George Monbiot: Independent Scotland could show a way out of climate crisis

Vicky Fairley — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 10:04:33 +0000

Primary Author or Creator

Spowart, Nan

Vicky Fairley Sat, 10/30/2021 - 11:04

Publisher

The National

Date Published

Sun, 10/17/2021 - 12:00

Category

Climate change

Campaigning

Independence

Type of Resource

newspaper article

Fast Facts

George Monbiot interview highlights the need for mass mobilisation to combat climate change. The 2014 Scottish Independence movement provides a good example of how to create a mass movement in the 21st century.

More details

Leading environmental campaigner George Monbiot criticises the lamentable ineffectiveness of the current climate change movement, stating that the current mass movement needs to grow substantially in order to effect the change required. He maintains that governments and big business will not act unless we make it impossible for them to maintain the status quo and to do that we need to ''mobilise, mobilise, mobilise.'' He cites the Scottish Independence campaign of 2014 as an example of effective mobilisation and posits that Scotland could lead the way in combatting the climate crisis.

Resource Address (URL)

https://www.thenational.scot/news/19652546.george-monbiot-independent-scotland-…

Keywords

Climate change

Environment

2014 independence referendum

Language English

“Aye means always” Scottish independence activism in a Time of Brexit

Stephen Richard — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 14:56:55 +0000

“Aye means always” Scottish independence activism in a Time of Brexit

Primary Author or Creator

Pam Ackermans

Stephen Richard Tue, 10/05/2021 - 15:56

Additional Author(s) / Creators

Rune Sassen, University of Utrecht

Date Published

Wed, 06/26/2019 - 12:00