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Apologies for cross-posting. CONFERENCE The Socialist Project / Revisiting The Red Paper on Scotland 1st December 2000 - University of Aberdeen, UK http://www.abdn.ac.uk/arkleton/redpaper/ With: Tom Nairn / Doreen Massey / Larry Elliott / Neal Ascherson / Sheila Rowbotham / Hilary Wainwright / Owen Dudley Edwards / Bob Jessop / Tom Devine / Tommy Sheridan MSP / Susan Deacon MSP / Kenny MacAskill MSP / John McAllion MP MSP This one day conference marks the 25th anniversary of the publication of The Red Paper on Scotland, a seminal collection of essays edited by the then 24 year-old Gordon Brown, now Chancellor of the Exchequer. In 1975 The Red Paper provided an important analysis and direction for radical politics, despite the subsequently divergent trajectories of its editor and the contributors. Asking whether the book can still speak to a contemporary socialist politics, several commentators will examine the implications and contestations of uneven development. Speakers include: Tom Nairn / Doreen Massey / Larry Elliott / Neal Ascherson / Sheila Rowbotham / Hilary Wainwright / Owen Dudley Edwards / Bob Jessop / Chair: Tom Devine Followed by an open plenary session with Tommy Sheridan MSP (Scottish Socialist Party) Susan Deacon MSP (Labour) Minister for Health, Scottish Executive Kenny MacAskill MSP (Scottish National Party) John McAllion MP MSP (Labour). Chaired by Lesley Riddoch of BBC Scotland. Specific papers consider: the history and importance of The Red Paper; nationalisms, old and new; the external impact of Scottish devolution; the geography of uneven development in the UK; home-workers and the informal economy; political strategies under globalisation; the post-Keynesian welfare state; networks, alliances and the future of socialism. The conference fee is £25.00 (waged) and £12.50 (student/unwaged). Further details and a REGISTRATION FORM can be found at: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/arkleton/redpaper/ For other information contact: Fraser MacDonald, Research Fellow, The Arkleton Centre for Rural Development Research, St Marys, Kings College, Aberdeen, AB34 3UF [log in to unmask] ; tel (01224) 272347 Andy Cumbers, Lecturer in Geography, St Marys, Kings College, Aberdeen, AB34 3UF ; [log in to unmask] ; tel (01224) 272335 Dr Andrew Cumbers Department of Geography University of Aberdeen Elphinstone Road Aberdeen AB24 3UF Tel +44 (0)1224 272335 Fax +44 (0)1224 272331 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%