Shared values and concerns The RCN welcomes the formation of the new SSP-UL platform. The SSP United Left Statement (June 9th, 2006) makes a number of important points with which we are in agreement. The SSP, since its inception, has been a beacon of hope to the workers’ movement in Scotland and internationally. We also…
The State, The Crisis In The SSP And The Republican Response
Life for socialists and anti-imperialists is never easy – the bosses, the media and the state ensure that. However, some injuries can be self-inflicted. The current, very public spat inside the SSP highlights the relative weakness of forces with the experience and methods needed to combat what is clearly an orchestrated media attack on the…
RCN Statement on the Split in the Scottish Socialist Party.
The Scottish Socialist Party has been held up throughout the UK and beyond as a model for socialist unity. It was built on the firm ground of direct action and working class resistance. It included the vast majority of socialist organisations in Scotland and local branch organisations of British trade unions. The SSP is now…
A Critique and Exposure of Tommy Sheridan’s Daily Record and The SSP has reached the crossroad “manifestoes”.
Tommy’s battle against the News of the World Tommy Sheridan has won a famous victory over the News of the World. This has been proclaimed by Tommy’s immediate supporters, the SWP and CWI, and by that section of the press and media, which likes to pretend it is morally superior to the News of the…
Statement from RCN platform in the SSP
The one big loser in the Tommy Sheridan versus NOTW libel case has been the Scottish Socialist Party. The folly of dealing with any political attack on a socialist organisation via the courts has been evident for all to see. The enemies of the working class and agents of the state must be sleeping easy…
After the Scottish elections – what next for socialists?
Andrew Johnson, 16 May 2007 The recent elections to the Scottish Parliament have given a bloody nose to New Labour in Gordon Brown’s backyard and, with the Scottish National Party emerging as the largest party, there is the possibility of a constitutional crisis over the SNP’s plans for a referendum on independence. However, the Scottish…
For An Anti-Imperialist Alliance
Friends and Comrades It is our pleasure to announce the formation of a new political alliance – made up of comrades based in Scotland initially, but hopefully to expand to include comrades based in Ireland, Wales and England – that can bring together those forces throughout the UK who believe that only through the dismantling…
Report on Sandra Bakutz trial, Ankara, Turkey, March 30, 2005
I arrived at Ankara Esenboga Airport early on the morning of March 30, the day of Sandra Bakutz’s trial. I had no problems at passport control and was taken to a flat in Ankara’s Mamak district where I had a few hours’ sleep before going to the trial. It was due to start at 10:45…
Invitation To Observe A Trial
Is there justice in Turkey? Imagine it for yourself! On May 16 in Istanbul, a mass trial of the accused arrested in the April 1 operation will take place. On April 1, 2004, raids were carried out simultaneously in five countries. It was presented as an operation against the illegal DHKP-C. The operations in Holland,…
Interview with Sandra Bakutz (political prisoner in Turkey from February 10 to March 30, 2005)
Appeared in: ArbeiterInnenstandpunkt (Workers’ Standpoint) 138. Translated by RCN. As we learned just now, Sandra Bakutz was acquitted today (June 1, 2005) by a Turkish court! Like many, we are pleased about it and see it as a confirmation that international solidarity campaigning is both right and necessary. Here we publish an interview with her…