Scottish Independence Podcasts

A Country Not A County

Podcast version of this month's Livestream chat with Indypodcasters Fiona and Marlene and our guest Lynne.  Topics covered include:
Alex Salmond's death
Council of Regions and Nations
Winter fuel payments
GB Energy
Scottish Visa proposals
and various other snippets that caught our attention this month.
You can also watch the video version on our Youtube channel here https://www.youtube.com/live/KEb6Ctxb5p8?si=Al1E9Fa1M_2TnNGd
 
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Music:
Industrial Cinematic by Kevin MacLeod
 
 

A Disruptive force? With Liam McLaughlan

We chat to Scottish independence campaigner Liam McLaughlan who we first came across when he stood as Scottish Socialist Party candidate for Glasgow East in the General election.
Liam is a veteran of the legendary Radical Independence Campaign in 2014 and last month he gave the opening speech at a conference organised by left wing anti establishment group Conter to mark the 10 year anniversary of the independence referendum.
We invited him into the studio to talk about the event, his experiences and his thoughts for the future campaign.
Liam also had an article published in the National newspaper which you can read here https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24606241.indyrefs-10-year-anniversary-not-waste-another-decade/
Also look out for a follow up episode with highlights from other speakers at the conference coming soon.
 
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Music: Inspired by Kevin MacLeod

1820 Radical Uprising - Part 2: Trials and Retribution

Second of our two part mini series on the 1820 Radical Uprising.  Part 1 covers the events leading up to the Uprising and the Radical War which followed.  You can find it here https://scottishindypod.scot/scottish-history/1820-radical-uprising/  and we would recommend you listen to that episode first.
This episode covers the courtroom drama of the trials of the Radicals and their eventual fate, brought to life by our storyteller Tom Dowds.  Fiona and Marlene also report from some of the key locations of the tale, including the spine tingling visit to the plaque in Stirling's Broad Street where Baird and Hardie uttered their last words - "Remember Baird and Hardie".
Main themes:
00:00:31   The Stirling Trials
00:09:54   The Glasgow Trials
00:12:18   The Dumbarton Trials
00:15:30    The Paisley Trials
00:23:33     Retribution
00:24:56     Martyrs' Memorial
00:30:43     Australian Legacy
00:32: 25    Learning our own history
 
You can order a copy of Tom Dowd's book from good booksellers including  https://www.waterstones.com/book/scotland-free-or-a-desart/t-j-dowds/9781782227496
 
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Music:
Clann An Drumma street performance in Falkirk
 
 

Building A Local Scotland

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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Music:
Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
 

Ten Years On

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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Music:
Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
and
Industrial Cinematic by Kevin MacLeod

Still Yes with Charlie Stuart

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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Indyref 10th Anniversary : Holyrood Rally Speeches

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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Music:
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Cool Scot: A Conversation with Greg Moodie

10 years on from the Independence Referendum we catch up with "artist, writer and deviant collagist" Greg Moodie. Greg's artwork and cartoons were iconic elements of the 2014 campaign and he has continued to produce political commentary in the guise of humour ever since.
Greg has a new book out this month called The Unbearable Stupidity of Being which you can get from his website at https://gregmoodie.com/shop/
 
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Music: Inspired by Kevin MacLeod