Scottish Independence Podcasts
Episodes
Friday Feb 14, 2025
Friday Feb 14, 2025
With guests Andy Anderson and Leah Gunn Barratt of Respect Scottish Sovereignty we take a closer look at the International Covenant for Civil and Political Rights ( ICCPR) and what incorporation of these rights into Scots Law could mean to the Scottish people.Key themes include:00:01:00 Overview of Human Rights legislation00:03:30 Why should we incorporate ICCPR?00:06:00 Petition before the Scottish Parliament00:08:50 Example - Switzerland00:10:30 Example - Taiwan00:13:15 Example - South Korea00:16:30 Scottish Referendums Act 202000:19:14 Popular initiatives00:25:27 UK Supreme Court00:27:48 So what could Scotland do differently?00:32:41 Does Article 1 apply to Scotland?00:44:27 UN Convention of the Rights of a Child (UNCRC)00:49:21 People power!00:52:51 Our Conclusions
Previous episodes mentioned in this one:Respect Scottish Sovereignty https://scottishindypod.scot/grassroots-indy-campaign/respect-scottish-sovereignty/Building a Local Scotland https://scottishindypod.scot/all-scottish-independence-podcasts-episodes/building-a-local-scotland/
Petition 2135 https://www.parliament.scot/get-involved/petitions/view-petitions/pe2135-implement-the-international-covenant-on-civil-and-political-rights
Websites mentioned:Respect Scottish Sovereignty https://respectscottishsovereignty.scot/Scottish Human rights Commission https://www.scottishhumanrights.com/
Case study South Korea https://europeandemocracyhub.epd.eu/exploring-worldwide-democratic-innovations-south-korea/
Case study Taiwan https://europeandemocracyhub.epd.eu/exploring-worldwide-democratic-innovations-taiwan/
Lord Reed on why the Supreme Court matters to Scotland
#ICCPR #sovereignty #scottish
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Friday Jan 17, 2025
Friday Jan 17, 2025
Fiona and Marlene share their highlights from the Big Land Question conference.
In November the Revive Coalition held their biggest conference yet bringing together organisations and individuals with a shared interest in Scotland's land. Who owns it? What do they do with it? Is there a better way? These, and many more questions were covered on the day and you can watch the full day's event on @IndependenceLive 's channel.
This podcast covers our favourite bits from the following speakers: 00:01:43 - Lesley Riddoch introduces the event
00:07:42 - Kevin Cumming, Scottish Rewilding Alliance
00:16:07 - Josh Doble, Community Land Scotland
00:28:19 - Kirsty Jenkins. Onekind
00:30:32 - River Roding Interspecies Council
00:36:22- Jenny Barlow, Tarras Valley Nature Reserve
00:44:27 - Mhairi McFarlane, Diffley Partnership
00:51:09 - Donna Smith, Scottish Crofting Association
00:57:03 - Lesley Riddoch, Intro to part 2
01:02:03 - Robin McAlpine, Commonweal
01:09:41 - Mike Russell, Scottish Land Commission
01:14:05 - Max Wiesnowski, Revive Coalition
Further info: Community Land Scotland https://www.communitylandscotland.org.uk/
Scottish Rewilding Nation Charter https://www.rewild.scot/charter
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Friday Dec 20, 2024
Friday Dec 20, 2024
The Owning Our Futures event held in Edinburgh in October was a great opportunity to see our quest for independence in the context of other nations and regions across Europe who share similar aims. The delegates took part in three Q and A panels and brought their wisdom, experience and fresh thinking to the table. Organised by the Scottish Independence Convention and the International Committee for European Citizens and chaired by Lesley Riddoch, this was a positive and uplifting event.
Panels and speakers :00:01:51 Panel 1 questions00:02:06 Begotxu Olaizola Elordi, Basque Country00:03:53 Alessandro Cucci, Sardinia00:04:44 Anna Arque i Solsona, Catalonia00:10:13 Panel 2 questions00:11:16 Nick Peeters, Flanders00:15:13 Paul Descarli, South Tyrol00:16:53 Aka Hansen, Greenland00:20:09 Bjort Samuelsen, Faroe Islands00:27:59 Panel 3 questions00:28:47 Gwern Gwynfil, Wales00:33:07 Isobel Lindsay, Scotland00:37:17 Richard Walker, Northumbria00:38:28 Kerron O'Luain, Ireland00:43:51 Lesley Riddoch closing remarksYou can watch our previous episode with highlights from the delegate presentations here: https://youtu.be/A4J1hE04Y2M?si=dcpBUvxXvhdwCbnaYou can also watch the full livestream of the event on @IndependenceLive
#scottishindependence #icec #conferencehighlights
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Friday Dec 13, 2024
Friday Dec 13, 2024
The Owning Our Futures conference was held in Edinburgh on 5th October 2024 and brought together representatives Autonomy Movements and Self Government campaigners from 14 nations and regions in Europe. Indypodcasters Fiona and Marlene were there - these are our highlights!
00:02:09 Intro: Greg McCarra SIC
00:02:27 Basque: Begotxu Olaizola Elordi
00:09:05 Catalonia: Anna Arque i Solsona
00:15:10 Sicily: Anthony Graziano
00:20:04 Sardinia: Alessandro Cucci
00:26:17 Greenland: Aka Hansen
00:37:20 Flanders: Nick Peeters
00:39:41 Wales: Gwern Gwynfil
00:42:13 Ireland: Kerron O'Luain
Organised by: The Scottish Independence Convention (SIC) www.independenceconvention.scot and the International Commission for European Citizens (ICEC) www.icec.ngo
Our episode with Prof Alf Baird which was mentioned in the discussion can be found here https://scottishindypod.scot/mibbes-aye-show/doun-hauden/
Livestream coverage of the full event is available on @IndependenceLive Youtube channel.
#scottishindependence #democracy #europe
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Friday Oct 11, 2024
Friday Oct 11, 2024
Scotland has practically the largest units of local government in the world. An average Scottish council has 175,000 people compared to an average across the EU of 10,000. There seems to be widespread consensus that something needs to be done about the over-centralisation of Scotland, but little agreement about what that should be.
A group of individuals from a range of backgrounds - activists, academics, trade unionists and more - have set themselves the task of raising the profile of this democratic deficit and engaging the public and politicians in a discussion about how to address it.
Indypodcasters have been presenting a series of podcasts on the topic of the kind of national conversation Scots are having and this seemed a perfect fit for that series so we went along to the launch event which was held in Edinburgh on 9th September 2024.
This is our recording of the public launch event. You can find out more from the website www.buildlocal.scot
You can also sign the declaration calling for citizens' assemblies to gather evidence and recommend solutions here https://buildlocal.scot/sign-the-declaration/
Panel presentations were:
00:01:11 Introduction by Joyce McMillan, Scotsman columnist and theatre critic
00:04:17 Esther Roberton, former co-ordinator of the Scottish Constitutional Convention
00:08:00 Dave Watson, Director of the Jimmy Reid Foundation
00:14:16 Willie Sullivan, Senior director for campaigns Electoral Reform Society
00:20:42 Ewan Aitken, Former Labour Councillor and COSLA spokesperson
00:28:36 Lesley Riddoch, Director of Nordic Horizons, filmmaker and award winning journalist
00:37:23 Q and A
00:07:39 Next steps
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Friday Oct 04, 2024
Friday Oct 04, 2024
In this month's livestream Indypodcasters Marlene, Fiona and Lynne reflect on the Believe in Scotland 10th anniversary rally and other indy events, whether marches have had their day, the Labour party's disastrous first 2 months in power and how the the SNP is adjusting to life as a minority government.
With clips, chat and listeners comments, we hope this brings a flavour of events in September 2024
Watch Charlie Stuart's film Still Yes here https://youtu.be/M_5hQM_NRAg?si=atCbI7x4wlMOaHDf
Find out more about the Building A Local Scotland campaign and sign the declaration here https://buildlocal.scot/
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Friday Sep 27, 2024
Friday Sep 27, 2024
On the 10th anniversary of Scotland's Independence Referendum film maker Charlie Stuart has released his tribute to the grassroots campaigners who refuse to give up! We chat to Charlie about the making of the film and his thoughts on the campaign a decade after the indyref.
You can watch Charlie's film "Still Yes" here:https://youtu.be/M_5hQM_NRAg?si=4DXHh1bAmsfIWOxM
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Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
On 18th September 2024 we marked the 10th anniversary of the historic first Scottish Independence Referendum, Indyref for short. During a passionate and exhilarating campaign, support for the Yes side grew from around 30% to over 50% before settling back at 45% on the day of the vote. In the words of Professor Sir John Curtace, the Yes side lost the vote but we won the campaign. Support for independence has hovered around the 50% mark for the last decade.
Campaign group Believe In Scotland organised events throughout Scotland to mark the occasion. The mood was reflective, but upbeat and determined. We are STILL YES.
Speeches from the Holyrood rally:
00:00:48 Gordon MacIntyre Kemp, founder of Believe In Scotland
00:12:56 Lesley Riddoch, award winning journalist, author, filmmaker
00:28:32 Richard Walker, Editor of the Sunday National
00:40:31 Andrew Barr, co-founder of the National Collective
00:46:52 Gordon MacIntyre Kemp
You can contribute to the Believe in Scotland crowdfunder here https://www.believeinscotland.org/crowdfunder2024
Independence Live's crowdfunder is here
https://independencelive.net/crowdfunder/
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Inspired by Kevin MacLeod