AYE! TALKS: Robin McAlpine
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Title: AYE! TALKS: Robin McAlpine
Reference number: 20853
Date: 2014, June 1
Sound: sound
Colour: col
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 9.53 mins
Description:
Recording of an event at Govan Town Hall in Glasgow prior to the Scottish independence referendum, featuring speeches by independence supporters - a speech by Robin McAlpine of the Jimmy Reid Foundation.
Available to view with transcript:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1Wc5z0kavM
[last accessed 13/12/2023]
Shotlist: Robin McAlpine talks about what Scotland could be; launch of Common Weal papers; growth of monopolies and cartels; will to design for life rather than profit; Britain not investing in country; 'Ministry of Stupid' and 'Ministry of Citizen Management'; definition of common weal; breaking the assumption that the planet is designed for profit.