Scottish Independence Podcasts

Breakup of Britain: What next for SNP and Labour?

One of the many excellent and fascinating panel discussions held at the Breakup of Britain conference. This discussion poses the question what next for SNP after Sturgeon and Labour under Starmer.  The discussion is chaired by Maggie Chapman, main topics are:
00:00:45  Intro by Maggie Chapman
00:01:40  Jamie Driscoll, Independent Mayor of North of Tyne
00:12:55   Frances Foley, Deputy Director of Compass social  justice campaign
00:22:35    Joyce McMillan, columnist and theatre critic
00:41:00    Alyn Smith, MP
00:55:55    Audience Q and A
The Breakup of Britain conference was held in Edinburgh in November as a tribute to Tom Nairn, who died in January 2023.  Tom was an essayist, political theorist and academic.  He supported Scottish independence and believed that the breakup of Britain is inevitable.
Note: the sound quality on the original recording  via the venue's sound system is a little "clicky" in places, but hopefully this doesn't detract from the content of the discussions
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Is Scotland being cheated? Denmark definitely isn't ...

Award winning broadcaster Lesley Riddoch joins us to chat about her new film Denmark: the State of Happiness. The film is currently on tour all around Scotland with a Q+A session with Lesley at each screening.
For details of dates, times, venues and to book tickets, go to www.lesleyriddoch.com/events
This is the 5th film in Lesley's series looking at the Nordic countries, you can find all her other films at www.lesleyriddoch.com/films
key points include:
00:00:54 Dan Jorgensen - happiness is important
00:01:34 Welcome to Lesley
00:02:15 Losing an empire
00:05:34 Audience reactions
00:10:20 Not just for indy supporters
00:16:18 Danish Education system
00:17:07 Larissa Albus - taxes are a good thing
00:19:38 Jannick Marshall - Efterskole
00:22:49 Samso islanders fuel bills cut
00:25:04 cause for optimism?
00:28:28 national self confidence
00:30:47 issues based conversations
00:31:41 cultural summer school and other ideas
00:38:01 the future for indy media
 
Also mentioned in our discussion is Independence Centre Stage from our Mibbes Aye series which you can watch here: or check out our website here 
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Direction - A Strategy for Independence

We are grateful to Yes Skye and Lochalsh for sharing their evening with Commonweal's Robin McAlpine explaining the highlights of his new strategy paper entitled "Direction: A Realistic Strategy for Achieving Scottish Independence".
In this strategy Robin shares insights from research carried out by Commonweal and others to create a blueprint for persuasive communications.  He also explains the benefits of peer-to-peer campaigning and how we can build support for independence beyond 60%.
"Direction" is available as a free download from Commonweal.scot and can also be purchased in paperback format from their online shop
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Yes to Yasuni

Yes to Yasuni - an episode of Rising Clyde with host Iain Bruce
This year the people of Ecuador struck a major blow for climate justice, by voting to leave the oil in the soil beneath the Yasuní National Park.
We talk to one of the people who made that victory possible, Leonidas Iza, president of the main Indigenous organisation, CONAIE, who visited Scotland in July to promote the Yasuni campaign. 
He discusses the challenges ahead, the need to link up with other anti-mining and anti-extractive struggles, and the lessons for climate justice globally.
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Bits & Pieces Podcast December 2023

Join us for our last roundup of topical clips for 2023!Topics include:
00:00:50 Covid come-uppance for Johnson and Mone
00:05:45 George Monbiot savages the Tory Rwanda Bill
00:08:40 Alison Thewlis picks holes in the Tory Rwanda Bill
00:10:58 Joanna Cherry highlights the illegality of the Rwanda Bill
00:12:55 Scottish Parliament legislates for the children's rights
00:17:35 Joanna Cherry explains Tories breaching the Treaty of Union
00:24:56 Neale Hanvey shares international legal opinion
00:28:12 Secret Agent Alister Jack reports
00:31:32 Westminster quick fire round up
00:35:48 Holyrood quick fire round up
00:40:49 Patrick Harvie explains green alternatives to nuclear power
00:43:00 Bill Ramsay on dangers of nuclear power and climate instability
00:44:32 Europe for Scotland petition
00:48:32 Lesley Riddoch on keeping up our profile in Europe
00:54:14 Midwinter at Maeshowe, a poem by Alison Miller
00:58:26 A Christmas thought ...
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Links mentioned in this podcast: Alison Thewlis longer Rwanda speech
Europe for Scotland petition
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Highlights from the Festival For Survival

Indypodcasters Fiona, Marlene and Lynne spent a day at the Festival for Survival in Glasgow which brought together an international group of experts and activists to discuss the twin crises of nuclear weapons and the climate emergency.
Our reflections of the day and highlights from a selection of the speakers are:
00:00:30 Intro and reflections
00:07:42 Lynn Jamieson (Scottish CND) opens with a poem
00:10:25 Jean Urqhart (activist) recalls heady days in Ullapool
00:13:33 Mark Ruskell MSP stopping the nuclear convoys
00:17:59 Melissa Parke (ICAN) never too small to make a difference
00:21:16 Bishop William Nolan (Archbishop of Glasgow) real peace
00:25:07 Laura Young (campaigner) engaging our young people
00:32:33 Bill Kidd MSP glimmers of hope
00:35:25 Dr Claire Duncanson (Uni. of Ed) a feminist approach
00:40:49 Dr Olamide Samuel (Inst Diplom) Scotland's power
00:45:00 Venessa Hanson (ICAN) climate effects
00:47:00 Tim Wallace - divest and call out polluters
00:49:22 Robin McAlpine (Commonweal) - how much to do?
00:58:00 Bill Ramsay (SNP TU Group) - reflection on the event.
Watch presentations by Linda Pentz Gunther and Philip Webber on our Youtube channel here: 
You can also watch the full day's livestream from the event on Scottish CND's Youtube channel here -
Scottish CND website is here
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) website : 
Beyond Nuclear International website 
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In A Nutshell pt 3: The Indy strategy debate

This is part 3 of our mini series examining the SNP's independence strategy, this time from the perspective of other independence parties.
Presenters Fiona and Marlene were joined by guests Colin Fox (National Spokesperson for the Scottish Socialist Party), Julie McAnulty (Deputy Leader of the Independence for Scotland Party) and Dave Thompson, Alba Party member and convenor of Christians for Independence.
General themes of our discussions are:
00:01:00 Patrick Harvie speaking at the Scottish Greens conference
00:02:16 Alex Salmond speaking at the Alba conference
00:03:00 Q1: What do you think of the SNP resolution?
00:08:33 Q2: How do we build support for independence?
00:19:26 Q3: Would you support a constitutional convention?
00:28:23 Q4: What should the strategy be for the GE?
00:40:00 Q5: What if Labour win the GE?
00:48:09 Q6: Where do we go from here?
You can listen to part 1 of this series, which covers the resolution, amendments and decision from the SNP conference here: 
In part 2 of the series, we chat with three SNP members who were at the conference about their reaction to the strategy that was agreed. Listen here: 
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RIC 2023 Conference Highlights

Highlights from the RIC conference held in October 2023 on the theme of "Breaking the Impasse"
00:00:25 - Welcome from Chair Bob Gropilot, RIC
00:01:47  - speaker Kevin, Socialists for Independence
00:13:41  - speaker Kirsten Murray, Scottish Socialist Youth
00:23:15  - speaker David Buckley, SNP Socialists
00:34:13   - speaker Maggie Chapman, Scottish Green Party
00:44:00   -speaker Conor Beaton, Republican Socialist Party
00:53:35   - feedback from workshops
How to get involved an more information about Radical Independence Campaign  
You can listen to our previous podcast episode which from a RIC national forum meeting and gives the background to the conference is available on our website 
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