Archive - 2012

November 24th

Taking Ideology to the Streets: Sex Work and How to Make Bad Things Worse

by Nine “If you drive it underground so no one can find it, it wouldn’t survive.”  Rhoda Grant, 2012 In many ways, Dana fits the profile. She’s a twentysomething woman with [...]
Read more: http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/11/24/taking-ideology-to-the-streets-sex-work-and-how-to-make-bad-things-worse/

November 23rd

Local currencies: Thinking local, acting global

by Peter Geoghegan In September, Peter Main handed over a fresh new Bristol pound note to buy a loaf of bread in a bakery in the centre of Bristol. Main [...]
Read more: http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/11/23/local-currencies-the-road-to-financial-safety/

November 22nd

Radical Indy Conference 11: What are Socialist arguments for Independence?

by Neil Davidson One of the central problems facing socialists who support Scottish independence is that only a minority of working class people share our position. If we are to [...]
Read more: http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/11/22/radical-indy-conference-11-what-are-socialist-arguments-for-independence/

We don’t need to count on oil to balance the books

by Ian Bell The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) advises that a country cannot depend forever on a diminishing resource. This is insightful. The institute also counsels that if you [...]
Read more: http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/11/22/we-dont-need-to-count-on-oil-to-balance-the-books/

November 21st

Scottish Coal mothball Blair Farm as ATH Resources share price drops to less than half of one pence

Things just keep on getting worse for Scotland’s two big opencast operators – Scottish Coal have been forc

Read more: http://coalactionscotland.org.uk/?p=3204

A week is a long time in Gaza. Or, how the BBC covered 38 consecutive breaking news stories …

Analysis by Kevin Williamson The BBC’s reporting on the current conflict in Gaza has been subject to claim and counter-claim of bias from pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli camps.
Read more: http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/11/21/a-week-is-a-long-time-in-gaza-or-how-the-bbc-covered-38-consecutive-breaking-news-stories/

Strategies for Independence

By Mike Small This Saturday a significant event is taking place in Glasgow. It’s the first coming together of a new coalition after the implosion of the last major configuration [...]
Read more: http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/11/21/strategies-for-independence/

And the award for Scottish Political Poster Of The Year goes to…

The Scottish Labour Party have chosen to disengage from their own voters with regards to the possibilities that exist for Scotland: either within the Union or through Independence.
Read more: http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/11/21/scottish-political-poster-of-the-year/

Princes Street Blocked by N14 Solidarity Demo

Last Wednesday evening saw a large demonstration in support of the European General Strike of November 14th. More than 200(? I can’t count like that) people, recent arrivals from Spain or Greece plus longer-term residents and "native" Scots gathered at St Giles Cathedral, surprising themselves and the unaware police.

Read more: http://edinburghanarchists.noflag.org.uk/2012/11/princes-street-blocked-by-n14-solidarity-demo/

November 20th

Reading between the lines of the Scottish Government’s statement on Israeli attacks on Gaza

by Robin McAlpine I have been waiting with interest to see how the SNP responded to the Israeli actions in Gaza. The reason for my interest is to see if [...]
Read more: http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/11/20/reading-between-the-lines-of-the-scottish-governments-statement-on-israeli-attacks-on-gaza/

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