Keep Left, Red Paper on Scotland 2025, Westminster Launch
Wednesday 9th July 6.30- 8.30
Houses of Parliament, Westminster Committee Room 8 (entry through Cromwell Green)
In the introduction to the 1975 Red paper on Scotland Gordon Brown made a powerful case, that unless there was a challenge to the dominance of global market forces Scotland’s economy would be akin to that of a colony – high levels of external control, absentee decision makers and subsidiary technology. Who knew that as UK Chancellor Brown would hasten that problem across the whole UK.
Speakers:
Chair: Lynn Henderson Chief of Staff (operational) at PCS, Chair of the Electoral Reform Society and the Jimmy Reid Foundation
Costas Lapavitsas Professor of Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, served as a member of the Greek Parliament.
John McDonnell MP for Hayes and Harlington, Shadow Chancellor 2015 2020
Pauline Bryan Scottish Labour Peer, Convener of the Red Paper Collective. Campaigns for the abolition of the House of Lords and for a Senate of the Nations and Regions.
You can register here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/resist-capitalism-internationally-in-the-uk-and-in-its-nations-and-regions-tickets-1412540178699
Once you have registered we will be in touch.
Wednesday 9th July 6.30- 8.30
Houses of Parliament, Westminster Committee Room 8 (entry through Cromwell Green)
In the introduction to the 1975 Red paper on Scotland Gordon Brown made a powerful case, that unless there was a challenge to the dominance of global market forces Scotland’s economy would be akin to that of a colony – high levels of external control, absentee decision makers and subsidiary technology. Who knew that as UK Chancellor Brown would hasten that problem across the whole UK.
Speakers:
Chair: Lynn Henderson Chief of Staff (operational) at PCS, Chair of the Electoral Reform Society and the Jimmy Reid Foundation
Costas Lapavitsas Professor of Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, served as a member of the Greek Parliament.
John McDonnell MP for Hayes and Harlington, Shadow Chancellor 2015 2020
Pauline Bryan Scottish Labour Peer, Convener of the Red Paper Collective. Campaigns for the abolition of the House of Lords and for a Senate of the Nations and Regions.
You can register here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/resist-capitalism-internationally-in-the-uk-and-in-its-nations-and-regions-tickets-1412540178699
Once you have registered we will be in touch.
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