Sauron, Napoleon, Orwell and Jimmy Kimmel open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...

It's Tuesday lunchtime in Cullivoe and the local hall slowly fills with elderly couples, parents with young children, men in work gear and the odd visitor to the community. #Powershift @scottishbeacon.bsky.social @bellacaledonia.bsky.social shet.news/8yudn

Your Party, My Party, Their Party bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/19/y...

Starmer's Faustian Pact open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...

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Expressing the Earth, a cinematic journey into the heart of geopetics bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/18/a...

Things are done to us, not by us @scottishbeacon.bsky.social #PowerShift bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/17/t...

Is Andrew Tate "really that bad" asks the Spectator, while giving him and his brother the opportunity to blankly deny the countless charges of rape and sexual trafficking against them, before concluding that "I can’t help believing them"

Caithness is where devolution does not work. What we see here in operation, in relation to renewable energy, is the least expensive option and the shortcuts taken in order to achieve it. It is short-sightedness almost to the point of blindness. bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/17/t...

Things are done to us, not by us bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/17/t...

The Trauma Industrial Complex bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/16/t...

Isolating Israel, a Pariah State bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/16/i... #FreePalestine #GlobalSumudFlotilla #HannahEinbinder #IlanVolkov #PedroSanchez

The Prince of Darkness and the Chamber of Secrets open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...

The more we hear about the deals Mandelson has been negotiating with Trump, the scarier it gets. This week Trump will be accompanied by corporate billionaires on his state visit. Their agenda is a massive risk to all of us 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/uk-m...

'While Trump’s ageing, chaotic regime decays and disassembles, the movement beneath it is festering and morphing into something even worse.' Mike Small, via @bellacaledonia.bsky.social

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

I Have Friends Everywhere: an Andor Discussion Group bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/14/i...

Unite the Kingdom! bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/14/u...

In this city, everything has stopped, a new poem by Mohammed Moussa @gazapoets.bsky.social bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/14/i...

"Waaah! You need to stop calling us Nazis and dial back the violent rhetoric!" Literally calls for the same euthanasia programs the Nazis carried out.

Groypers, Charlie Kirk and a new Turning Point bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/13/g...

Young musicians from Edinburgh and Cork have united in a groundbreaking Irish-Scots Gaelic rap project, a celebration of language, culture, and friendship. The new song Meas Mór (Big Respect) has been released on YouTube bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/12/m...

Scottish Community Coalition on Energy release a Manifesto for Community Renewables - www.scottishbeacon.com/news/scottis... @scottishbeacon.bsky.social @shetnews.co.uk #PowerShift

This week read Douglas MacMillan on Land Reform, Alan McClure on Martyn Bennett, Clair McNab on Angela Rayner's departure, Justin Kenrick on Gaza solidarity & much more. Support independent Scottish media here: bellacaledonia.org.uk/donate

Bloodlust and the Black Pilled USA bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/11/b...

Grieving for Gaza, Taking back Power for Palestine and us all bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/11/g... @ScottishCND @DefendourJuries @StopCambo @justinkenrick.bsky.social @artistsforindy.scot

Scottish Cultural Pioneers: The Importance of Martyn Bennett by Alan McClure bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/10/s...

At home and abroad Keir Starmer is surrounded by chaos, all of his own making. He can’t survive this. open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...

The Secretary of State for Late Britain bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/09/t...

Our first ask is a target: 🎯 1GW of community-owned energy by 2030. That's 10x higher than now. Ambitious? Yes, but achievable. @rescoop.eu say "In EU countries with such goals in place, clear policy signals and investor confidence has led to significant growth of the community energy movement.”

The Truth About Growth bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/07/t...

The Truth About Growth bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/07/t...

The Death of Trump | Behold the Festering Carcass bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/07/t...

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Britain's Broken, Now What? open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...

Britain's Broken, Now What? open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...

The stench of hypocrisy reeks from all directions as Angela Rayner is driven from office. bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/05/t...

Israel: The Modern Philoctetes bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/03/i...

Trump Is Building His Own Paramilitary Force bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/02/t...

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Appeasement Isn't Working open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...

Test, can you access this article: bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/08/26/t... @chartalist.bsky.social

The Pylon, the Turbine and the Black Black Blade bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/01/t...

We can either move to a vast transition away from fossil fuels & decarbonise our economy, and play our part in the global effort to make a viable future, or we can abandon hope and consign our children and our grandchildren to mayhem. None of this is optional. bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/08/31/t...

We need to be able to debate the implications of the outrageous privilege the Windsors have in British society: it feeds and sustains all other privilege as well as the ideas of what the supposedly 'good old days' look like.

Platform for Socialism & Independence (PSI) The alliance for socialism and independence in the Scottish left bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/08/29/p...

Flegs, Rylan and the Memeification of Dundee bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/08/28/f...

We have been arguing against the normalisation of this kind of language in Britain for years, and this is the time to resist groupthink, to resist the slide into consensus and to take apart the arguments of the fascists. bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/08/26/t...

Gun Boats and Disaster Nationalism bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/08/25/g...

The World’s Famine bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/08/24/t...