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RIC is Dead, Long Live RIC 2.0?

On Sunday 31st Jan 2021, a vote was taken to wind up the national organisation of the Radical Independence Campaign (RIC). Important…

Feb 17, 2021

RIC on the march

Feb 17, 2021

How Radical Was the Radical Laird

A key figure in the history of Dundee is George Kinloch, famously charged with sedition and later becoming the city’s first MP following…

Jun 16, 2020

Jun 16, 2020

Gallow Hill

I grew up in the suburban Dundee in the 70s-80s. Some houses were bigger or older but this was predominantly 1930s bungalow land. Yet…

Sep 3, 2019

Sep 3, 2019

Fighting Transphobia With Solidarity

In my UCU branch at the University of Edinburgh, we recently passed a motion affirming our commitment to trans and non-binary equality. To…

Jun 22, 2019

Fighting Transphobia With Solidarity

Jun 22, 2019

Trans Rights Are Not Conditional

At UCU Congress 2019, I spoke against a motion I considered transphobic and in favour of our union’s policy of being trans inclusive. The…

May 30, 2019

Trans Rights Are Not Conditional

May 30, 2019

The Week the Music Died?

The prospect for another cohesive independence movement died last week. The level of bile and conspiracy theory bullshit that has been…

Oct 28, 2018

The Week the Music Died?

Oct 28, 2018

UCU Congress 2018: A View From the Floor

Prologue

Jun 16, 2018

Jun 16, 2018

Grant Buttars

Grant Buttars

Socialist, trade unionist and community activist. Branch President, UCU Edinburgh; also RS21, RIC and Common Weal. My personal opinions.

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