King Charles and the Counting House

The following article by George Gunn was first posted by bella caledonia. It is  another  in George’s series ‘From the Province of the Cat’, which use humour, rooted in local common sense to challenge key features of Ukania, the UK state, in this case the role and reality behind the British  monarchy. KING CHARLES  AND…

Private airport rep worked with cops to threaten green campaigner with jail

We are reposting this article by Adam Bychawski which was first posted by openDemocracy. PRIVATE AIRPORT REP WORKED WITH COPS TO THREATEN GREEN CAMPAIGNER WITH JAIL A private airport representative worked with police to threaten a green campaigner with prison if he kept going to public meetings or asking questions. Colin Shearn was issued with…

COP28 is a death knell for 1.5°C

The following article written by Mike Small was first posted by bella caledonia. COP28 IS A DEATH KNELL FOR 1.5°C COP28 means the target of 1.5°C is over. Once you get your head around that reality you need to be operating in a spectacular state of self-delusion to be anything other than despondent. The problems…

The West agonises over an ‘atrocity upsurge’ while backing Israel’s genocide in Gaza

The following article by Jonathan Cook was first posted on his blog at Substack. It highlights the inconsistencies in the official Israeli account of events on and since October 7th and the willingness of much of the western media to go along with this, making it easier for Israel to pursue its genocidal policy in…

Land for the People (Scotland) Bill

Andy Wightman has begun to develop proposals for a comprehensive Land Reform Bill – “one that goes far further than existing proposals in reforming Scotland’s land governance”. This piece was posted by bella caledonia. This was published with Andy’s permission but you can read the original on Andy’s blog here.  LAND FOR THR PEOPLE (SCOTLAND) BILL…

Benjamin Zephaniah’s break-up of UK and the republican dimension

Benjamin Zephaniah’s unexpected death on the 7th December at the early age 65 has been a shock to the countless thousands, maybe millions, who have come to love his work. His autobiography, The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah, is a very powerful book.  It draws on a range of life experiences that few others…

The Uighurs and the Palestinians

This article compares  the treatment  of the Uighurs in Xinjiang (Eastern Turkestan) by the Chinese imperialist state with the treatment of Palestinians by the  racist, apartheid Israeli state backed by western imperialism – US, UK and the leading  EU powers. The author is a Chinese student with a partial Uighur background. This article was first…

The cultural is political: Gig for Gaza and the rebirth of Irish cultural activism

Padraig Mac Oscair wrote this article for Rupture, the ecosocialist quarterly of RISE – Revolutionary, Socialist, Internationalist and Environment. He reviews  the recent ‘Gig for Gaza Fundraiser’ in the 3Arena, as well as highlighting the clear link between the cultural and the political in expressions of solidarity from Ireland. THE CULTURAL IS POLITICAL – GIG…

Grangemouth no more

The following article by Mike Small was first posted by bella caledonia. It highlights the failure of either the UK government (the main culprit) or the Scottish government (despite paper commitments) to follow a policy of Just Transition in the face of climate breakdown. It also points to further Unionist attempts to break the SNP/Green…

The Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales closing its visitor centre is tragic

At a time when there is an ever mounting corporate fossil fuel and Right wing offensive against any possibility of a Net Zero or a Just Transition, the closure of the Centre for Alternative Technology, near Machynlleth in Wales, which pioneered practical green solutions, is a major setback. This article, written by Ken Moon, provides…