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Changin Scotland: A weekend of politics, culture and ideas. March 27th-29th

Changin Scotland A weekend of politics, culture and ideas …. And fun! Friday March 27th-Sunday March 29th The Ceilidh Place, Ullapool IN COLLABORATION WITH NATIONAL COLLECTIVE Friday March 27th 6.30- 8.00pm Arrival and Supper 8.15 – 9.30pm Welcome Gerry Hassan, Mairi McFadyen and Andy Summers The Big Question: How To Fix A Broken Economy With economist and analyst of the global financial system Ann Pettifor and senior economics editor for The Guardian Aditya Chakraborty Chaired by business and economy editor at BBC Scotland, Douglas Fraser 10.00 – 11.30pm Informal Session at the Ceilidh Place Saturday March 28th 10.00-11.15am The State

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Changin Scotland: March 28th-30th

Changin Scotland A weekend of politics, culture and ideas …. And fun! Friday March 28th-Sunday March 30th The Ceilidh Place, Ullapool WHO HAS POWER IN MODERN SCOTLAND? In association with the Reid Foundation Friday March 28th 8.00-9.30pm: Welcome: Gerry Hassan and Jean Urquhart Scotland after the Crash: The Collapse of RBS Ian Fraser, author, forthcoming ‘Shredded: The Rise and Fall of RBS’ (more…)

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Changin Scotland November 1st-3rd at Newbattle Abbey College

Changin Scotland Scotland’s alternative festival of ideas, culture and politics Friday November 1st-Sunday November 3rd     Newbattle Abbey College, by Dalkeith This November Gerry Hassan and Jean Urquhart are at Newbattle Abbey College just south of Edinburgh for a weekend on how to do social change, activism and campaigning in a different way! This weekend will be a departure in feel, style and setting – and is facilitated and led by Stephen Duncombe and Steve Lambert of the Centre for Artistic Activism who are based at New York University. This will be a participatory weekend bringing together community politics with

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Changin Scotland: A weekend of politics, culture and ideas

Changin Scotland A weekend of politics, culture and ideas …. And fun! Friday March 25th-Sunday March 27th Come and join us in our ninth year of discussion, blether, listening, having fun and a good time, and even occasionally admiring the beautiful scenery! Yes we now prepare for the year before our tenth anniversary … so come along and contribute to changing Scotland. Andy Wightman on land, power and politics Author of ‘The Poor Had No Lawyers’ Drew Scott on why Scotland needs Fiscal Autonomy The man that Wendy Alexander tried to silence! Robin Callander on the Scottish Crown Estates Author

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Changin Scotland 16: A weekend of politics, culture and ideas

Changin Scotland A weekend of politics, culture and ideas …. And fun! Friday November 5th-Sunday November 7th Bea Campbell, writer, commentator and campaigner: On Men Ian Jack, The Guardian, author, ‘The Country Formerly Known as Great Britain’ – examines Scottish Culture David Torrance, on his biography Alex Salmond: Against the Odds Tom Miers, Policy Exchange, author, ‘The Devolution Distraction’ on why devolution has failed Scotland (more…)

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