Scotland

Well, damn. Need to build what they have already bid for though!

I have to confess, this whole thing is baffling. None of them are yet collapsing, let's start building! Now it's spilling over the border it seems. Any builders? Any teachers affected yet?

Bit warm this week. Would be great to see a warm weekend again though

We were at the #Edinburgh march on Saturday, here's how our day went and some of the lovely people we chatted to on the way

https://youtu.be/p9qh-uHhHdU?si=6Bq864lW6QdnkkUW

An evocative read from George Gunn of Caithness. Still very hairt ower heid arguments however. Would an indy Scotland crack down on greedflation? Unlikely

Looking gie blue in Dumfries the day

Anyone attending today? Has to be the basis for next indy vote, whenever that may be

Early this week fer a change. What's happenin? Who you seein? Where ye aff tae?

Come and share, bring the banter

Seriously, can't improve on perfection

The Home Affairs Committee has published a report recommending a pilot in Glasgow is supported by Westminster.

Drugs law must be reformed, MPs have concluded as they recommended greater testing at festivals as well as the use of safe spaces across the UK for users to take substances under medical supervision.

ACC doing their best to be the most incompetent cooncil in Scotland wi this pish. An that takes sum daein vs ECC or GCC!

Well, doesn't look great for minimum pricing does it? Will Holyrood give it one last go and raise it higher? Sunset clauses exist for a reason, now is the time to change tack

Creasin mahsel

Having a good service for rural communities is so important. This is a fantastic little piece about the successes

Scotland players have stated their support for Spain's Women's World Cup-winning captain Jenni Hermoso.

Hermoso says she did not consent to be kissed by Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales after Sunday's final win over England.

Fit like loons an quines? What's happenin?

Thousands of miles away from their homeland, more than 25,000 Ukrainian refugees have made Scotland their new home.

On Thursday, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling and many other towns and cities played host to events marking the war-stricken nation’s 32nd Independence Day.

Hopefully Humza Yousaf's legacy here. Avril here can sell up at any point! No comment from affected tenants and owners negatively of course

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3735934

John MacLean (1879 - 1923)

Sun Aug 24, 1879

Image: John Maclean in December of 1918 upon his release from prison [Wikipedia]

John Maclean, born on this day in 1879, was a revolutionary Scottish socialist and schoolteacher, sometimes called "Scotland's Lenin".

Maclean's revolutionary politics were well-known, and in 1915, he was arrested under the Defence of the Realm Act and fired from his job as a primary school teacher. As a consequence, he became a full-time Marxist lecturer and organizer, educating other Glaswegian workers in Marxist theory.

Maclean was also noted for his outspoken opposition to World War I, and, in 1918, he was arrested for sedition. During the trial, Maclean gave the now legendary "speech from the dock", expounding on his position. He was sentenced to five years' penal servitude, but was released after the November armistice.

Maclean supported Irish independence on an anti-imperialist basis, describing the Irish War of Independence as "The Irish fight for freedom" and even condoning the assassination of a magistrate, Alan Bell.

Maclean saw the war in Ireland as strengthening the Bolshevik revolution in Russia, arguing that "Irish Sinn Féiners, who make no profession of socialism or communism...are doing more to help Russia and the revolution than all we professed Marxian Bolsheviks in Britain".

In captivity, Maclean had been on hunger strike, and prolonged force-feeding permanently affected his health. In 1923, he collapsed during a speech and died of pneumonia, aged forty-four.

"I have taken up unconstitutional action at this time because of the abnormal circumstances and because precedent has been given by the British government. I am a socialist, and have been fighting and will fight for an absolute reconstruction of society for the benefit of all. I am proud of my conduct. I have squared my conduct with my intellect, and if everyone had done so this war would not have taken place...

...I appeal exclusively to [the working class] because they and they only can bring about the time when the whole world will be in one brotherhood, on a sound economic foundation. That, and that alone, can be the means of bringing about a re-organisation of society. That can only be obtained when the people of the world get the world, and retain the world."

• John MacLean, from the "Dock Speech"

• Date: 1879-08-24
• Learn More: www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk, en.wikipedia.org, www.marxists.org.
• Tags: #Socialism, #Marxism, #Birthdays, #Independence.
• Source: www.apeoplescalendar.org

Will we find the illusive nessie this time?

An article linking respect for cultural history (folklore), with it's focus on the natural word and how we are part of it, to the need for greater ecological awareness.

Scotland’s Stories: Bride and Angus – David Campbell

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