Is it time for John Swinney to do something robust and clear to make it obvious to everyone that Scotland is really got a different outlook towards the whole question of Palestine and Palestine Action than Westminster? We discuss the call from Ross Greer MSP to explore legal ways to stop arrests and prosecutions like the ludicrous situation of award-wining sreenwriter Paul Laverty.
We talk also about the asylum protests that have been going on in Perth and elsewhere and ask where they largely the product of people being bused in or are there deeper problems with asylum and housing. We look at the electoral commission's publication of the annual accounts of Scottish politial parties and look at the numbers. And we discuss the Great John McLean and the campaign to create a permenant memorial to him in Glasgow.
Links
Paul Laverty arrest https://youtube.com/shorts/1PCYk92UtpE?si=5s5vkpMC2-qYoDQv
Saturday 6th September at 2pm outside Scotland Office (off Royal Mile) Edinburgh
More info soon on
https://www.scottishpsc.org.uk
John Maclean statue
Crowdfunder - https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/john-maclean-statue-campaign-2
Article - https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/25415449.crowdfunder-bid-statue-revolutionary-john-maclean-glasgow/
"I wish no harm to any human being”
"No human being on the face of the earth, no government is going to take from me my right to speak, my right to protest against wrong, my right to do everything that is for the benefit of mankind,”
“I am not here, then, as the accused; I am here as the accuser of capitalism dripping with blood from head to foot.”
John Maclean March - Hamish Henderson
https://youtu.be/4gaUezjN87w?si=vKgb-8SzFGZ6ALrQ