This is a book celebrating fourteen years of publishing and collaborations.
"We have taken the idea of ‘self-determination’ and began to ask what would that mean for us as individuals, communities, towns and cities, not just as a nation? We have taken the idea that we have been living through a mistake in our timeline. In Scotland we thought we needed a parliament, then realised it’s actually a democracy we need. Our question is: what does that democracy look like and how can we create it, now?
This book takes the form of essays, rants, poetry, reviews, and long-form articles – all a creative mess of expression and ideas from a wide range of some of our best writers and activists. This is only a partial sample of the hundreds of contributors to Bella over the years."