Amy Goodman
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Debate: Should Scotland Vote for Independence? Musician Billy Bragg vs. Historian Sam Wetherell
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9:59Now PlayingScotland is set to vote Thursday on whether to become independent from Britain for the first time since 1707. The question on the ballot will ask simply"Should Scotland be an independent country?" Polls show the referendum is too close to call, but many British politicians fear voters will choose independence. On Monday, British Prime Minister David Cameron warned voters that separation would be a “painful divorce." We host a debate between British musician and activist Billy Bragg and British historian Sam Wetherell. Bragg just published an article titled "Scottish Nationalism and British Nationalism Aren’t the Same" in The Guardian. Wetherell’s article, "Exit Stage RightThe Case Against Scottish Independence," appears in Jacobin.
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