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 Richi...
Feb 02, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 864
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 e...
Jan 26, 2024•59 min•Ep. 865
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
Jan 25, 2024•12 min•Ep. 520
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...
Jan 19, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 862
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 imp...
Jan 16, 2024•45 min•Ep. 863
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%. " Directi...
Jan 12, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 860
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 s...
Jan 05, 2024•44 min•Ep. 859
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:...
Dec 29, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 861
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 stoppin...
Dec 22, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 857
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 Gr...
Dec 15, 2023•58 min•Ep. 858
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 abou...
Dec 12, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 854
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 M...
Dec 08, 2023•35 min•Ep. 856
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 unlawfu...
Dec 01, 2023•59 min•Ep. 855
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...
Nov 24, 2023•56 min•Ep. 853
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...
Nov 17, 2023•43 min•Ep. 852
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 F...
Nov 10, 2023•56 min•Ep. 851
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 co...
Nov 03, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 850
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...
Oct 27, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 849
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 affe...
Oct 20, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 846
First Minister Humza Yousaf's keynote speech at his first SNP conference was delivered while his own family members remain trapped in Gaza by the conflict between Palestine and Israel. Against this emotional background his job is to enthuse and inspire not just his own party members, but the wider Yes movement. Did he achieve that? Listen for yourselves and we'll let you decide. Scottish Independence Podcasts is not party political, but we do occasionally share keynote speeches from a range of p...
Oct 18, 2023•39 min•Ep. 848
There is only a day to go until the next SNP conference where discussion will centre around the issue of a de facto referendum as the next step on our journey to independence. Indypodcasters Fiona and Marlene chat to Greg McCarra about our current situation of planning a de facto referendum and how it has arisen. Greg offers his own perspective on preferred options going forward. Greg is a veteran Independence campaigner and Trade Unionist, he is Chief Executive of the Scottish Independence Foun...
Oct 13, 2023•45 min•Ep. 847
Christians for Independence are a cross party group of Christians who support and independent Scotland. At their latest meeting the group invited guest speaker Rev Dr Doug Gay to reflect on the events of the past year. The result is a fascinating discussion which will be of interest to those of any faith and none. We are grateful to Christians for Independence for inviting us to record and share their event. For more info check out the group's website: The Scottish Independence Podcasts team pro...
Oct 06, 2023•54 min•Ep. 844
A bumper edition of our monthly roundup of topical clips - there's so much going on this month including the Yes for EU/ Believe in Scotland march, Holyrood reconvening and setting out the Programme for government, Rishi Sunak putting profit before planet yet again as he abandons UK net zero ambitions and a new, positive campaign is launched to imagine Scotland beyond the independence vote! The Scottish Independence Podcasts team produce a NEW podcast episode every Friday search for Scottish Ind...
Sep 29, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 845
We all know we want independence - but how do we get there? What are the legal options? In this episode, our guest Graeme McCormick LLB shares a legal perspective on the various routes which could be on the table, including UDI, Section 30 orders, Dissolving the Union, plebiscite elections and more. He also has some inspirational ideas for actions the Scottish government could take with its limited devolved powers that would be game changing for all Scottish citizens right now, as well as provid...
Sep 22, 2023•51 min•Ep. 842
Bonus Tuesday episode! As the Rutherglen ByElection gets ever closer, we took to the streets of Rutherglen to see what campaigners and passers by had to say. We spoke to the Scottish Socialist Party and Pensioners for Independence who both had street stalls, and popped in to the SNP campaign hub for a quick chat with Keith Brown. If you would like to watch the video version of our day in Rutherglen you can find it on our Youtube channel The Scottish Independence Podcasts team produce a NEW podca...
Sep 19, 2023•20 min•Ep. 843
Christopher Nolan's new film Oppenheimer is described as an "epic biographical thriller". It tells the story of the physicist appointed to lead the work on the Top Secret Manhattan Project - creating the atomic bomb, used to such devastating effect against the people of Japan in 1945. Bill Ramsay, a lifelong anti-nuclear campaigner asked if we would like to join him and fellow campaigner Isobel Lindsay to have a discussion about the film, the complex moral issues raised at the time and the impac...
Sep 15, 2023•51 min•Ep. 841
All the speeches from the rally organised by Yes 4 EU and Believe in Scotland which took place in Edinburgh on 2nd September outside of Holyrood. Speakers are: 00:00:32 Lesley Riddoch (author and journalist) 00:06:57 Jamie Hepburn (Minister for Independence) 00:11:25 Lorna slater (co leader Scottish Greens) 00:16:16 Claude Detrez (Europe for Scotland) 00:23:52 Believe in Scotland Youth Wing 00:28:00 Iona Fyfe (folk singer) 00:33:30 Humza Yousaf (First Minister) 00:47:12 Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp (Be...
Sep 08, 2023•55 min•Ep. 840
A bonus Tuesday episode to bring some of the atmosphere and conversations we had with folk on the Yes 4 EU Scottish Independence march in Edinburgh this weekend. You can also watch the video version on our Youtube channel Join us again on Friday for our regular Friday podcast episode when we will be sharing all the speeches from the rally. The Scottish Independence Podcasts team produce a NEW podcast episode every Friday search for Scottish Independence Podcasts wherever you get your podcasts. R...
Sep 05, 2023•22 min•Ep. 839
This episode was recorded at Climate Camp Scotland in Grangemouth by Iain Bruce, host of the climate Justice show Rising Clyde. The year's most important gathering of climate justice activists from different movements across the country, took on the giant INEOS oil refinery and petrochemical plant which spews out close to 3 million tons of CO2 equivalent every year. Iain talked to Kenny Alexander, a former oil worker who is from Grangemouth, Jessica Gaitan Johannesson, an organiser with Climate ...
Sep 01, 2023•33 min•Ep. 837
Regular presenter Fiona is joined by guest presenter Lynne Dougan for a round up of interesting snippets from August 2023. Themes covered are: 00:00:33 - Glasgow UCI championships 00:09:58 - Bibby Stockholm scandal and the "othering" of asylum seekers by the right wing press 00:21:15 - Hugh Grant takes down the UK press 00:22:07 - Junior doctors pay settlement - BBC vs STV versions 00:27:23 - It's GERS week with Richard Murphy 00:30:33 - SNP MPs standing down, Mairi Black owns Oliver Dowden 00:3...
Aug 25, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 838
