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March with Us. AUOB March. Edinburgh Royal Mile.

We were on the Edinburgh AUOB March!

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March with Us! Mary McCabe and others from our P4Indy Groups were on the AUOB March last Saturday.

March with Us. AUOB March. Edinburgh Royal Mile.

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 to Mary when you see our banner at about 8 minutes into the video, and then walk with down the Royal Mile to Holyrood.

At time of posting nearly 4,000 people have “walked along” with Fiona. Enjoy the atmosphere, join in the chanting, and wave to the tourists watching us.

Here’s the link:

Arriving at Holyrood

Friend of the IndyPodcaster Team, Neil Haston, was down at Holyrood and he took this footage of the marchers arriving at Parliament.

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Bannockburn march & Rally. Pensioners for Independence. Scottish Independence Podcasts

Bannockburn March & Rally

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Bannockburn for the March!

Some of us were at Stirling for the March & Rally last Saturday. It wasn’t a big march. AUOB reckoned maybe 1500. It was a very friendly get together with plenty of chat and plenty of stalls. The team from our Greater Glasgow Group were on the march with their new large banner. And others from the group had gone straight to the ground to get the stall ready.

Here’s a video of the marchers entering the grounds. You’ll maybe see yourself! thanks to the IndyPodcasters for the video!

AUOB March & Rally

AUOB March & Rally

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Stories from the March: Glasgow 4th May 2024 – Indypodcasters Fiona and Marlene join the March for Scottish Independence, organised by AUOB.
Here are some stories and opinions from folk they met along the way:
  • 00:30 Jacobites
  • 01:09 Yes 2 and memories
  • 04:18 Big blue flags!
  • 06:42 Solidarity Saltire
  • 07:04 Richie Venton, SSP
  • 07:30 Freedom Come All Ye singalong
  • 09:58 March sets off
  • 16:36 Alex Salmond, Alba
  • 19:03 Refugees are welcome here
  • 20:34 View from the Bridge

Well done to everyone who took part and thanks for stopping to chat with us! Marlene is still chuckling at being mistaken for Val McDermid!

Stories from the March Scottish Independence

You can find the livestream of the whole March & Rally event on the IndependenceLive YouTube channel.

IndyPodcasters have just released an audio podcast of the speeches from the End Pensioner Poverty March for Independence last month. You’ll find them here: Speaking Up for Scotland. Or have a look in their Grassroots Indy Campaign playlist.

In Arbroath for the Independence Rally…

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Highlights from a visit to Arbroath for the AUOB March

Marlene, member of our P4Indy National Group, writes:

I was up in Arbroath at the weekend for the AUOB March. I went up on the Friday with a friend, Fiona McGregor also a member of Pensioners for Indy. We had all day Saturday to wander around, visit the Abbey, find the statue of King Robert and Bishop Bernard, Chancellor of Scotland and Bishop of Arbroath, take photos and chat to strangers!

Here’s a video blog that we made:

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And here are a couple of the speeches: Mike Russell, former MSP and now President of SNP, and Dave Dougan, MP for Arbroath.

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Back to the Streets…Paisley March

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We March Again Under the One Banner

Mary McCabe writes:

All Under One Banner are on the go again. On March 5th 2,500 (or 3000 or 3,500 depending on who’s counting) pro-indy activists gathered once more; this time in Ferguslie Park Paisley. Nothing like the 100,000 who used to sweep through Glasgow and Edinburgh. Not in the same league as the 20,000 who made it over seas and rough roads to remote Campbeltown. But for these cautious, post-lockdown times, with many people still shielding and others fallen out of the way of campaigning or even of travelling beyond their hometown, I call that a good start. 

Greater Glasgow branch of Pensioners for Independence played a full part.

On this occasion the route ended where it began. So it was a lot easier to erect the gazebo together, then leave two of us (Sheena and Rosalyn) in charge of the stall while the rest of us (Mary, Heather, Isabel, Phil, Neil and Frankie the dug) carried the banner on the rally. 

Unlike the last two occasions (where pro-indy rallies were organised in Glasgow and in Edinburgh during a hiatus in the lockdown) we were permitted to follow a central, high profile route, right down the High Street and past the University of the West of Scotland. Everywhere we were warmly greeted by the locals. There was no sign of the half-dozen or so counter-revolutionaries who used to huddle together at some point on our route, glaring and waving handfuls of Union flags. 

Back in the Park…

Back at the park there was a proper rally, albeit with fewer stalls than in the past. There were stalls from the Low Rent activists and from the Socialists. Artists displayed their work, including a range of beautifully decorated slates. There were no commercial kiosks, but volunteers at one of the stalls provided sandwiches, hot drinks and home baking. 

The rally was jointly organised by AUOB and by Make Poverty History. The theme was support for beleaguered Ukraine. The Ukrainian national anthem was played. Speakers included politicians such as George Adam MSP, a range of representatives from socialist groups and of course Ukrainians. Rosalyn provided a Ukrainian flag for our stall, to fly alongside the usual Saltire. 

There was home baking from Sheena and from Colin’s wife Morag (Granular Tsars, so a Russian theme). We had jewellery made by Sheena and Yes Stones painted by Sheena and Heather. Donations to the stall were very welcome!

Most importantly:

AUOB have already organised more monthly marches in different towns throughout the rest of the year. The next is planned for Arbroath on the 2nd of April, as a (delayed!) celebration of the 700th anniversary of the 1320 Declaration of Arbroath. The one after that will be Glasgow, on 14th May.

After the (still lingering) pandemic, after the numerous lockdowns, it’s great to declare to the world: the indy movement is still here, we’re still determined and we’re back marching!