The voice on the ferry tannoy is read out in three languages. The first is in Danish: “Velkommen ombord Forsea færgen Aurora. Overfarten tager tyve minutter.” The welcome is repeated in Swedish: “Välkommen ombord på Forsea-färjan Aurora. Överfarten tar tjugo minuter.” As you can see, some minor spelling differences aside, these phrases are pretty muchContinue reading “Letter from Sweden: Twenty Minute Crossing”
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SARA’S SPEECH TO THE STIRLING DIRECTIVE RALLY.
Originally posted on YOURS FOR SCOTLAND:
This should be read in conjunction with the full text of the Stirling Directive which is also going to be published on this site. Check against delivery. It goes?without saying,?I hope, that?Salvo is committed to?obtaining international recognition of Scotland’s rights. Scotland has rights? Really? What a radical idea. But…
STIRLING DIRECTIVE ADVANCE PRESS RELEASE.
Originally posted on YOURS FOR SCOTLAND:
The #StirlingDirective – ?Advance Press release On Saturday 22 July,?exactly 317 years to the day when the details of the disastrous Treaty of Union were agreed, a group of writers, speakers and activists from across Scotland’s Independence movement will launch a new, national campaign,?the Stirling Directive.? The Directive?represents a…
Letter from Denmark: Exile
“The police were here today,” my London landlady said. “They wanted to see you and Liam.” “The police?” “It’s okay. When we told them you were Scottish they said they didn’t need to speak to you.” It was early in the most violent year of ‘The Troubles’ – 1972. I’d just turned 16 and wasContinue reading “Letter from Denmark: Exile”
England’s Vassal State Part 1
From England’s Vassal State by Sandy McIntosh, author of “100 Home Rule Questions Answered”. First Published, April 1964. Foreword Speaking to a Glasgow audience in November, 1963, Mr Noble, Secretary of State for Scotland, said, “I sometimes feel that we at home are too near to see the picture of our country in true perspective.Continue reading “England’s Vassal State Part 1”
Letter from Denmark: Constitutioune
The Fifth of June is a bank holiday in Denmark. It’s also one of those many ‘flag days’ when the buses have two small ‘Dannebrog’ on them. If you have a flagpole in your garden, and a remarkable number of Danes do, you’re expected to fly the national flag. It’s all in aid of Grundlovsdag – constitution day. For most countries aContinue reading “Letter from Denmark: Constitutioune”
Direct Democracy: The Swiss Model
IndyScotNews production for salvo.scot and liberation.scot. Leah Gunn Barrett of the Scottish Nation Congress interviews Scottish-Swiss Henry Ferguson.
The Case for Scotland
Scottish independence pamphlet by C. Stewart Black In considering the present position of the Scottish people, one cardinal fact must first be accepted, and it is an incontestable one, that Scotland to-day is still a nation, that her people have as separate an individuality as they have had at any time in their history. The happening of 1707Continue reading “The Case for Scotland”
Faroese Friends
We were in the staff room when I suddenly realised I hadn’t a clue what was being said across the table. Maja and Helena were in private communication in their mither tongue. It wasn’t Danish, it was ‘Føroysk’ — Faroese. Maja was my first meaningful contact with the Faroe Islands. She was much further fromContinue reading “Faroese Friends”
Letter from Denmark: Torchlight Procession
There’s a sea of flame gathering in the twilight. It started with only one torch, but each newly lit passes the flame to two or three others. Soon we are legion. Our gathering point is the old station in our small town. A procession is to be led by the band of the ‘Hjemmeværnet’ —Continue reading “Letter from Denmark: Torchlight Procession”
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