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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

Culture, Indyref Posted on18th August 20131st July 2017

Let’s keep Edinburgh’s festivals international

The biggest challenge that the Yes Campaign faces, in every sector, is that of not casting Scotland,  or Scottish culture, as victim. In an effective […] Read More

Culture, Indyref, Media Posted on13th July 20131st July 2017

Creating a space for independence

Sometimes it is easy to forget just how remarkable the recent journey to a vote on independence in 2014 has been. To both the envy […] Read More

Indyref Posted on21st June 20131st July 2017

Reaction, ethnicity and the case for the union

The young are notoriously difficult when it comes to politics. The establishment goes to great pains to court their often-recalcitrant votes and is happy to […] Read More

Uncategorised Posted on20th June 20131st July 2017

The Republic

The light of some just republic, waits for us in the trees. Sought out like a lover, for we know it may deceive.   These […] Read More

Indyref Posted on6th June 20131st July 2017

It’s democracy, stupid

One of the most telling phrases in modern politics, “It’s the economy, stupid”, was coined by a strategist within Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign office […] Read More

Indyref Posted on3rd June 20131st July 2017

On independence and internationalism

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” Audre Lorde Many Scots are of […] Read More

Indyref Posted on17th May 20131st July 2017

Scotland’s enemy is not “the other”

We’ve never ever, ever had this kind of response. Is this a kind of anti-English thing? It could be.” Nigel Farage, Edinburgh 16/05/13 The Royal […] Read More

Indyref Posted on5th May 20131st July 2017

In praise of unanswered questions

On issues such as the costs for establishing a diplomatic network, EU Membership, a currency union and on pensions the unanswered questions are mounting up […] Read More

Indyref Posted on3rd May 20131st July 2017

The revolution will be #live

The revolution will not be televised. Instead it will be filmed and snapped on a million devices, by people who don’t know how to use […] Read More

Indyref, Politics Posted on3rd May 20131st July 2017

Notes on a foreign country

I was watching a foreign country and not for the first time. The fawning news coverage, the militarism, the righteous Christianity, the clapping crowds. Here […] Read More

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