Ca Canny: a Workshop on Scotland’s Hidden Treasure
Free
This course is about Scotland’s true pride: not the Imperial diaspora, the occasional inventor, Scottish whisky exports or Aberdeen’s extractive capital but home-grown, workers tactics, crafted by the Scottish underdog against terrible odds and transported throughout the world as an inspiration for the international working-class.
This course is about Scotland’s true pride: not the Imperial diaspora, the occasional inventor, Scottish whisky exports or Aberdeen’s extractive capital but home-grown, workers tactics, crafted by the Scottish underdog against terrible odds and transported throughout the world as an inspiration for the international working-class.
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Course Features
- Lectures 11
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 3 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 63
- Assessments Yes
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Introduction
Introduction to the course
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Resistance in the Highlands
Highlands tactics to gain control of land, and links to the labour movement
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The Glasgow Dockers Union
The Ca Canny strike: a tactical turning point.
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Scottish tactics in France and America
How the Ca Canny travelled abroad
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Conclusion