Bedroom Tax Song: You cannae have a spare room in a pokey cooncil flat
In an updated version of the classic Glaswegian protest piece the 'jeely piece song', 'Citizen Smart' has launched this wonderful Bedroom Tax protest song. The original version was written to…
The Yes campaign should welcome home rule for the Northern and Western Isles
The leaders of the councils of Orkney, Shetland and the Outer Hebrides have announced they are to meet next Monday to discuss their demands for home rule - for autonomy…
International Women's Day – Towards a Scotland women want
Three things have happened recently which, in the lead up to International Women's Day, have been playing on my mind. First, my sister gave birth. Not particularly earth-shattering, perhaps, but…
Communication Workers' Union branch backs independence
The CWU Scotland No 2 Branch has voted to back a yes vote in the independence referendum next year. The union, which covers postal workers in the Stirling, Edinburgh, Fife…
Veneers of sustainability: the public sector's collusion in opencasting
Loch Fitty (photograph by John Craig, used under a Creative Commons licence) Last week another opencast coal story broke across the environment pages of Scottish newspapers. You'd be forgiven for…
Come the Independence, what will we do with the military?
For me, the whole appeal of leaving the union lies in the idea of reimagining the country we want to live in from first principals, in the hope that we…
Event: Rich Man's World? Global crisis and Scotland's role in fixing it
The world is in crisis. The neoliberal project has, in the last few years, advanced at a faster pace than ever before. In its wake, our working conditions, our education…
Ten questions for the No Campaign
The strategy of the British nationalist “Better Together” campaign against Scottish independence is clear: it aims to sow uncertainty. What will happen with the EU? What will the currency be?…
Why "Yes Yes" beats "Yes No"
Despite polls showing those intending to vote No in the independence referendum hovering at around 50% and those intending to vote Yes at around 30%, last week’s article by Joyce…
Why I support Scottish independence
I'm a Scot living in Oxford. Every week now I seem to be asked my opinion on Scottish independence. And every time, when I say I support it, this elicits…