Independence
Exploring Sovereignty in Scotland
Author / Creator: David McCrone
Media type: Article
Date published: 2022
Scottish independence movement places independence in a European context of shared sovereignty.
A Second Scottish Independence Referendum: Should the Diaspora get a Vote?
Author / Creator: Murray Stewart Leith
Media type: Article
Date published: 2023
The 2014 referendum result did not end the debate around Scottish independence.
Labour, the Starmer Project, the Battle for Britain and Our Collective Future
Author / Creator: Gerry Hassan
Media type: Blog
Date published: 2024
This is an age of anti-incumbency. Yet the scale of Labour’s emerging unpopularity is striking.
UNDERSTANDING STARMER – POWER AND OPPRESSION
Author / Creator: George Gunn
Media type: Blog
Date published: 2025
Starmer unthinkingly apes Trump. This is an opportunity for independence followers.
Scotland Ten Years on from the Indyref
Author / Creator: Gerry Hassan
Media type: Blog
Date published: 2024
It is no accident that the bigger dynamics that flowed from 2014 beyond independence have been so conspicuously not taken up or championed by the SNP and Scottish Government. They barely understood some of the forces at work which produced the 2014 indyref beyond the SNP’s 2011 victory.
Catalonia and Scotland: Nations in Flux
Author / Creator: Paul Anderson
Media type: Blog
Date published: 2024
Debates on nationalism and independence in Western Europe (and beyond) have been dominated by discussions on events in Catalonia and Scotland.
Scotland’s Economy: the case for independence
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Report
Date published: 2014
For centuries Scotland has been at the heart of global economic innovation. This is no longer the case.
How did we get here? The SNP’s unravelling political strategy and the 2024 UK General Election
Author / Creator: Mark McGeoghegan
Media type: Article
Date published: 2024
How did the SNP fail to gain a second independence referendum?
‘Yes’ A non-nationalist argument for Scottish independence
Author / Creator: Neil Davidson
Media type: Article
Date published: 2014
The problems posed by independence are not directly economic, but are related to the capitalist economy through a series of mediations.
Thrive: The Freedom To Flourish
Author / Creator: Lesley Riddoch
Media type: Book
Date published:
In Thrive, Lesley Riddoch makes an impassioned case for independence, weaving academic evidence with story, international comparison with anecdote, to explain why Scotland is ready to step forward as the world’s newest state.
Scotland and independence
Author / Creator: Scottish Independence Foundation
Media type: Book
Date published: 2021
The aim of this booklet is to describe briefly the case for an
independent Scotland and how it may be achieved
Building a New Scotland: Our marine sector in an independent Scotland
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: White paper
Date published: 2024
Scotland’s marine sector is an area of significant size, strength and value.
Building a New Scotland: Our marine sector in an independent Scotland
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: White paper
Date published: 2024
Scotland’s marine sector is an area of significant size, strength and value.
Scottish Independence, then and now
Author / Creator: Nicola McEwen
Media type: Podcast
Date published: 2021
How have matters changed since 2014 as a result of Brexit and Covid?
The contradictory political economy of an independent Scotland
Author / Creator: Axel Ruppert
Media type: Thesis
Date published: 2016
Scottish identity is used to frame values that are shared all over the UK as genuinely Scottish.
The social contract: re-framing scottish nationalism
Author / Creator: Jonathan Hearn
Media type: Article
Date published: 1998
The deeply entrenched nature of Scottish civil society is a key factor in the current strength of autonomist politics in Scotland.
Best start for independent Scotland
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: Video
Date published: 2024
How To Start A New Country
Why Scotland should be independent
Author / Creator: John Randall
Media type: Article
Date published: 2023
An Economist's case for independence
Yes Scotland
Author / Creator: Scottish National Party
Media type: Website
Date published: 2023 -
The SNP have launched a revamped Yes Scotland website with the aim of “empowering” Scottish independence activists.
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast
Author / Creator: Lesley Riddoch
Media type: Podcast
Date published: 2023 -
Scottish politics dissected from a left, pro-independence stance. Each week, award-winning broadcaster and journalist, Lesley Riddoch chews over the week’s news with former media lecturer and Dundee United fan, Pat Joyce.