November 2017 (14)

Euan Johnson and Maximo Molina Interview

7.45pm Sun 26 Nov 2017

Free All Catalan Political Prisoners

2.30pm Sun 26 Nov 2017
This meetings is to raise awareness of the situation in Catalonia and organise solidarity to call for the release of political prisoners jailed by the Spanish State after the 1 October independence referendum .

62Free All Catalan Political Prisoners This meetings is to raise awareness of the situation in Catalonia and organise solidarity to call for the release of political prisoners jailed by the Spanish State after the 1 October independence referendum .

This meetings is to raise awareness of the situation in Catalonia and organise solidarity to call for the release of political prisoners jailed by the Spanish State after the 1 October independence referendum . Speakers: David Karvala (Barcelona). One of the promoters of the international solidarity initiative #WithCatalonia Angela Haggerty. Commonspace editor and Sunday Herald columnist Stuart Graham from Glasgow City Unison
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Starts at: 2.30pm Sun 26 Nov 2017

Venue: Renfield St Stevens G24JP

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Pensioners for Independence - 1st National Conference

9.30am Sat 25 Nov 2017
Pensioners for Independence - 1st National Conference #PFI17

102Pensioners for Independence - 1st National Conference Pensioners for Independence - 1st National Conference #PFI17

We will be discussing Social Security, Social Care, The Scottish Economy, Independence post-Brexit and Campaign Strategy for the future. TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pensioners-for-independence-1st-national-conference-tickets-37754887886?utm_term=eventurl_text
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Starts at: 9.30am Sat 25 Nov 2017

Speakers: Craig Dalzell (Common Weal),Maggie Chapman (Green Party), George Kerevan(SNP),Christine Grahame (SNP MP),Robin McAlpine (Common Weal)

Venue: Broughton High School, 29 East Fettes Avenue, Edinburgh EH4 1EG

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Yes EK Speakers Night

7.00pm Thu 23 Nov 2017
(Become The Media!)

581Yes EK Speakers Night (Become The Media!)

A panel discussion on the media, live from East Kilbride.
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Starts at: 7.00pm Thu 23 Nov 2017

Speakers: Paul Kavanagh (WeeGingerDug), David Hooks (PoliticsScot), Greg Moodie (National Cartoonist), Gordon Ross (IndyCar Live).

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Miquel Strubell

7.00pm Wed 22 Nov 2017
analysis on Catalonia

74Miquel Strubell analysis on Catalonia

Miquel Strubell in conversation with Mark McNaught discussing the huge political developments since the 1 October referendum in Catalonia. Miquel is a retired academic and author specialising in minority European languages. A member of the ANC and Omnium, Miquel is a long time supporter of Catalan independence. If you want to send letters to the Catalan political prisoners, find the addresses on http://catalanprisoners.info and follow the #DearCatalonia hashtag.
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Starts at: 7.00pm Wed 22 Nov 2017

Is the Future Arctic? - Nordic Horizons

1.00pm Sun 19 Nov 2017
guest speakers from Iceland, Norway and Greenland will discuss the opportunities and threats to the Arctic, ask if the region has the political power it needs to develop sustainably and explore Scotlandâ€™s future role as a North Atlantic nation.

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Is the Future Arctic? - Nordic Horizons guest speakers from Iceland, Norway and Greenland will discuss the opportunities and threats to the Arctic, ask if the region has the political power it needs to develop sustainably and explore Scotlandâ€™s future role as a North Atlantic nation.

Is the Future Arctic? 19th November 2017, 1.00-3.00 pm, Lecture Theatre A, David Hume Tower, University of Edinburgh As delegates from the Nordic, Arctic and beyond arrive for the Arctic Forum in Edinburgh, guest speakers from Iceland, Norway and Greenland will discuss the opportunities and threats to the Arctic, ask if the region has the political power it needs to develop sustainably and explore Scotlandâ€™s future role as a North Atlantic nation. Each speaker will offer a 15-20 minute presentation on their thoughts about the future of the Arctic. The discussion will be followed by an open Q & A session. The Panel: Lesley Riddoch is a journalist and is the Director of Nordic Horizons and will Chair this event. JÃ³n Baldvin Hannibalsson is the ex-leader of Iceland's Social Democratic Party (SPD) and former Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs responsible for their EEA negotiations in the 1990s. He was also first to recognise the Baltic countries as independent states. Rune Rafaelsen was Secretary General of the Norwegian Barents Secretariat for 12 years until 2015 when he was elected Mayor of the SÃ¸r-Varanger municipality in northern Norway, Europeâ€™s northern-most Schengen border region with Russia. Rune is an expert on oil, fishing stocks & Russian politics. Tukumminnguaq Nykjaer Olsen is a young student & campaigner from Greenland who won this yearâ€™s Arctic Innovation prize for her presentation â€œinnovation is about inclusion: letâ€™s make the Arctic inclusiveâ€ Scots-born Rachael Lorna Johnstone is Professor of Law, Arctic Oil and Gas Studies at the University of Greenland and Director of the Arctic Oil and Gas Research Centre. She specialises in Polar law, the governance of the Arctic and the Antarctic under international and domestic law. Andy Wightman MSP will respond to give a Scottish perspective on contributions by our Arctic speakers. Andy is Green MSP for the Lothians and sits on the Europe, Economy, Environment and Communities committees at Holyrood.
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Starts at: 1.00pm Sun 19 Nov 2017

Speakers: Lesley Riddoch,JÃ³n Baldvin Hannibalsson,Rune Rafaelsen,Tukumminnguaq Nykjaer, Rachael Lorna Johnstone,Andy Wightman MSP

Venue: Edinburgh University EH3 9QL

Gordon Ross - Indy Car

7.00pm Tue 14 Nov 2017

Free All Catalan Political Prisoners

4.00pm Sat 11 Nov 2017
Organised by the ANC Scotland

69Free All Catalan Political Prisoners Organised by the ANC Scotland

Prison is the Spanish judiciaryâ€™s response to the ousted Catalan governmentâ€™s independence roadmap, despite repeated calls for dialogue and mediation in the past few weeks by Puigdemontâ€™s cabinet. Spainâ€™s National Court provisionally jailed eight dismissed Catalan ministers without bail on Thursday. Beginning with vice president, Oriol Junqueras, all the deposed officials who appeared in the Madrid court will spend the night behind bars. The officials are charged with rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds. The only exception was former business minister, Santi Vila, who stepped down from his post after disagreeing with the declaration of independence. In a different ruling, Vila was ordered to be held pending a â‚¬50,000 bail payment. Apart from Junqueras, the officials held in custody without bail are the ministers of Home Affairs (Joaquim Forn), Foreign Affairs (RaÃ¼l Romeva), Governance (Meritxell BorrÃ s), Presidency (Jordi Turull), Social Affairs (Dolors Bassa), Justice (Carles MundÃ³) and Territory (Josep Rull). In all, the eight jailed officials were sent to five different prisons in the Madrid region. On the orders of the judge, Junqueras and Forn were sent to the Estremera prison, Turull and Romeva to the prison of Valdemoro, Rull to the Navalcarnero penitentiary, MundÃ³ and Vila to Aranjuez, while the female ministers, Bassa and BorrÃ s have gone to AlcalÃ¡ prison. However they are not the only ones to have ended up in prison over the past few weeks because of the independence roadmap. The judge who ordered the jailing of the officials is the the same who on October 16 ordered the heads of Cataloniaâ€™s two main civil pro-independence organizations, Jordi SÃ nchez and Jordi Cuixart, to be remanded in custody. It is also the same National Court judge considering a prosecutorâ€™s request to issue an international arrest warrant for Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and his four ministers who fled to Brussels. Justifying her decision to jail the former Catalan government members, the judge argued that their decision to declare independence amounts to causing an uprising in Spainâ€™s sovereign territory. She also said the mobilization of the public by the independence movement was intimidation of Spainâ€™s security forces, who were in Catalonia to ensure the law was carried out.
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Starts at: 4.00pm Sat 11 Nov 2017

Venue: Freedom Square, Glasgow G2 1DY

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Catalan Defence Committee demo in Edinburgh at the Spanish consulate

1.00pm Sat 11 Nov 2017
Hands off Catalonia, free the political prisoners

152Catalan Defence Committee demo in Edinburgh at the Spanish consulate Hands off Catalonia, free the political prisoners

For prisoner addresses (see and share) http://Catalanprisoners.info #DearCatalonia
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Starts at: 1.00pm Sat 11 Nov 2017

Venue: Spanish Consulate, 63 North Castle Street, Edinburgh EH2

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Scottish CND Annual General Meeting 2017

10.30am Sat 11 Nov 2017

40Scottish CND Annual General Meeting 2017

At this year's Scottish CND AGM, there will be a presentation on the UN Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons followed by a question and answer session. The work carried out by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons (ICAN) to make this treaty a reality won them the Nobel Peace Prize this year.
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Starts at: 10.30am Sat 11 Nov 2017

The Pots & Pans Revolution, Re-heated; Icelandâ€™s Constitutional Comeback

6.00pm Tue 7 Nov 2017
Katrin Oddsdottir presents the latest from the efforts to get the crowd-sourced Icelandic constitution ratified.

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88The Pots & Pans Revolution, Re-heated; Icelandâ€™s Constitutional Comeback Katrin Oddsdottir presents the latest from the efforts to get the crowd-sourced Icelandic constitution ratified.

Iceland's Crowd Sourced Constitution was kicked into touch by politicians in 2011 -- but it's making a comeback. Katrin OddsdÃ³ttir was one of 25 members of the Constitution Council of Iceland, which drafted the new constitution in a process recognised worldwide for its emphasis on democratic methods and social media tools. The draft constitution contains clauses on environmental protection, highlights international human rights law and the rights of refugees and migrants, and proposes a redistribution of Icelandâ€™s natural resources â€“ notably fishing. OddsdÃ³ttir has been a political activist from early age, but became well known in Iceland after delivering a radical political speech at mass protests after the economic crash in 2009, while studying law. She currently works as a human rights lawyer at Rettur - Adalsteinsson & Partners law firm in Iceland, concentrating on the rights of refugees, disabled people and children, among other related fields. She has an MA in Human Rights from the University of London and a BA in law from Reykjavik University. OddsdÃ³ttir has a BA in journalism from Dublin City University and has worked as a journalist and copy writer. Could Iceland provide a model for Scotland?
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Starts at: 6.00pm Tue 7 Nov 2017

Speakers: Katrin Oddsdottir, Patrick Harvie, Lesley Riddoch

Venue: The Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh EH1

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Brexit - what does it mean for business in Scotland?

7.30pm Mon 6 Nov 2017
with Michelle Thomson and Roger Mullin, hosted by Yes Edinburgh West

97Brexit - what does it mean for business in Scotland? with Michelle Thomson and Roger Mullin, hosted by Yes Edinburgh West

These two former MPs are now working on a comprehensive survey of all sectors of Scottish business to assess preparedness for the exit from the European Union.
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Starts at: 7.30pm Mon 6 Nov 2017

Speakers: Michelle Thomson, Roger Mullin

Venue: Newliston Arms, Kirkliston EH28

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Scottish Independence Convention - Bridges to Indy

10.00am Sat 4 Nov 2017
Join us for full live coverage of the second Scottish Independence Convention conference at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh.

1320Scottish Independence Convention - Bridges to Indy Join us for full live coverage of the second Scottish Independence Convention conference at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh.

Join us for full live coverage of the second Scottish Independence Convention conference at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh. Tickets: http://www.usherhall.co.uk/whats-on/build-bridges-indy >>> Please Like & share! <<< DON'T HATE THE MEDIA, BECOME THE MEDIA. #ScotRef 900-1000 livestreams since 2013. Become The Media, Become A Backer: Finishes SOON Monday 23rd Oct. 84 backers, 47% funded. IndependenceLive.net Crowdfunder: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/autumn-livestreams-2017/x/2910307#/
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Starts at: 10.00am Sat 4 Nov 2017

Venue: Edinburgh Usher Hall EH1 2EA

Scottish Independence Convention - Interviews

10.00am Sat 4 Nov 2017
Join us for interviews from the Usher Hall in Edinburgh.

748Scottish Independence Convention - Interviews Join us for interviews from the Usher Hall in Edinburgh.

Join us for interviews from the Usher Hall in Edinburgh. >>> Please Like and share! <<< DON'T HATE THE MEDIA, BECOME THE MEDIA. #ScotRef 900-1000 livestreams since 2013. Become The Media, Become A Backer: Finishes SOON Monday 23rd Oct. 84 backers, 47% funded. IndependenceLive.net Crowdfunder: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/autumn-livestreams-2017/x/2910307#/
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Starts at: 10.00am Sat 4 Nov 2017

Venue: Edinburgh Usher Hall EH1 2EA

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11.00am Sat 24 Oct
UPDATE! Beyond Nuclear - Helensburgh CND & SCND Conference Working with organisers to take this event online. Date will likely change.

Working with organisers to take this event online. Date will likely change.
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Starts at: 11.00am Sat 24 Oct 2020 UPDATE! Beyond Nuclear - Helensburgh CND & SCND Conference