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Campaign group Yes For EU held a very successful workshop in Edinburgh to consider various themes about Scotland's future in the EU, including Association Agreements for candidate countries, the alternative option of EFTA.  We also discussed areas where Scotland is at risk of diverging from the EU and where we will need to realign or create new arrangements such as  borders, currency options, EU energy policy and the farm payment scheme. If you would like to take part in the discussion topics, you are welcome to do so.  You can also feed any thoughts, comments or questions to Yesforeu@gmail.com Key points in the broadcast are: 00:02:05   Opening remarks and welcome 00:04:49   Heather Anderson on EU or EFTA 00:12:42    Kirsty Hughes on Association Agreements 00:30:23    Discussion question 1 00:30:51    Introduction to Borders topic 00:36:35    Discussion question 2 00:36:51     Introduction to Currency topic 00:39:52     Marla Dukharan on currency unions 00:44:53     Discussion question 3 00:45:07     Heather

We were at the very successful Revive Coalition conference in Perth in November. In this week's podcast we chat with Revive Coalition Campaigns Manager Max Wiszniewski, share some of the presentations from the conference on grouse moors, muirburn and raptor persecution and then we take a look at the Wildlife Management and Muirburn Bill currently making its way through Holyrood. Key topics include: 00:02:12 - introducing our guest Max Wiszniewski 00:06:34 - Chris Packham's opening address 00:17:21 - Max on joint working to solve complex problems 00:19:55 - Robbie Marsland explains grouse moor Circles of Destruction 00:22:05 - Max on giving evidence to Holyrood 00:26:27 - Dr Helen Armstrong explains muirburn 00:34:39 - Dr Ruth Tingay explains golden eagle tagging 00:45:10 - Gillian Martin on the Wildlife Management and Muirburn Bill 00:49:39 - Max - land reform and Scottish Independence Find out more about Revive at www.revive.scot The Scottish Independence Podcasts team produce a NEW podcast episode every Fr

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 Venton 00:12:03  Lecture delivered by Henry Bell 01:07:27  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  The Scottish Independence Podcasts team produce a NEW podcast episode every F

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   The Scottish Independence Podcasts team produce a NEW podcast episode every Friday search for Scottish Independence Podcasts wherever you get your podcasts.  Remember to like and subscribe! Contact Us: indypodcasters@gmail.com  Visit our website https://scottishindypod.scot for blogposts, newsletter signup and more episodes Subscribe to our Youtube channel @scottishindypodExtra for more of our video footage and clips  

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. The Scottish Independence Podcasts team produce a NEW podcast episode every Friday search for Scottish Independence Podcasts wherever you get your podcasts.  Remember to like and subscribe! Contact Us: indypodc

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 Cent

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 The Scottish Independence Podcasts team produce a NEW podcast episode every Friday search for Scottish Independence Podcasts wherever you get your podcasts.  Remember to like and subscribe! Contact Us: indypodcasters@gmail.com  Visit our website https://scottishindypod.scot for blogposts, newsletter signup and more episodes Subscribe to our Youtube channel @scottishindypodExtra for more of our v

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. The Scottish Independence Podcasts team produce a NEW podcast episode every Friday search for Scottish Independence Podcasts wherever you get your podcasts.  Remember to like and subscribe! Contact Us: indypodcasters@gmail.com  Visit our website https://scottishindypod.scot for blogposts, newsletter signup and more episodes Subscribe to our Youtube channel @scottishindypodExtra for more of our video footage and clips

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 ... Thanks for listening everybody, please subscribe and share! Links mentioned in

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

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

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  The Scottish Independence Podcasts team produce a NEW podcast episode every Friday search for Scottish Independence Podcasts wherever you get your podcasts.  Remember to like and subscribe! Contact Us: indypodcasters@gmail.com  Visit our website https://scottishindypod.scot for blogposts, newsletter signup and more episo

Our Rising Clyde episode this month reports from COP28 in Dubai.  Dubai is the seventh biggest exporter of oil in the world and the President of this COP is himself the President of the Abu Dhabi Oil Company. That in itself has raised a few eyebrows. We look at what’s at stake, at the end of the hottest year ever recorded. If world leaders are doing so little, why should we continue to pay any attention at all to what happens at the COP? Host Iain Bruce talks to Becky Kenton-Lake, the Coalition Manager at Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, and Nathan Thanki, of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative.   Music: Upbe4at Corporate by Rinkevitch music You can watch the video version of this podcast on Independence Live's Youtube channel The Scottish Independence Podcasts team produce a NEW podcast episode every Friday search for Scottish Independence Podcasts wherever you get your podcasts.  Remember to like and subscribe! Contact Us: indypodcasters@gmail.com  Visit our website https://scottishindypod.scot

Topical snippets from Scottish politics and activism in November: 00:01:08  Festival for Survival opening by Lynn Jamieson  00:04:09  Jean Urquhart marches in Ullapool 00:06:07  Revive conference opening by Chris Packham 00:10:43  Lesley Riddoch speaking at the Breakup of Britain event 00:16:10   Our Star in Scotland - former MEP Julie Ward explains Erasmus 00:18:47   Holyrood -  Trams Enquiry  00:21:34   Net Zero committee on the circular economy 00:27:21   Scotland's Census 00:29:04   Rwanda plan ruled unlawful 00:31:12   How others see us 00:35:45   Westminster - will Kemi Badenoch devolve employment law? 00:36:42    Deirdre Brock vs Penny Mordant 00:39:54    Scottish affairs committee science enquiry 00:41:54    Neale Hanvey responds to the King's Speech 00:45:40    Alex Salmond preaches forgiveness in Alba conference speech 00:53:50     Alex Salmond sues Scotgov 00:55:23      Protest choir sings for a cease-fire outside of Colonial HQ "Contains information licensed under the Scottish Parliament Copyright

00:00:16 What is Future Voices? 00:04:33 Health and Happiness 00:09:18 A Fair Society 00:17:07 Clean and Green 00:22:00 Prosperity 00:26:38 Our Democracy 00:36:55 Launch night 00:41:41 Community 00:49:09 Values 00:55:16 Back to the Future Future Voices is an innovative and inspiring project that aims to address people who are still unsure of how an independent Scotland will be better than today's version. Founders Joyce and Ian Munro join Indypodcasters Fiona and Marlene in the studio to tell us more about the project and how it can be a valuable resource available to all. We take a look at Future Voices 7 inspiring and thought provoking videos and take a glimpse into a possible future - we CAN make this happen. Please subscribe to the  @FutureVoicesScotland  Youtube channel and share the clips widely. You can contact Joyce and Ian by email on futurevoices050@gmail.com and they would particularly appreciate hearing from Yes groups who would like to feature in future videos in the series. Also mentioned in the

Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie delivered a speech to the Autumn conference of the Scottish Green Party in October.  In both speeches they reflect on a year of Greens in Government and look forward to the second half of the parliamentary term, with announcements about forthcoming proposals for new legislation to support both people and planet. 00:00:45  Lorna slater Co-Leader speech 00:17:59  Patrick Harvie Co-Leader speech Video version of these speeches is available on the Scottish Greens Youtube channel The Scottish Independence Podcasts team produce a NEW podcast episode every Friday search for Scottish Independence Podcasts wherever you get your podcasts.  Remember to like and subscribe! Contact Us: indypodcasters@gmail.com  Visit our website https://scottishindypod.scot for blogposts, newsletter signup and more episodes Subscribe to our Youtube channel @scottishindypodExtra for more of our video footage and clips Music:  Upbeat Corporate by Rinkevitch Music  

For the second in our mini series on the way forward for independence, Indypodcasters Fiona and Marlene invite three SNP members who were at the Autumn conference to share their thoughts on the independence strategy debate.  Our guests are Liz Lowrey, Almond and Earn SNP Branch Secretary, Simon Barrow, National Secretary of the SNP Trade Union Group, and Jacqui Jensen, Perth SNP member and Yes Hub activist. Topics covered: 00:01:26 First Reactions - Liz 00:07:59 First Reactions - Simon 00:11:54 First Reactions - Jacqui 00:14:27 Constitutional Convention - Intro 00:15:09 Constitutional Convention - Liz 00:19:32 Constitutional Convention - Simon 00:23:37 Constitutional Convention - Jacqui 00:33:57 A Draft Constitution - Jacqui 00:40:05 More Powers to Holyrood - Simon 00:45:12 Labour in power? - Liz 00:47:51 Labour in Power? - Simon 00:51:09 Optimistic for the future - Liz 00:52:16 Optimistic for the future - Simon 00:54:21 Optimistic for the future - Jacqui Part 1 of the mini series is also available on our You

Scottish Independence Podcasts support Scottish Independence but we are not party political.  The route to independence concerns everyone in the Yes movement and there is by no means consensus on the path that will lead to success.  We will be dropping in on the various party conferences to see how they propose to get us there, starting with the 2023 SNP conference where the independence strategy was a key - and lengthy - debate. People new to party conference procedures might be understandably confused about the difference between resolutions, proposers and seconders, remits back, direct negatives ...  In this episode, Indypodcasters Fiona and Marlene attempt to navigate the key parts of the debate up to and including the vote at the end.  Key parts of the podcast are: 00:01:16    Humza Yousaf proposes the resolution 00:11:32    Stephen Flynn joint proposal 00:17:22    Tommy Sheppard Amendment A 00:23:22    Tony ~Guiliano Amendments B and C 00:29:43    Joanna Cherry Amendment D 00:37:19     David Buckley - R

Welcome to this month's round up of topical clips from Scottish independence politics and activism. Topics this month: 00:01:05   Future Voices  00:04:41   Chain of Freedom - 00:07:06    Rutherglen by-election  00:13:06    Holyrood debate on the Internal Market Act 00:25:47    SNP conference welcome address 00:42:41    Capping staple food prices proposal 00:44:16     Devolution of employment law 10 min rule bill 00:51:16      Scotland's Future   Resources mentioned in the podcast: Chain of Freedom souvenir video  UKICE Lunch Hour: Scotland's future  Future Voices "Contains information licensed under the Scottish Parliament Copyright Licence". The Scottish Independence Podcasts team produce a NEW podcast episode every Friday search for Scottish Independence Podcasts wherever you get your podcasts.  Remember to like and subscribe! Contact Us: indypodcasters@gmail.com  Visit our website https://scottishindypod.scot for blogposts, newsletter signup and more episodes Subscribe to our Youtube channel @scottishindyp

In his book Doun Hauden Prof Alf Baird draws on research from colonial experiences of decolonisation to re-examine the question of Scottish Nationhood.   We are delighted to welcome Alf back onto the Mibbes Aye show as our guest this month to take us through the results of his research - described by many as "a lightbulb moment".    So IS Scotland a colony?  Well, not constitutionally or legally as Alf readily admits.  But is there a social, cultural and linguistic element of colonialism which can affect the mindset of a nation?  Alf's research suggests this is very much a possibility and may well have been the determining factor in the result of the 2014 Scottish Independence referendum The book Doun Hauden is available from all good booksellers. Sources mentioned during the programme:  A leaflet version of the key ideas funded by the Scottish Independence Foundation is available as a free pdf download The report "Elitist Scotland" is available here  Information on franchises came from the report "who is