EDINBURGH REPORT TO RIC NATIONAL FORUM, 13.1.18

Catalan Solidarity, Spanish Consulate, 11th November
an Scottish Parliament, 21st December

RIC- Edinburgh Assemblies

            i)         13.9.17- Catalonia and the Struggle for Self-Determination

            Speakers - Quim Arrufat, International Coordinator for the Popular Unity                                       Candidacy (direct Skpe link), Luke Stobart, London journalist who has lived in Barcelona for 13                           years

            Facilitator - Pat Smith

            23 people attended. The full report of this meeting can be seen at:-

http://radicalindyedinburgh.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/catalonia-and-struggle-for-self.html

           The questions and answers were recorded and can be seen at:-.       

http://independencelive.net/event/1118

            ii)        RIC-E sponsored Special Assembly, Wednesday, 27th September -

                        The UK, Brexit and the Road to Self- Determination.

            This meeting was jointly organised with Haymarket Books.

            Speakers - Sean Mitchell, author of Struggle or Starve - Working Class Unity in                                                                         Belfast's 1932 Outdoor Relief Riots

                               Neil Davidson - author of Scotland After Brexit, published in Jacobin                               

           

            Facilitator - Eileen Cook

            Neil's articlc can be seen at:-

       https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/07/scotland-independence-referendum-brexit-nicola-sturgeon

           

            18 people attended this meeting. The full report can be seen at:-

            http://radicalindyedinburgh.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/the-uk-brexit-and-self-detemination.html

            iii)       5.10.17 - The Arms Trade   

            This meeting was jointly organised with the Campaign Against the Arms  Trade (Edinburgh), CND (Edinburgh), Stop The War (Edinburgh),  Women's International League for Peace (Scottish Branch)    

            Speaker:- Andrew Feinstein author of Inside The Arms Trade

            Facilitator - Niina Ollanketo (CAAT)

            This talk can be seen at:-

            http://radicalindyedinburgh.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/the-arms-trade.html

            40 people attended this meeting.

           

            iv)        29.11.18 - Informal Meeting

            Signe Askersjo, a researcher from Sweden, had asked to speak to RIC activists. 11 people attended the meeting for a wide-ranging discussion of experiences of the Indy Ref1 campaign.

Future Edinburgh Assemblies

            Wednesday, January 24h, 19.00, Augustine Church

            Contesting the Edinburgh City Council Cuts

            Duncan Smith (Chair of City of Edinburgh UNISON)

            Susan Rae (Green councillor)

            RIC-Edinburgh Organising Meetings

            i)         Monday, 4.9.17

                        2 people attended

            ii)        Monday, 11.10. 17

                        3 people attended

            iii)       Monday, 4.12.17

                        5 people attended

            Activities RIC-Edinburgh has been involved in since last National Forum

            i)         Catalonia Solidarity demonstrations

           

            25.9.17 - Edinburgh demo at Spanish Consulate - about 150 people attended

           

            1.10.17 - National demo at Spanish consulate, about a 1000 people attended,  A report can be seen in The National at:-

http://www.thenational.scot/news/15569236.More_than_1000_Scots_gather_to_show_support_for_

Catalonia/

            11.11.17 - Edinburgh demo at Spanish Consulate - about 200 people attended

            21.12.17- Solidarity with people of Catalonia on election day at Scottish Parliament - about 50 people attended

            RIC-Edinburgh banner was present on all demos. Allan Armstrong, RIC-Edinburgh speaker at Scottish Parliament demo

            ii)        Anti-SDL protest in Perth, 10.9.17

           

            iii)       Edinburgh World Justice Festival, 30. 9.17

            iv)        Resisting The Violence of Austerity - An evening of Politics, Music and Conversation, Out of the Blue 6.10.17
            iv)        Unison March & Rally, Pay Up Now - Scrap The Cap demo, 7.10.17                          

            v)         Let There Be Light - Defend Edinburgh Central Library against the Developers,    7.12.17

                        see article by RIC member, Ray Burnett

                                    http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2017/12/05/reclaim-the-city/