#common space

Every social movement antagonistic or threatening to the state will attract as a matter of course the attention of the state. There will always be some level of surveillance and infiltration. As social movements, by their nature, are led by various affiliated groups rather than by a single group or organisation, state security will exploit this decentralised organisation by infiltrating certain hubs of the movement. In some cases the hub or persons within the hub will be compromised and thus act as agents of the state, and in other cases certain differences in opinion or ideology will be exploited - making the hub or persons within it act, wittingly or not, as agents of influence.

As Long As You Want To Read My Thoughts I’m Only Too Happy To Share Them

Nine years ago tonight this blog was born out of the desire to find a space where I could voice my support for Scotland’s independence and also to provide a space in which I could tell my truth my way. In those years there have been many changes for both Scotland as a country and myself on a personal level and we inhabit a vastly different country and indeed world than we did when I set off on my…

On St Andrew’s Day. I share a poem I was inspired to write on attending the Commonweal gathering in the summer of 2014. On a day which was filled with fantastic workshops and motivational speeches from those on the left of the independence movement I was interested to find a very innovative project entitled Dearest Scotland. The project was open to all Scots by which I mean anyone living within…