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Still Yours For Scotland (decolonise.scot) is the official blog of Liberation Scotland, Scotland's liberation movement. SYFS is a global platform dedicated to the study of colonialism, decolonisation, and liberation in all their manifestations. Scotland’s decolonisation forms the anchor and context of this work, but the scope is deliberately international and comparative. Contributions may engage international, regional, or local contexts, provided they illuminate the broader structures and consequences of colonial power.
Scotland is examined within the wider history and present reality of colonial governance across the world. We place Scotland in solidarity with former colonies, remaining colonised territories, and peoples confronting neocolonial domination, including throughout the Global South. Scotland’s constitutional condition is considered as part of the broader architecture of colonial power and decolonisation struggles globally.
Contributions from the Global South are particularly welcome.
What We Publish
We welcome rigorous, well-argued work on, among other topics:
- Sovereignty, annexation, and constitutional continuity
- Territorial alienation and international legal doctrine
- The right of peoples to self-determination
- Comparative and unfinished decolonisation processes
- Colonial governance within Western states
- Neocolonial political, economic, financial, and institutional structures
- Cultural, linguistic, educational, and epistemic domination
- Resource extraction, economic dependency, and structural inequality
- Liberation movements, constitutional restoration, and post-colonial state formation
- The political economy and geopolitics of empire and post-empire systems
We also welcome thoughtful creative work: essays, reflections, literary pieces, and other forms of expression that illuminate colonial and decolonial realities.
Scotland is the anchor. The conversation is global.
Contributors
Contributors are normally listed with a short biography and, where appropriate, a professional photograph. In certain circumstances, anonymity or limited identification may be considered where personal or professional sensitivities arise.
Standards
Submissions must be serious in intent and respectful in tone. Analytical pieces should be evidence-based and clearly structured. Creative submissions should demonstrate intellectual depth and relevance to the platform’s themes.
The objective is to build a disciplined analytical and cultural record.
Format
- 1,000–3,000 words preferred for analytical pieces
- Longer submissions may be considered in discussion with the editor
- References where appropriate
- Short author biography (100–150 words)
- Optional professional headshot
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Send proposals or drafts to:
editor (at) decolonise (dot) scot
Include a short abstract if submitting a proposal.