The 30 Year Occupation
This year sees the thirtieth anniversary of the Peace Camp outside Faslane Nuclear Submarine Base on the Gare Loch.
I Am the Evidence
By Andy Wightman There is a programme on Radio 4 called The Unbelievable Truth in which panellists compete to see how many nuggets of truth they are able to hide among their lies… Read More
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When Duty Calls
By Michael Greenwell We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.- George Orwell A while back someone posted on twitter (if… Read More
PFI Scotland
As the full catastrophe of the Labour / Tory PFI scandal unfolds before our eyes, Bella starts a series of articles and films looking at privatised Britain, what it means, who profits and… Read More
Mayday! Mayday!
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Boris Johnson: Midwife of Scottish Independence?
I suppose he needs to campaign on something solid – Barclays bikes and the likeable clown-toff strategies of yesteryear will probably not withstand another election. In amongst his economic campaign he is indirectly reigniting the question of Scottish Independence and provincial economic inequality …
Orkney and the New Class Culture
By Fiona MacInnes In the 60s I would hear my father describe the Orkney in which we lived as a classless society. Then I didn’t know what ‘class’ meant. We were literally thousands… Read More
Bella Caledonia presents: “The Very Bastards Of Creation 2012 Awards”
“The Scots are the very bastards of creation.” John Wilkes, the great English radical, reformer, and 18th Century Member of Parliament for Middlesex “The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the… Read More
Iceland’s President Explains Why The World Needs To Rethink Its Addiction To Finance
Here’s the full transcript of Business Insider’s interview with Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, who has been President of Iceland since 1996, and announced last month he would be running for a fifth term. In it… Read More
Poetry On Trial: 2. “Poetry and Tribalism” by Jon Stone
In the second of our ‘Poetry on trial’ essays – culled from the excellent Cut Out and Keep blog (now part of Fuselit website) – English poet Jon Stone looks at poetry’s three… Read More
Welcome to Skintland
This is where you live. This is the cost of deciding to govern yourself. Remember: you are too poor, too stupid and too lacking in talent to control your own affairs. To do… Read More
Flash Mob INDEPENDÈNCIA
Flashmob for the independence of Catalonia was recorded on the 18th of March 2012 at 12pm at the Plaça Catalunya, in Barcelona. 8.500 people filled the centre of the square with “barretines” and… Read More
SPL Reduce Scottish Football to Farce
We’re asking all fans to support the statement: “If Rangers #newco are allowed back to the SPL immediately I will officially stop attending SPL football matches.” Put it on facebook and fans forums and twitter.
Poetry On Trial: 1. “What are poets for?” by George Gunn
This thoughtful provocative essay by poet George Gunn asks some timely questions on the whys and wherefores of modern poetry, and asks whether there is a socialised character of poetry in Scotland that… Read More
A Deep Democracy for Scotland
By Justin Kenrick Between now and 2014 do we need a society-wide dialogue on how best to trail-blaze the rebuilding of resilient communities in a resilient ecology? As Svenja Meyerricks put it in… Read More
Indy Max or the Status Quo
This is the second in our series on #IndyMax (see also Trident Nowhere to Go here) By Justin Kenrick Four non-nationalist reasons for independence, and one reason against For those voters who could swing… Read More
The Evolution of the Butterfly
For more information on the caterpillar and butterfly, humanity and society, see Spontaneous Evolution: Our Positive Future And A Way To Get There From Here .
