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  1. Assoc for Scottish Literature @[email protected] ·

    “A rat race is for rats. We’re not rats. We’re human beings.”

    Shipyard union leader James Reid was elected Rector of the University of Glasgow in 1971. He gave his rectorial address #OTD, 28 April, 1972. The New York Times reprinted it, & called it the greatest political speech since the Gettysburg Address. Read it online at

    gla.ac.uk/media/Media_167194_s

    #Scottish #literature #politics #alienation #politicalspeech #Glasgow #GlasgowUniversity #TradesUnions #workingclass #WorkingClassHistory

    #workingclasshistory #workingclass #tradesunions #glasgowuniversity #glasgow #politicalspeech
  2. Assoc for Scottish Literature @[email protected] ·

    “A rat race is for rats. We’re not rats. We’re human beings.”

    Shipyard union leader James Reid was elected Rector of the University of Glasgow in 1971. He gave his rectorial address #OTD, 28 April, 1972. The New York Times reprinted it, & called it the greatest political speech since the Gettysburg Address. Read it online at

    gla.ac.uk/media/Media_167194_s

    #Scottish #literature #politics #alienation #politicalspeech #Glasgow #GlasgowUniversity #TradesUnions #workingclass #WorkingClassHistory

    #workingclasshistory #workingclass #tradesunions #glasgowuniversity #glasgow #politicalspeech
  3. Assoc for Scottish Literature @[email protected] ·

    “A rat race is for rats. We’re not rats. We’re human beings.”

    Shipyard union leader James Reid was elected Rector of the University of Glasgow in 1971. He gave his rectorial address #OTD, 28 April, 1972. The New York Times reprinted it, & called it the greatest political speech since the Gettysburg Address. Read it online at

    gla.ac.uk/media/Media_167194_s

    #Scottish #literature #politics #alienation #politicalspeech #Glasgow #GlasgowUniversity #TradesUnions #workingclass #WorkingClassHistory

    #workingclasshistory #workingclass #tradesunions #glasgowuniversity #glasgow #politicalspeech
  4. Assoc for Scottish Literature @[email protected] ·

    “A rat race is for rats. We’re not rats. We’re human beings.”

    Shipyard union leader James Reid was elected Rector of the University of Glasgow in 1971. He gave his rectorial address #OTD, 28 April, 1972. The New York Times reprinted it, & called it the greatest political speech since the Gettysburg Address. Read it online at

    gla.ac.uk/media/Media_167194_s

    #Scottish #literature #politics #alienation #politicalspeech #Glasgow #GlasgowUniversity #TradesUnions #workingclass #WorkingClassHistory

    #otd #scottish #literature #politics #alienation #politicalspeech
  5. Assoc for Scottish Literature @[email protected] ·

    “A rat race is for rats. We’re not rats. We’re human beings.”

    Shipyard union leader James Reid was elected Rector of the University of Glasgow in 1971. He gave his rectorial address #OTD, 28 April, 1972. The New York Times reprinted it, & called it the greatest political speech since the Gettysburg Address. Read it online at

    gla.ac.uk/media/Media_167194_s

    #Scottish #literature #politics #alienation #politicalspeech #Glasgow #GlasgowUniversity #TradesUnions #workingclass #WorkingClassHistory

    #workingclasshistory #workingclass #tradesunions #glasgowuniversity #glasgow #politicalspeech