Tag: social movements

Cover of Jack Foster's book, Catch 2014

Independence is the route to a better Scotland, but we must learn from 2014

Independence is the route to a better Scotland, but we must learn from 2014 by Maggie Chapman | 18 September 2019 I was honoured to be asked to write the foreward to Jack Foster’s book, Catch 2014: why ‘Yes’ lost…

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South of Scotland green meeting

The climate emergency, social movements, and moving beyond partisan boundaries

The climate emergency, social movements, and moving beyond partisan boundaries BY MAGGIE CHAPMAN | 31 AUGUST 2019 I was pleased to be invited to open the third South of Scotland Greens Regional Conference in Galashiels today. This is what I…

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Maggie Chapman speaking at the podium to Party Conference, with Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie sitting at the table alongside her

The age of individualism is dead; now is the time for social movements to seize power – SGP Spring Conference speech

Good morning friends, and welcome to our Spring Conference, exactly 699 years to the day of the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath, and just short of 40 years since Thatcher became Prime Minister. I’ll say a bit more about…

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