Bella Caledonia
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Bella Caledonia was formed in 2007 by Mike Small and Kevin Williamson as an online magazine combining political and cultural commentary. Bella Caledonia is an online magazine, based in Scotland, exploring ideas of independence, self determination and autonomy
Bella Caledonia
3h ago
Jordi Oriola Folch on the latest from Catalonia. In order to form a government of PSOE and Sumar (centre and left) and avoid one of PP and VOX (right and extreme right), they made a pact with eight parties, with 179 seats, representing 12.3 million citizens. The Catalan pro-independence supporters, essential to achieve the pact ..read more
Bella Caledonia
2d ago
Starmer’s Labour Party are the ‘hard-centre’ rather than social (ist) or even a social democratic one. They are to the right of the party under Blair. You have elected less toxic Tories. The challenge is to build new alliances/movements to defeat them. Where are those forces and what are those alliances? We’ll be exploring that ..read more
Bella Caledonia
3d ago
Tha Ionad Gàidhlig Dhùn Èideann a’ dèanamh suirbhidh coimhearsnachd an-dràsta air ‘mòr-ionad’ no ‘hub’ Gàidhlig ann an Dùn Èideann – àite sòisealta is cultarail far am b’ urrainn do luchd na Gàidhlig tighinn còmhla airson diofar sheòrsaichean ghnìomhachdan is tachartasan Gàidhlig. Dè na buannachdan a dh’fhaodadh a bhith an lùib mòr-ionad Gàidhlig agus dè a ..read more
Bella Caledonia
3d ago
You will be used to being lied to. You’ve been lied to a lot. But the speed of this unfolding seems more brutal and more blatant. The speed between ‘celebrating’ a Labour victory and their sell-out was swift. In a bizarre piece of positioning, the Daily Record/Labour had a front page where it was promised ..read more
Bella Caledonia
3d ago
I talked to the writer, podcaster and musician Bram E Gieben his new book The Darkest Timeline and what it means to “live in a world with no future”. You can listen to his podcast Strange Exiles here: Strange Exiles | Substack You can catch Bram at book launches at Lighthouse Books and All Good ..read more
Bella Caledonia
4d ago
So Joe Biden is out and there’s a huge battle within the Democratic party about what happens next, there’s also lots of questions about Biden’s legacy and how to beat Trump. While many have endorsed Kamala Harris, there are several key missing supporters, notably Barack Obama who is arguing for an open convention to decide ..read more
Bella Caledonia
6d ago
British Democracy died along time ago, but this week you were invited to its funeral. On Thursday five Just Stop Oil activists were sentenced to record prison terms for peaceful protest in the UK. Four of them received four years and one received five years for “conspiracy to cause a public nuisance”. The UN’s special ..read more
Bella Caledonia
1w ago
MYTHS, GHOSTS AND THE MISSING From The Province Of The Cat by George Gunn In the 2024 UK election candidates did not have to prove their identity to the Electoral Commission to stand but voters had to prove who they were in order to vote. In Thurso this resulted in the voting clerk asking me, “Hev ..read more
Bella Caledonia
1w ago
Statement On behalf of the organisers of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal, Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice, Queen Mary University of London “We are outraged by the attack on lawyer Yan Christian Warinussy yesterday, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. The Manokwari prosecutor’s report, filed on the same day, states that at approximately 4 p.m. local time, shots were ..read more