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’
Saturday March 29th
10.00-11.15am
What would imagining a different Scotland look like?
Creative activism, imagination and change facilitated by Joe Lafferty
11.30-12.45am
Social Class, Social Justice and the Issue of Education
Gerry Hassan, author, forthcoming ‘Caledonian Dreaming: The Quest for a Different Scotland’ and Eileen Reid, commentator and writer
12.45-2.00 Lunch
2.00-3.30pm
The Shape of Inequality, Housing, Place and Power
Ailsa McKay, Glasgow Caledonian University and Douglas Robertson, Stirling University
4.00-4.30pm
What is Missing from the Scottish Debate?
David Donnison, former Professor of Urban Studies, Glasgow University; author of ‘The Politics of Poverty’ and ‘Speaking to Power’
4.30-6.00pm
Radical Scotland? Common Weal and the New Radicals
Cat Boyd, trade union activist, Robin McAlpine, Reid Foundation, Bronagh Gallagher, member, Reid Foundation Commission on Democracy, Jean Urquhart, MSP, Jamie Maxwell, writer and journalist, ‘New Statesman’
Sunday
10.00-10.45am
The Power of Business Interest Scotland
Craig Harrow, MHP Scotland
10.45-12.00am:
What do we do about ideology and Britain?
James Foley, Radical Independence Conference and Jamie Maxwell
12.15-1.00pm:
What do we do about the Media?
Paul Holleran, NUJ Scottish Organiser
For Bookings, Tickets and Accomodation:
Please Phone The Ceilidh Place Reception: 01854-612103
Cite ‘Changin Scotland’
Weekend Prices: £60 for all weekend events.
Accomodation Booking available from The Ceilidh Place Reception
