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Christopher Silver

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30th December 2023

Alison Balharry 1962-2023

12th November 2021

COP Resistance Report 6: ‘We will outlive these empires’

8th November 2021

Welcome to the new world of Govan

Indyref Posted on12th August 201427th June 2017

Reclaiming the referendum

As I grew up Scotland became for me more and more an emotion rather than a country, and I would surrender myself to the emotion […] Read More

Indyref Posted on4th August 201427th June 2017

Places of the sunset: independence and World War One

So, lest we shame them, let us believe that the new oppressions and foolish greeds are no more than mists that pass. They died for […] Read More

Publications Posted on4th July 20144th August 2017

Inspired by Independence: Artists and Writers Imagine a Better Scotland

Inspired by Independence is a unique multi-disciplinary collection created by top artistic talent from a range of fields including film, writing, theatre, art, poetry, music, architecture […] Read More

Indyref Posted on23rd June 201427th June 2017

In search of the Scottish summer

In Scotland this summer won’t be all that different from any other: it overflows with promises of package holidays, festivals and marital rites. Of course […] Read More

Indyref Posted on30th March 201427th June 2017

Embracing the politics of place: globalisation and independence

Localization, it seems, is not so much “other” to globalization as contained within it, brought into being by it, indeed part of globalization itself. J.K […] Read More

Indyref Posted on19th March 201427th June 2017

State power and party myth: the managed decline of Scottish Labour

George Galloway’s analysis of the referendum, though often so far from the reality on the ground, hits the nail on the end in one respect. […] Read More

Indyref Posted on27th February 201427th June 2017

A collective we can choose to belong to

The following is based on a talk given at Voluntary Arts Scotland’s national conference ‘Culture, Creativity and You: Why Making Matters’ on Wednesday 26 February […] Read More

Indyref Posted on17th February 201427th June 2017

Enter the Union

During the week in which George Osborne likened the Scottish Government to ‘an angry party to a messy divorce’ and helpfully informed us that a […] Read More

Indyref Posted on25th January 201427th June 2017

Robert Burns: another man who hated Britain

It’s ironic that The Scottish Daily Mail chose 25 January to publish an article entitled FIVE YEARS IN JAIL FOR THE ONLINE BULLIES. This double […] Read More

Indyref Posted on18th January 201427th June 2017

Five new traditions for a new Scotland

National traditions, though often presented as ancient and hallowed, are usually thought up by someone with an agenda. Often they’ll claim to be reviving some […] Read More

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