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The Exposé of the Spy System Part 1

Chapter 31 Our Own Daring Deeds. The Exposé of the Spy System by Peter Mckenzie from ‘Reminiscences of Glasgow and the west of Scotland Vol. II (1866) We began, or rather we resumed our labours in searching out and bringing to light the accursed system of espionage, carried on in this city in former times, better Continue reading “The Exposé of the Spy System Part 1”

Smaller Separate Nations

“Why should we take one Great Britain and turn it into separate smaller nations? What is that an answer to?” That was PM David Cameron’s question a few weeks before the vote on 18 September 2014. From this side of the North Sea the answer is a pretty straightforward one — the freedom to throwContinue reading “Smaller Separate Nations”

A Unilateral Declaration of Independence?

The Case for Scotland Making a Unilateral Declaration of Independence in May 2015? This blog by Patrick S Hogg (first published on Bella Caledonia, 2015) was hugely relevant in 2015 and remains so today. The predicted SNP landslide occurred, but just before election day the new FM declared that the 2015 General Election was notContinue reading “A Unilateral Declaration of Independence?”

Three Scottish Leaks

by Chris S Friel

Registration and Education

by Leanne Tervit On Thursday I spent a couple of hours on a stall in Abbeyview, the scheme I’ve spent much of my life. I sat there on my wee camping chair with my phone and fags, using the Aye App to get folk registered and able to use their ballots. In that time IContinue reading “Registration and Education”

Freeports and the Internal Colonial Model

Why does Scotland have no advanced seaports?Why do all of our exports and imports go through English ports? Listen to Prof Alf Baird on the Internal Colonial Model. “So Freeports are not new. It’s a Tory reaction to economic collapse, if you like, economic. Just zero growth, the economy is doing. And also the enormousContinue reading “Freeports and the Internal Colonial Model”

Decolonising Cultural Heritage in an Independent Scotland

Joint Paper by Lynda Baird & Alf Baird Cultural Heritage Heritage theory emphasises values and significance (Figure 1) when evaluating monuments (Fredheim and Khalaf 2016), albeit views differ from the standpoint of different stakeholders, elites and cultures. Memory and forgetting in representation and mis-representation and commemoration also plays its part. In the colonial environment, nativeContinue reading “Decolonising Cultural Heritage in an Independent Scotland”

Liberation Scotland Announcement

“True Scottish self determination, and it is the soul and purpose of Liberation Scotland. “Impossible? “Other nations have trodden the path to decolonization. Not one has bowed to the kidnapper and asked for permission. We know how hard this road will be, but we also know what’s possible. “We know now that we can gainContinue reading “Liberation Scotland Announcement”

The Future is Still to be Won

Norrie Hunter played ‘Come By The Hills’ just before his interview with Sara Salyers on Valentine’s Day. It’s a song I once performed in front of a large auditorium [audience] in Berkshire in the mid-1970s. I was accompanied on guitar by Tom, and Indian-American friend, who was a far more accomplished guitarist than I was. If CarlsbergContinue reading “The Future is Still to be Won”

Abandoning Westminster

“Behold, the imperial African, self-colonised, collaborating with his oppressors.” These are the words of Ngozi Ude to her newly arrived Nigerian friend, Luke Fitzwilliam. They are both characters in the whodunnit, ‘Murder is Easy’. Luke had come to work at Whitehall for a ‘colonial butcher’, according to Ngozi. The butchery of the British state referencedContinue reading “Abandoning Westminster”