Bog Soldiers. We raised £2000 for striking workers. What a night!

Class Wars Trailer - Sundance 2026 exclusive YouTube video by History Dance Club

Teaser for a new documentary, Class Wars, which explores the fascistic attacks on education in the US. Here's the teaser, which screened at Sundance yesterday, featuring David being interviewed at The Revelator Wall of Death. If you want to help the film, pass it on! www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4fO...

CinemARC: Cine Dialógico In collaboration with Ragged Cinema and Havana Glasgow Film Festival, the ARC presents this premiere screening of Cine Dialógico.

Free film screening - 5 March at University of Glasgow's Advanced Research Centre.

Cine Dialógico charts the attempts by feminist activists in Cuba, Catalunya and Glasgow to foster creative conversations through zero-budget dialogical filmmaking. All welcome!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cinemarc-c...

Glasgow band provide evidence to parliamentary enquiry - The Glasgow Reporter The Tenementals, a band made up of a group of academics, artists and musicians, have provided evidence to the Scottish Parliament enquiry on Scottish Broadcasting. This follows the recent changes to t...

'Glasgow band provide evidence to parliamentary enquiry' theglasgowreporter.co.uk/2026/01/glas...

'Public Sector Radio in Scotland: A View from The Tenementals'. Our submission to Scottish Parliament enquiry into Scottish Broadcasting, which covers recent decision to axe several Radio Scotland shows. Time to re-think role of public sector radio in Scotland!

www.parliament.scot/-/media/file...

Striking workers on the picket line

All the best to the workers at Vue Cinemas who'll be going on strike for another month in support of fair pay and working conditions. Get down to the picket line at St Enoch to support them if you can. Photo from BBC online this morning with our David handing out leaflets in support of their case.

The Tenementals - Peat Bog Soldiers (Die Moorsoldaten) YouTube video by The Tenementals

It’s great to see that our video for Peat Bog Soldiers (Die Moorsoldaten) has clocked up 5000 views on YouTube. The song was first performed in August 1933, in a German concentration camp for leftist political prisoners and it's as relevant today as it was then. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaCK...

Photo of graffiti-covered play park near the canal.

Flying saucers near the nolly
All the colours
All aboard

Black and red graphic with white text - Happy New Year from The Tenementals. For the only true prophets are they who carve out the future which they announce - James Connolly

Here's to radical futures in 2026 - all the best when it comes!

Poster for the Glasgow May Day Cabaret. 4 May 2026.

We're honoured to be asked to perform at The Great May Day Cabaret at The Stand Comedy Club (the old Webster's Theatre), Great Western Road, 4 May 2026. Get in.

We're honoured to be asked to perform at The Great May Day Cabaret at The Stand Comedy Club (the old Webster's Theatre), Great Western Road, 4 May 2026. Get in. www.thestand.co.uk/performance/...

As Netflix & Paramount battle to buy Warner Bros. for circa $US 100 billion, cinema workers are battling to get the living wage, safer working conditions and union recognition. Full support to the Vue Cinema workers who today will kick off the first cinema strike in Scotland. Get along! Pass it on!