Let the People Lead

By Jean Urquhart I am more and more convinced that we need to raise awareness of having a written constitution for an Independent Scotland. We live in one of only Continue reading →

The Law of Unforeseen Consequences

By Mike Small Who’d have thought you’d ever put Norman Tebbit (‘semi-trained polecat’) and Brian Wilson (the ‘Highland communist’) on the same page? But then, who’d have thought you’d have Continue reading →

Land Reform Withers on the Vine of Complacency & Ignorance

By Andy Wightman It is probably quite appropriate that today, within 24 hours of publishing her Interim Report, the Chair of the Land Reform Review Group, Alison Elliot, is giving Continue reading →

Beyond a Politics of Resentment

A new generation is emerging, arguing for Scottish independence on a radical, inclusive basis. Liam O’Hare, one of the organisers of the Farage protest is one of them. He guest Continue reading →

The 2% Gang

UKIP and George Galloway are the 2% gang – statistical anomalies in Scottish politics. Here Alan Smart reports on their collective nonsense. “I’ll tell you what would happen when an Continue reading →

An Enemy of the State

This is the second of a series of extracts from Scotland’s Road to Socialism – Time to Choose, edited by Gregor Gall and published by Scottish Left Review Press. By Continue reading →

We’ve Earned the Right to be Free

In the first of a brand new series here’s Citizen Smart with a specially Bella commissioned song. If the independence movement was looking for an anthem, we could do a Continue reading →

Making Plans for Nigel

By Mike Small Thursday’s confrontation between Nigel Farage and Scottish protesters has led people to question just why Ukip is so unpopular in Scotland. However, it is the wrong question Continue reading →

Scottish Album of the Year

No Fuzzy Friday today because, er, nobody’s sent anything in , and because we were up all night laughing our asses off at Nigel Farage. So instead of Top Tips Continue reading →

Sent Homewards

Westminster’s darling get’s a warm welcome on Edinburgh’s High Street, a place with a long tradition of popular rule …

Carrying the Fire

By Dougie Strang May 2013 has seen carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere reach concentrations at or above 400ppm. The first time this has been so for over 3 million Continue reading →

Let’s Go Beyond ‘UK-OK’

“We have the opportunity to overhaul the way that we do things in Scotland. To make our country fairer and continuing to invest in our universal public services so that they are something we remain proud of paying for..”

Poverty Myths

By David Eyre In a recent column for The Scotsmani, the former Labour minister Brian Wilson highlights important research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, showing how people’s attitudes to poverty Continue reading →

The Framing of the Scottish Independence Debate: A Tale of Two Referenda

By Gerry Hassan Two independence campaigns are now running in the UK: one on Scottish independence; the other which has become more public in the last week, on the UK’s Continue reading →

Riddle Me This…

By Mike Small Michael Forsyth’s impact on the constitutional settlement – whatever that ends up being from the Stone of Destiny to the Euro Referendum – will be for historians Continue reading →

For A’ That 24 – Charade, Hope & Charity

For episode 24 of For A’ That Andrew and I had THREE guests for the first time, namely Natalie McGarry, Doug Daniel and Ruaridh Waddell. It was a busy week in Scottish politics and that was Continue reading →

The Commons and the Collective Imagination

There’s a meeting to defend the Kinning Park Complex an independent community centre in south Glasgow – Kinning Park Complex Sunday 26th May 2:00 – 5:00 By Bob Hamilton There Continue reading →

Enlisting Government to the Common Weal

This is the first of a series relating to the Common Weal project being developed by the Jimmy Reid Foundation, see more here.  By Jim and Margaret Cuthbert This contribution Continue reading →

Escher Politics

By Mike Small Under pressure from those who feel soiled by sharing a platform with the Tories (though oddly feel no problem in them running our country with no mandate) Continue reading →

Meme Warfare, Occupy and Indy Scotland

Micah White on Adbusters, Meme Warfare and Occupy tactics … worth listening to for the indy movement. Key issues: don’t confuse the social media campaign with THE movement, it is Continue reading →

Frankie Boyle and Max Keiser

Max Keiser and Frankie Boyle discuss Scottish independence …

Scotland Loves Trident?

By Jamie Maxwell As George Eaton points outs in the New Statesman this morning, the opposition of the Scottish public to nuclear weapons “has long been regarded as one of Continue reading →

Raw Data

Raw Data by Jake Fried 2013. Hand-drawn animation with ink, gouache, white-out and coffee. More at inkwood.net

SCOTLAND 3.0

This is the first of a series of extracts from Scotland’s Road to Socialism – Time to Choose, edited by Gregor Gall and published by Scottish Left Review Press. By Continue reading →

Stooshie Alert

By Elaine C Smith This week’s stooshie in ‘Bonnie Scotchland’ has centred on the lack of political satire here. This has, of course, been used by the ‘Bitter Together’ campaign Continue reading →

Zombie Nation

Here’s a film by Adam Curtis ‘The Living Dead’ – about how Britain thrives on fictional notions of the past. It’s a powerful reminder of why it’s an irredeemable state. Continue reading →

Scottish Indy Podcast 50

FIFTY episodes! Yes, I know it says 24 up there but if you count For A’ That and the couple of little specials, this one makes fifty. That being the Continue reading →

In Praise of Uncertainty

By Christopher Silver “On issues such as the costs for establishing a diplomatic network, EU Membership, a currency union and on pensions the unanswered questions are mounting up and they Continue reading →

Lords Lawyers and Racist Tweets

The hypocrisy of the No campaign and their media cheerleaders is both overwhelming, and, slightly comic. As a touchstone of what’s happened to Labour though this is actually tragic …

Bella on the Pop Cop’s Indie Indy Survey

With just 500 days until Scotland’s independence referendum takes place on September 18, 2014, The Pop Cop asked 40 musicians from the Scottish music scene the same question that will Continue reading →