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March with Us! Mary McCabe and others from our P4Indy Groups were on the AUOB March last Saturday. If you didn’t manage to get to the Edinburgh AUOB March last Saturday, you can join the march now. Watch the video that Fiona of the IndyPodcasters took. Wave off the IndyBikers at St Giles, then wave […]

The Third Nuclear Age : 81 Years After Hiroshima – Scottish CND Commemorates & Campaigns for Nuclear Disarmament We recently had Bill Kidd as a guest of our Glasgow group. He talked about his work for nuclear disarmament. So we thought you would appreciate this podcast from IndyPodcasters in commemoration of the 81st anniversary of […]

Escalating Pressure Campaign – Don’t Let Your Opponents off the Hook! Make Campaigns Count: The Science of Effective Activism What separates a campaign that changes the world from one that fades into obscurity? Dr Craig Dalzell from think tank The Commonweal explores the principles of effective activism, civil resistance, and strategic disobedience. Discover how to […]

Sailing for Freedom : Ardrossan to Brodick Sailing for Freedom is a new addition to the Yes Movement. It’s first outing was the other weekend with a sail from Ardrossan to Arran followed by a rally in Brodick. Organised by Chris Wilson with the help of Sean Mellon from All Under One Banner. And a […]

The Road to Peak Equality – and what happened afterwards. Bill Ramsay spoke on this subject to our Glasgow Pensioners for Indy Group a month or so back. But he wanted to update his contribution and the easiest way was to have him in the IndyPodcasters studio. So then Fiona and Marlene heard Bill Ramsay’s […]

Bill Kidd, MSP – Veteran AntiNuclear Campaigner Bill Kidd is a veteran campaigner against nuclear arms. He is also against nuclear power, especially the proposed expansion of nuclear power stations by the UK Labour Government. Although Bill is stepping down as an MSP, he will be carry on with campaigning against nuclear arms and nuclear […]

Who are the Alliance to Liberate Scotland? Ken McNeil, an Alliance candidate for the Holyrood election, came along to our Glasgow & Milngavie Group to tell us more. Ken spoke for about 20 minutes then Mary McCabe opened the meeting for questions. Topics covered: Ken engaged with us very keenly. He heard support for ALS […]

The Indy Warblers: Getting the Band Back Together Again! Some years back, Glasgow Pensioners for Indy formed the Indy Warblers. We had fiddlers, drummers, singers, poetry. And we’d all traipse along to gigs in local residential homes. We even wrote a new set of words for the tune Johnny Lad. Those words have been updated […]

Coincidence? Rise of the Billionaires … Breakdown of International Legal Order? With Craig Murray. Former UK ambassador Craig Murray joins Glasgow Pensioners for Independence for a hard-hitting discussion on the growing breakdown of the international legal order. From selective enforcement of global rules to the erosion of institutions meant to uphold them, the conversation explores […]

Burns Lunch with Indy Warblers and Glasgow Pensioners for Indy! Some of the videos of the Indy Warblers’ contribution this year’s Burns Lunch organised by Mary McCabe of our Greater Glasgow group. They certainly give a flavour of the occasion! In introducing the songs Mary gave a bit of historical / political background. Lillian came […]

Hidden Costs of Inequality with Stuart Donald The IndyPodcasters are joined once again by data analyst Stuart Donald to explore the impacts of inequalities — including some unexpected links to how we vote. There’s data, there are graphs, and there are a few “wait, really?” moments along the way. Whether you love a good chart […]

What Is It Like to Be a Scot? Pàdraig MacAoidh Pàdraig MacAoidh – Peter Mackay – became the Scottish Makar just over a year ago. And he’s the first Makar to write primarily in Gaelic. His day job is senior lecturer in Literature in the School of English at St Andrews University. You might be […]