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Sometimes It’s Hard To be A ‘Natural Woman’?: But, #LoveWins If We Recognise, ‘None Of Us Are Free Until All Of Us Are Free’ (Post 1)

By The People's Republic Of Escotia on August 31, 2015

This post quickly questions notions of gender normalisation by connecting ideas from queer studies to the notion that people have multiple identities. It concludes that we should not judge one woman against […]

Sandra Bland, Samuel DuBose and Sheku Bayoh: The Police, Class, Disability, Ethnicity and Gender

By The People's Republic Of Escotia on August 2, 2015

Keven McKenna, in his article for The National on Saturday the 1st of August, likened the current Westminster establishment to aliens in a movie who have no concern for the fellow human […]

Fringe Show on Children and Young People As Artists of Social Change

By The People's Republic Of Escotia on July 30, 2015

Quick update on my shameless plea to collaborate in a Fringe show and low and behold I will be appearing in this show on the 24th of Aug in the Fringe link […]

Cavemen With God On Their Side: Hope, Equality and The Politics of Change

By The People's Republic Of Escotia on July 22, 2015

Many years ago I worked in the North East of England and was lucky enough to have digs with a couple who were involved in the Disability Movement and who were incredible […]

Who Is Up for A Collaborative Joint Enterprise – New Structures For Co-Creation

By The People's Republic Of Escotia on July 17, 2015

Paul Mason’s been at it again. He has been writing in an inspirational way about what the solutions to our present frustration with the ‘system’ might be. In his article for the […]

Scotland’s Economy is Not Greek But, Both Countries Require Braver Socially Just Politics

By The People's Republic Of Escotia on July 15, 2015

There are 11.1 million people in Greece and 5.3 million people in Scotland.  Scotland shares some similarities with Greece.  For example, both countries: eat a haggis type dish; have tourism as a […]

A Long Lost Love or a Serial Abuser – What Is Our Relationship With The Labour Party?

By The People's Republic Of Escotia on July 13, 2015

One of Christie Moore’s most famous songs is called ‘Ride On’.  The song was crafted by the song writer Jimmy McCarthy (a former apprentice Jockey) and many people have questioned what the […]

Political Red Herrings, Childhood and Butterflies – Let Us Stand Together and Learn lessons From Billy Jean King

By The People's Republic Of Escotia on July 8, 2015

My last post mentioned red herrings? Aye, there have been lots of red herrings put about in recent weeks by apparent experts and there is a danger that we get side-tracked post […]

‘The Fallen Woman’, Experts and #Slutgate

By The People's Republic Of Escotia on July 6, 2015

My hope, when posting entries to this blog, is that the words will be encouraging to the people who read them.  My writing seeks to build on the Social justice concept of […]

#ScotsGreekSolidarity – Happy 4th of July

By The People's Republic Of Escotia on July 4, 2015

Have a watch of this very quick video from a young person about Greek austerity and then come back for my analysis towards the end of this post. Why did I walk […]

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