CREATING A JUST SCOTLAND - Transforming our land and taxation policies
Scottish Quakers are committed to seeking a just society in which resources are shared more equitably. We are not alone; many others share this vision. The time seems right to join with others and call for change. Together with Mairi Campbell-Jack, General Meeting Scottish Parliamentary Engagement Officer, GM Parliamentary Liaison Function Group has arranged this symposium on tackling inequalities in Scottish society. Chaired by Sally Foster-Fulton, speakers include Richard Murphy, Lesley Riddoch and Andy Wightman MSP. By agreement, it is on the programme of the Independent & Radical Book Fair in Edinburgh.
There are no tickets for this FREE event – Just come along.
The symposium will bring together a range of concerned parties including Scottish Quakers, other churches and faith communities, and local organisations working on economic justice.
Sally Foster-Fulton, head of Christian Aid in Scotland and former chair of the Church of Scotland Church and Society Council will chair the symposium. There will be three speakers:
- Richard Murphy, well known academic political economist, who has proposed a radical reform of our taxation system in books such as ‘The Joy of Tax’ and has been a significant influence on current Labour Party thinking.
- Lesley Riddoch, journalist, author of ‘Blossom - what Scotland needs to flourish’. Influential in making links between Scottish politicians and Nordic countries, with a view to learning lessons from their economic and political systems.
- Andy Wightman MSP, advocate of land ownership reform in Scotland, author of ‘Scotland - Land and Power: The Agenda for Land Reform’ etc.
For further information, please contact Mairi Campbell-Jack, mairic [at] quaker.org.uk