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Podcast | Changemaking | Inequality | Law
Transcript: Equal under the Law: What does Justice Look Like? (Pt 3)
In this third and final episode of our special series, โEqual under the Law?โ, we delve into the complex relationship between law and social justice through the voices of inspiring activists from Scotland. We explore the pivotal question: โWhat does justice look like?”
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Podcast | Inequality | Law
Transcript: Equal under the Law: Is the Law a Tool or a Barrier to Change? (Pt 2)
In this second episode of our special series, โEqual under the Law?โ, we explore whether the law serves as a barrier or a tool for marginalised communities striving for equality, with a little help our expert panel of 11 inspiring activist leaders from Scotland.
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๐พ How to find your place: the power of poetry, and shouting in fields โจ
Last week, we fled our city home … left behind the genteel stoney facades (and the Union Jack and Saltire flying just a few doors down from our home ๐)… and made for the open vistas and fresh air of the Scottish countryside. This is a love letter to the Scottish land itself. And to…
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Podcast | Inequality | Law
Transcript: Equal Under the Law: Does the law treat you equally? (Pt 1)
In this first episode of our special series, โEqual under the Law?,โ we delve into the complex relationship between law and social justice through the voices of inspiring activists from Scotland. We explore the pivotal question: โDoes the law treat you and your community equally?โ
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Transcript: The Stop Whitehead Oil Terminal Case, with Maria McCloskey
This week, we talking to activist lawyer, Maria McCloskey, former director of Public Interest Litigation Support in Belfast, NI about how she worked with grassroots climate justice activists to bring a successful legal challenge that stopped plans to develop a major fossil fuel terminal in a quiet seaside town near Belfast.
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Podcast | Changemaking | Law | Migration
Transcript: Breaking barriers: Access to Education for Young Migrants, with Andy Sirel
This week, weโre speaking to Andy Sirel, Legal Director at JustRight Scotland, about a legal challenge that secured access to further and higher education for potentially thousands of young people in Scotland.
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Law | Resistance | Solidarity
Solidarity in pursuit of justice: art and dissent
This week, the Long View admires Banksy’s latest work at the Royal Courts of Justice โ๏ธ and explains why human rights lawyers are always asking awkward questions
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How to cultivate defiance: silence, resistance, and action
The Long View is back! How to cultivate your defiance: embracing silence ๐ชท, encouraging resistance, and taking one simple step towards action ๐ชง
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Podcast | Changemaking | Law
Transcript: Justice for Women Who Kill, with Harriet Wistrich
This week, weโre talking to activist lawyer, Harriet Wistrich, founder of the Centre for Women’s Justice about her decades-long commitment to seeking justice for women who kill their abusive partners, and her determined fight for justice for women, in a system designed for men.
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Podcast | Changemaking | Law | LGBT+
Transcript: LGBT+ Rights in Scotland, with Tim Hopkins
This week, we sit down with legendary LGBT+ activist, Tim Hopkins, former director of the Equality Network, to explore the complex relationship between activism and the law in the fight to achieve equality for LGBT+ people in Scotland, from the 1980s to the present.
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Podcast | Changemaking | Law | Migration
Transcript: Challenging the UK Govt’s Rwanda Policy, with Alison Pickup
This week, weโre talking to Alison Pickup, Director of Asylum Aid, to hear all about how she and her colleagues led a successful campaign to challenge the UK Governmentโs Rwanda policy, that went all the way to the UK Supreme Court.
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We are made for these times: A letter to a young activist during troubled times โต
This week, the Long View shares some straight-to-the-heart inspiration from her trip to the US, a brief excerpt from “A letter to a young activist during troubled times” by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estรฉs โต
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Law | Inequality | LGBT+
Safety, belonging and why legal recognition of identity matters
This week, The Long View explains why legal recognition of identity matters ๐, the role of the law in creating safety and belonging and how the recent Supreme Court case helps us to understand why equality law matters to all of us ๐
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On crossing borders, safety and a mother’s love
This week, The Long View takes some advice on crossing borders, and revisits family histories and “old” wisdom for lessons it might now be timely to heed โ
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The difference you make, every day
Today, the Long View is thinking about the passing of politician and legend, Christina McKelvie MSP, as well as the personal loss of a beloved family member, earlier this year. Christina was an extraordinary woman, and she lived a daring, brilliant and authentic life – somehow managing to navigate politics and stand up for values…
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How to embody the miracle of ordinary resistance โจ
This week, the Long View celebrates the miracle of ordinary resistance โจ and explains why having the courage to embody your own truths can help build a kinder and more compassionate world ๐ชท
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How to fight the new fascism: choosing optimism over despair ๐ฑ
This week, the Long View looks to history for lessons on how to fight fascism (tldr: connect ๐ค – dream ๐ญ – make cool art ๐จ – litigate โ๏ธ – resist โ๐ฝ) and reminds us that we can choose optimism over despair
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Why digital privacy should matter to you ๏ฃฟ
This week, the Long View considers the news from Apple and the future of our digital privacy rights in the UK, as well the importance of keeping ourselves informed and thinking critically about the changing world around us ๐ชท
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How to speak truth to power ๐ข
This week, The Long View considers the real risks of speaking truth to power ๐ข and offers some strategies for deciding where, when and how to have your say, and keep your peace ๐ชด
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How to get to “yes” ๐บ
This week, the Long View shares a poem – about the sweet and simple joy of finding and celebrating your “yes” ๐บ
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Law | Migration | Revolution
The politics of fear, and how to defeat it
This week, we look at migration and the politics of fear ๐๏ธ๐ and explore how we can defeat fear tactics, and return to issues that matter, like financial security, safety and belonging, for everyone.
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How to survive stormy weather ๐ช๏ธ
This week, the Long View issues some advice for surviving stormy weather ๐ช๏ธ (spoiler: ๐๏ธ support brave journalists,โบ build safe spaces and ๐ remember to laugh *at yourself*)
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Law | Inequality | Solidarity
On genocide, humanity, censorship and the role of lawyers๐ฏ๏ธ
This week, the Long View writes about the Gaza ceasefire and IHD2025๐ฏ๏ธ: “The freedom to think, write and dream of alternate futures and to engage in discourse that aims to make sense of our present – in all its imperfect, contradictory and confused glory – is precious. And one we should use wisely.”
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How to find your mojo ๐ฅ๐ช
This week, the Long View considers how we find our mojo ๐ฅ๐ชand get motivated for the year ahead – with warmth, laughter (at ourselves) and a few seeds of hope ๐ฑ
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The courage to be authentically you ๐
This week, drifting towards the holidays, we navigate other people’s expectations ๐ข and reflect on the importance of also making space for authentic you ๐
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Why we should all read banned books ๐
This week, The Long View makes the case for teaching dangerous ideas๐กand for reading, and sharing, banned books ๐
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Finding Calm in Chaos ๐ช๏ธ๐ชท
This week, the Long View is thinking about how we find calm in chaos at the end of a busy, busy year ๐ช๏ธ๐ชท
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Giving Thanks: the Kindness of Strangers ๐ซฑ๐ฝโ๐ซฒ๐พ
This week, the Long View delivers the โreal turkeyโ on American Thanksgiving ๐ฆ and reflects on messy history, human endurance and the kindness of strangers ๐ซฑ๐ฝโ๐ซฒ๐พ
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“Push to Reset the World” and The Power of Dreaming
This week, the Long View is thinking about utopian and dystopian visions for our future, and why dreaming is a superpower if you want to build a better world ๐โจ
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Pay It Forward: Acts of Solidarity or Surrender?
This week, the Long View is thinking about how we value our work, paying it forward and what it means for people to take direct responsibility for others, who have the same needs and desires as we do โ๐ซฑ๐ฝโ๐ซฒ๐พโ
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How to Stay Strong, and Persevere ๐ซถ๐ฝ
This week has been tough for most everyone I know, so here are some thoughts on finding strength, and perseverance ๐ซถ๐ฝ and an invitation to share what works for you
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Is the Law Unfair, Unequal and Unjust? And If So, Why Should We Care?
This week, the Long View is procrastinating, so we’re asking you for help with this question: what do we do if people feel the law is unfair and unjust? ๐ณ๏ธ๐๐ปโโ๏ธโ๏ธ
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Be More Human: How We Can Make Better Choices Every Day, About Inclusion (and Exclusion)
This week, The Long View is thinking about how we can make better choices about how we design and build things, that are good for (all) people ๐
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How to Get Unstuck Creatively, and Making Peace with Your Inner Critic
This week, the Long View has struggled with getting stuck creatively, and gone in search of answers: how do you make peace with your inner critic? ๐ค
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How To Be an Optimist (*and a Realist)
This week, The Long View is feeling the turn of the seasons ๐ and also sensing some flagging spirits out there. We reflect on how to stay optimistic ๐ฟ, whilst also keeping it real.
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If I Must Die ๐ช
This week, the Long View takes a moment of silence, in solidarity with the people of Gaza, Lebanon, Ukraine, Sudan – and in all the world’s burdened, and silenced, places.
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Making Visible Our Connections: To the Past and to Each Other
This week, I have been munching my way through a surplus of mooncakes ๐ฅฎ and thinking about whether and how we make visible our connections to the past – personal and collective – and who we share that with, and how.
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Is Inequality Inevitable?
This week, the Long View considers why inequality matters, asks if inequality is inevitable and explores how we can each find our space and place for challenging and changing the world around us. ๐
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How to Handle Difficult Comments (and People)
This week, The Long View reflects on how to handle tough comments on social media and in life, and shares some advice for keeping your cool ๐ and being true to yourself when answering difficult questions (and people) โ๏ธ
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We Need Leaders Who Are In Love with Humanity
This week, in The Long View, we reflect on the Scottish Programme for Government, why equality for all still matters, and recognising we all have the potential to be influential leaders ๐ช๐ฝโค๏ธ
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