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Grant Buttars

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…

4 min readFeb 17, 2021

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RIC on the march

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Grant Buttars

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…

8 min readJun 16, 2020

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Grant Buttars

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…

2 min readSep 3, 2019

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Grant Buttars

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…

2 min readJun 22, 2019

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Fighting Transphobia With Solidarity

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Grant Buttars

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…

2 min readMay 30, 2019

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Trans Rights Are Not Conditional

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Grant Buttars

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…

4 min readOct 28, 2018

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The Week the Music Died?

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Grant Buttars

UCU Congress 2018: A View From the Floor

Prologue

5 min readJun 16, 2018

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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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