Radical independence campaign launches 'people's vow' at conference The Radical Independence Campaign has launched a response to the vow for more powers made by the Westminster parties on the eve of the referendum. The 'people's vow' was announced by playwright Alan Bisset at the group's third annual conference at the Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow. Over 3,000 delegates attended the meeting, where Mr. Bisset said the vow will "end the austerity that has become the creed of the London elite." He said: "Despite the immensity of this pressure from above, 45% of the people of Scotland are alive, engaged and hungry for ideas on how to transform this country. They refuse to go back to sleep. This vow honours not only them but the growing numbers who recognise that independence from Westminster is the best way in which Scotland can protect its most vulnerable citizens, can enable working people to control their own economy, can inspire fellow workers across the British Isles, Europe and the world to take up a struggle against their own masters. The street cleaner, the nurse and the teacher are the oxygen in society's blood-flow, from which the plutocrat draws like a syringe. We vow to multiply the dreaming power of the ordinary Scottish citizen, and magnify their might. In that sense, we are not the 45% but the 99%. "This is the people's vow," he said. Before the referendum, we said that Britain is for the rich, but that Scotland could be ours. We said that another Scotland is possible. Both are as true now as they were then. We are ready to fight for this future. Join us, and imagine. The conference hosted a number of workshops on independence issues, and included speakers such as Scottish Greens convener Patrick Harvie. His party welcomed the 'people's vow'. He said: "The radical agenda we want for Scotland is far more mainstream than Westminster and indeed some at Holyrood would dare to admit. Whether it's a Living Wage, renationalising public transport or reforming our feudal system of land ownership, a clear and overwhelming majority of people shares our belief that a better Scotland is possible. The campaign for independence unleashed a new energy which has only continued to build since the vote, energy which is now being poured into the campaign for a fairer and greener society. The meeting took place next door to another pro-independence event, where Nicola Sturgeon spoke to a sold-out audience at the city's SSE Hydro.