The following article was written by James Connolly in 1902 in response to the coronation of Edward VII. The full version can be seem on the Marxist Internet Archive. CORONATION OF KING EDWARD VII Fellow-Workers, Unless unforseen accidents intervene to prevent this consummation, His Majesty, Edward VII, King and Emperor, will be crowned on…
Letter from John Dennis to The Herald, 1.5.23
We are posting the following letter from John Dennis, a longstanding trade union activist and member of the Radical Independence Campaign in Dumfries Dear editor Picking up on Ian Gray’s letter (Challenging the system – May 1st), it seems Scotland is now led by a big feartie. Far from the radical policies he promised…
The coronation
This poem by Rod MacGregor of Dundee was written for Charlie’s coronation. It also makes reference to the words of Mary Brookesbank, the communist songwriter, poet and author, also from of Dundee. Her words, Oh dear me, the world’s ill-divided/ Them that work the hardest, are the least provided/ I maun bide contented dark days or fine,…
May Day international greetings to all
MAY DAY INTERNATIONAL GREETINGS TO ALL For a Republican Internationalist Coalition to challenge to the UK state and British imperialism …
What happens when it stops raining
The following article by George Gunn of the Province of the Cat. was first posted on bella caledonia. George argues that on the absence and omnipresence of theatre in contemporary Scottish politics, and the players and actors involved. It’s time to re-write the script. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT STOPS RAINING? From The Province of…
How the Paris Commune influenced the 1916 Rising
The following article, written by Donal Fallon, to commemorate the the anniversary of the 1916 Dublin Rising was first published by The Tribune. HOW THE PARIS COMMUNE INFLUENCED THE 1916 DUBLIN RISING The Paris Commune of 1871 was still fresh in the memory by the time of Ireland’s Easter Rising – and, for 1916 leader…
Challenging the constitution – a review of Pete Cannell’s ‘Scotland after Sturgeon’
Allan Armstrong writes a review of Pete Cannell’s Scotland after Sturgeon CHALLENGING THE CONSTITUTION Anyone reading Pete Cannell’s Scotland after Sturgeon will acknowledge his fair-minded approach to Nicola Sturgeon. In terms of mainstream politics, Sturgeon, whilst leader of the SNP and Scotland’s First Minister, was “easily the most popular politician in the UK”. Pete…
Papering over the cracks, covering up the tracks : a review of Scotland after Britain
Allan Armstrong has written an extended review of ‘Scotland After Britain’, written by James Foley and Ben Wray, with Neil Davidson, entitled Papering over the Cracks, Covering up the Tracks. The Contents, the last chapter and Conclusion can be read here. PAPERING OVER THE CRACKS COVERING UP THE TRACKS A review of Scotland after Britain by…
Scotland’s travails from England (or Scotland’s travails and England’s woes)
The following article, written by Steve Freeman of the Republican Labour Education Forum in England, locates the current travails of the SNP and its impact on the wider Scottish independence movement in the wider crisis of the post-war UK state and British social monarchy. It points to the need for a republican approach in Scotland…
25 Years On: in the debris of the Good Friday Agreement
The following article from Socialist Democracy (Ireland)examines the state of the Good Friday Agreement twenty five years after its signing, and finds it in tatters. 25 YEARS ON – IN THE DEBRIS OF THE GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT Now do we love Big Brother? The 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement is being marked…