Scottish Independence Podcasts

John Maclean's Legacy 100 Years On

Henry Bell, author of the biography "John Maclean - Hero of  Red Clydeside", examines some of  the life, times and core principles that John Maclean represented.  He asks if these still relate to the world today - a century after Maclean's tragic and untimely death.
Hosted by the Scottish Socialist Party, this is the 3rd Annual Jim McVicar Memorial Lecture .
Key chapters:00:00:44 Welcome and opening remarks by Richie Venton00:12:03  Lecture delivered by Henry Bell01:07:27  Closing remarks by Richie Venton
Scottish Independence Podcasts are grateful to the Scottish Socialist Party for allowing us to record their event.
You can also watch the video version on our youtube channel here 
Find more info and publications etc from Scottish socialist party https://scottishsocialistparty.org
Find author Henry Bell's website https://henryjimbell.com/
John Maclean - Hero of Red Clydeside is available from Pluto Press https://plutobooks.com 
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Bits & Pieces Podcast January 2024

Welcome to our roundup of topical clips and snippets for January 2024.  Main themes covered this month are:
00:00:53  Calling out war crimes
00:05:47  Covid enquiry
00:09:35  Scottish budget
00:15:48   Holyrood snippets
00:21:15   UK General Election 
00:34:59   Westminster hot topics
00:40:23   Horizon scandal
00:44:57   Lesley Riddoch chats with Jim Byrne
00:51:02   Indypodcasters out and about
00:54:02   Time for Scotland by the Singing Councillors
 
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Scottish poetry podcast #31 Burns Night Special

A selection of poetry for Burns Night:
Rabbie Burns by Angus Shoor Caan
To A Country by Lynne Dougan
A Wee Mouse by Angus Shoor Caan
Boreas by Sheila Nichols, read by Fiona McGregor
Rabbie by Angus Shoor Caan
The Man O' Words by Paul Colvin
Scots Wha Hae by Rabbie Burns performed by Lorraine Sinclair
Music on Scots Wha hae: Hidden Past by Kevin MacLeod

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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Music:
Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
 
 
 

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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Music: "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod

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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Music: Inspired by Kevin MacLeod

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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