Tag: democracy

Community Council elections: nominations open tomorrow

Nominations for Edinburgh’s Community Councils will open tomorrow (Monday 9 September) and people passionate about their local area are being encouraged to apply.

Community Councils give residents the opportunity to influence what happens in their part of the city with members playing an active role in a wide range of activities, including commenting on planning and licensing applications, taking part in community campaigns and working with others to improve the local area. Continue reading Community Council elections: nominations open tomorrow

STOP THE COUP: Thousands of protesters expected to hit the streets today

  • Hundreds of thousands expected to protest in dozens of locations this Saturday
  • MPs pledge to occupy parliament as constitutional crisis intensifies
  • Mass civil disobedience and disruption on the cards
  • Over a hundred trade unionists call for strike action

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take part in protests this Saturday against the Boris Johnson’s move to suspend parliament and ram through his Brexit agenda. Continue reading STOP THE COUP: Thousands of protesters expected to hit the streets today

Aamer Anwar to deliver Jimmy Reid Foundation annual lecture

Dear Friends of The Reid Foundation,

The 2019 annual lecture is now only two months away, on Thursday 10 October.

In conjunction with the University of Glasgow, the lecture will be given by Scotland’s leading human rights lawyer, Aamer Anwar. Currently, Aamer is the Rector of the University of Glasgow, as Jimmy Reid was in the early 1970s, and will give the lecture in the Bute Hall where Jimmy gave his famous rectorial address in 1972 called ‘Alienation’ and known as the ‘rat race is for rats’ speech.

The title of Aamer’s lecture is ‘The struggle for justice, equality and freedom in Scotland’.

In it, he will not only discuss the state of justice, equality and human rights in Scotland but also examine how the battle for these can be pursued in the face of opposition from the Scottish establishment.

Tickets for the lecture can be purchased here.

We look forward to seeing you on the night.

Any Reid Foundation sustaining members are eligible for a free ticket – please email us back on this address if you wish to take up this option.

Yours sincerely

Gregor Gall, Director

People’s Vote: Let Us Be Heard rally at The Meadows this afternoon

Labour MP Jess Phillips and SNP MP Joanna Cherry will join a stellar line-up of comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for a People’s Vote ‘Let Us Be Heard’ rally in Edinburgh today.

They will be joined by top comics Andrew Maxwell, Grace Campbell and Fred MacAulay as well as the renowned ‘Graffiti Granny’, Hazel Jones. Continue reading People’s Vote: Let Us Be Heard rally at The Meadows this afternoon