Emancipation & Liberation

Apr 09 2019

BREXIT AND THE RISE OF RIGHT NATIONAL POPULISM FOLLOWING THE 2016 EURO-REFERENDUM

Category: Against Imperialism,Against Unionism,Combined struggles for Emancipation, Liberation and National Self-Determination,England,For Emancipation: Struggles against Exploitation,For Liberation: Struggles against Oppression,For Self-Determination: Struggles against Alienation,How they are organised,How we organise,Ireland,Political Campaigns,Scotland,The EU,The Socialist Republican Break-up of the UK,Trade Unionism,UK state/British imperialism,US imperialism — RCN @ 12:24 pm

The following article, written by Allan Armstrong, is the second last chapter of his new book, From Pre-Brit to Ex-Brit – The Forging and the Break-up of the UK and Britishnessness. It is hoped to publish the full book on line. Anybody who would like a pre-publication pdf copy of the book send an e-mail to intfrobel@yahoo.com

BREXIT AND THE RISE OF RIGHT NATIONAL POPULISM FOLLOWING THE 2016 EURO-REFERENDUM

From the ‘Peoples Vote’ demonstration in London on 23.3.19

The 2016 Euro-referendum highlighted the divisions that had emerged amongst the British ruling class over the UK’s future relationship with the European Union (EU). But it was the 2007/8 Financial Crisis which bought about the preconditions foe this split. This crisis showed that the UK economy wasn’t bearing up too well, and British politicians could see that their influence amongst the Council of Ministers on the top table of the EU was shrinking. Continue reading “BREXIT AND THE RISE OF RIGHT NATIONAL POPULISM FOLLOWING THE 2016 EURO-REFERENDUM”

Tags: "Brexit Plus Plus Plus", 'America First', 'Blatcherism', 'Butskellism', 'Henry VIII clauses', 'hostile environment', 'LeaveEU/Grassroots Leave, 'multiculturalism from below', 'Project Fear', 'Project Hate', 'Project Hope', 'Spirit of 45', 'Take Back Control', 'Vote Leave', 1981 British Nationality Act, 1992 Maastricht Treaty, 2002 Nationality, 2003 Iraq War, 2007/8 Financial Crisis, 2014 Immigration Act, 2016 Euror-referendum, 2016 Immigration Act, 2018 Israeli 'Jewish nation-state' constitution, Arron Banks, Author: Allan Armstrong, Binyamin Netanyahu, Boris Johnson, Breibart, Brexit, Britain Stronger in the EU, British National Party, British road to socialism, Britishness, Bundesbank, CETA, City of London, CPB, CPGB, detention centres, Donald Trump, Dvid Cameron, EEC, Empire2, Enoch Powell, EU, European Central Bank, Europhobes, Eurosceptics, Far Right, Frank Field, From Pre-Brit to Ex-Brit - The Forging and the Break-up of the UK and Britishnessness, gastarbeiter system, George Galloway, Gisella Stuart, Gordon Brown, Harry Stanley, Iain Duncan Smith, Immigration and Asylum Act, IndyRef1, Investment State Dispute Settlement, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Jair Bolsonaro, Jean Charles de Menezes, Jeremy Corbyn, John Major, Kare Hoey, Labour Left, Labour Party, Labour Right, Lexit, Margaret Thatcher, Marine Le Pen, Maybynism, Michael Gove, NAFTA, National Front, neo-liberalism, Nigel Farage, Nigel Lawson, Peoples' Vote campaign, Perer Cruddas, Right national populism, Sayeeda Warsi, Single European Market, Socialist Party/No2EU, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, Steve Bannon, SWP, Tea Party, Terrorism Acts, the Movement, Theresa May, Tony Blair, Tory Right, Troika, TTIP, UK state Crown Powers, UKIP, Universal Credit, US Federal Reserve Bank, UUP, Windrush Scandal, World Bank

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Mar 04 2019

WE WON’T MARCH WITH AN ORGANISATION THAT WORKS TO SUPPRESS ANTI-RACISM

Category: Against Imperialism,Combined struggles for Emancipation, Liberation and National Self-Determination,For Liberation: Struggles against Oppression,For Self-Determination: Struggles against Alienation,How they are organised,Middle East and North Africa,Scotland,The crisis on the Left,UK state/British imperialism — RCN @ 3:14 pm

We are publishing a statement from the Scottish Campaign Against Criminalising Communities, protesting against Stand Up to Racism allowing two Zionist organisations that uphold the apartheid nature of Israel to join its ‘anti-racist’ march in Glasgow on 16th March. This follows the SUTR’s acceptance of Zionists on last year’s march (see http://republicancommunist.org/blog/2018/03/17/scottish-stand-up-to-racism-bows-to-zionist-pressure/)

WE WON’T MARCH WITH AN ORGANISATION THAT WORKS TO SUPPRESS ANTI-RACISM

Apartheid Wall – “Fading homage to Delacroix”

SACC has worked with Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) Scotland since its inception 1. We regret that this year we cannot support SUTR’s anti-racism march, to be held in Glasgow on 16 March, as we understand that it will include representation from Glasgow Friends of Israel (GFI) and the Confederation of Friends of Israel, Scotland (COFIS).

GFI and COFIS are pro-Israel lobby groups inspired and guided by organisations that work with the Israeli government. They support Israeli state racism and aim to suppress the movement for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel – a movement that is founded on anti-racist principles and is supported by anti-racists.

Continue reading “WE WON’T MARCH WITH AN ORGANISATION THAT WORKS TO SUPPRESS ANTI-RACISM”

Tags: apartheid Israel, Confederation of Friends of Israel Scotland, Glasgow Friends of Israel, Islamophobia, Richard Falk, Scottish Campaign Against Criminalising Communities, Stand up to Racism, Terrorism Act 2000, Zionism

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Jan 31 2019

CORBYN, LABOUR AND THE TORIES’ IMMIGRATION BILL – A dialogue

Category: Against Unionism,Capitalism and Communism,Combined struggles for Emancipation, Liberation and National Self-Determination,Elections,England,How they are organised,Ireland,Scotland,The EU,UK state/British imperialism,Wales — RCN @ 6:21 pm

This is a new dialogue over the consequences of Brexit following the Corbyn-led Labour Party helping Theresa May get the second reading of the Tories’ Immigration Bill through on Wednesday 29th January

see an earlier dialogue at:-

FROM FARAGE’S BREXIT TO TRUMP’S “BREXIT PLUS, PLUS, PLUS”, AND ON TO ‘MADAME FREXIT’?

This dialogue came about in response to a posting Allan Armstrong made on the Republican Socialist Alliance list. It was also taken up by Phil Vellender (Editorial Board of The Chartist) on his Facebook page.

Continue reading “CORBYN, LABOUR AND THE TORIES’ IMMIGRATION BILL – A dialogue”

Tags: 'Resist', Alliance for Workers Liberty, Another Europe Is Possible, Author: Allan Armstrong, Author: Phil Vellender, British road to socialism, Cornyn and Project Truth, Dianne Abbott, DUP, English nationalism, Henry Hyndman, Jeffrey Lever, Jeremy Corbyn, Joe Healey, Karie Murphie, Labour Party, left unity, Len McCluskey, Lexit, Love Corbyn/Hate Brexit, Michael Chessum, National Government, New Statesman, Robert Blatchford, Robert Peston, Seamus Milne, Skwawkbox, soclal unionism, SP, SPS, Sue Sparks, SWP, The Chartist, The Clarion, The Immigration Bill Fiasco shows that Labour's Left-wing principles are on the slide, The Spectator, Theresa May, Tory Immigration Bill 2019, UKIP, Weekly Worker, Windrush

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Oct 04 2018

ALL UNDER ONE BANNER DEMO – EDINBURGH, OCTOBER 6th

Category: Against Unionism,Combined struggles for Emancipation, Liberation and National Self-Determination,How we organise,Radical Independence Campaign,Scotland,UK state/British imperialism — RCN @ 11:57 am

ALL UNDER ONE BANNER

Saturday 6 October Assemble 12.30pm,
Johnstone Terrace
Edinburgh

RIC Edinburgh has agreed to organise a contingent on the march to
emphasise RIC’s Scottish republicanism, internationalism and diversity.

We have new banners for the event including –

Another Scotland Is Possible, Another Europe Is Possible, Another World Is Possible
For an Independent Scotland – Freedom Come All Ye – For Scottish Internationalism
For a Democratic, Secular, Inclusive, Sustainable, Social Scottish Republic

We will have Catalan flags and Palestine flags and welcome others too.

Trade Unionists for Independence are marching with us

Other socialist, green and radical groups are invited to join us.

________

also see:-

http://republicancommunist.org/blog/2018/09/11/edinburgh-october-6th-a-rallying-call-for-the-left/

Tags: All Under One Banner, Radical Independence Campaign, Trade Unionists for Independence

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Sep 11 2018

EDINBURGH OCTOBER 6th – A RALLYING CALL FOR THE LEFT

Category: Against Unionism,Combined struggles for Emancipation, Liberation and National Self-Determination,England,How they are organised,How we organise,Independent class organisations,Ireland,Radical Independence Campaign,Scotland,The EU,The global economy,UK state/British imperialism,Wales — RCN @ 10:58 am

Allan Armstrong puts the case for building a Scottish-wide Left contingent on the ‘All Under One Banner’ march in Edinburgh on October 6th

EDINBURGH OCTOBER 6th – A RALLYING CALL FOR THE LEFT

35,000 in Glasgow, 10,000 in Inverness, 13,000 in Dumfries and 16,000 in Dundee – ‘All Under One Banner ‘ clearly represents something significant in Scottish politics. However it requires an examination of a wider politics going back to 2014 to appreciate the nature of this phenomenon.

A thwarted democratic revolution

If we look at the Indy Ref1 campaign we can see that it represented a democratic revolution, with 85% actually voting, following a registration drive which drew in 97% of the potential electorate. This was something unprecedented in UK politics. Continue reading “EDINBURGH OCTOBER 6th – A RALLYING CALL FOR THE LEFT”

Tags: 'Devolution-Max', 'Fred the Shred', 'hostile environment', 'Independence-Lite', 'Irish Tiger', 'Project Fear', 'Project Hate', 'Project Hope', 'Scottish Lion', 'Take Back Control', 'Yes Scotland', 1992 Maastricht Treaty, 2008 Crash, 2014 IndyRef1, 2015 Glasgow Orangefest, 2016 EU referendum, Alex Salmond, All Under One Banner, Americal First, Anas Sarwar, Andrew Wilson, Bella Caledonia, Better Together, Boris Johnson, Brexit ratification referendum, Britain First, British High Command, British Left, British road to socialism, Building Bridges, Cat Boyd, Catalan Republic, City of London, Common Weal, conservatives, constitutional nationalism, Crown Powers, Crown-in-Westminster, Democratic Revolution, Devolution-all-round, Donald Trump, Ed Miliband, Enoch Powell, EU, George Galloway, George Kerevan, Gerry Carroll MLA, Green Party, Herman von Rumpoy, Hope over Fear, indyref2, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Leanne Wood, Lesley Riddoch, Lib-Dems, liberal unionism, Maggie Chapman, Margaret Thatcher, Momentum, NATO, neo-Blairites, neo-fascists, Nicola Sturgeon, Nigel Farage, Nigel Lawson, Orange Order, Paul Kavangh, Plaid Cymru, populist nationalism, Radical Independence Campaign, reactionary unionism, Red Paper Collective, Republicanism, Richard Leonard, Rory Scothorne, Rupert Murdoch, Scotland First, Scottish Greens, Scottish Independence Convention, Scottish internationalism, Scottish Resistance, Sinn Fein, Siol nan Gaidheal, Sir George Mathewson, Sir George Matthewson, SNP, SNP Growth Commission, Social Democracy, Socialism, SSP, The Bank of Scotland, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Theresa May, Tommy Sheppard, Tommy Sheridan, Tony Blair, Tory/DUP coalition, Trade Unionists for Independence, UKIP, Windrush Scandal, Wings Over Scotland

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Jul 20 2018

THE ‘CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY’ – A RATIFICATION REFERENDUM

Category: Against Unionism,How they are organised,How we organise,Independent class organisations,Scotland,The crisis on the Left,The EU,UK state/British imperialism — RCN @ 8:39 pm

The Campaign for a European Republican Socialist Party distributed the following leaflet the Radical Independence Campaign AGM in Glasgow on June 30th.

100,000 ANGLO-EUROPEANS ON THE MARCH ON 23rd JUNE IN LONDON-

For a Ratification Referendum

20,000 ANGLO-BRITISH ON THE MARCH ON 5th May IN LONDON

For Brexit and Tommy Robinson

For a Peoples Vote on Tory Brexit Deal

On 23rd June 100,000 people marched through London demanding the right to vote on the anti-working class Tory All-British or Unionist Exit deal. There were Scottish saltires and Welsh dragon flags but it was mainly an Anglo-European demonstration. Continue reading “THE ‘CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY’ – A RATIFICATION REFERENDUM”

Tags: 'Disaster Socialism', 'The Tory Deal', 2116 EU Referendum, Anglo-British, Anglo-European, Crown-in-Parliament, Northern Ireland, Ratification Referendum, Scotland, Tommy Robinson, UKIP, Unionist Exit, Westminster

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Jul 19 2018

WHAT NOW FOR THE INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT?

Category: Against Unionism,How we organise,Independent class organisations,Radical Independence Campaign,Scotland,UK state/British imperialism,US imperialism — RCN @ 10:24 pm

Murdo Ritchie raises questions for the Scottish Independence Movement.

WHAT NOW FOR THE INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT?

Nicola Sturgeon and corporate lobbyist, Andrew Wilson present the SNP’s Growth Commission report

The issue should never be in what direction the Scottish national independence movement should go but what is the best way a new Scotland can be created. It is from this approach that the future political movements can be built. Organisations and movements can limp from political crisis to another if they fail to critically examine their initial purposes. Self-censorship in order to obtain a Yes vote may produce an outcome that could be very undesirable. Continue reading “WHAT NOW FOR THE INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT?”

Tags: 'Yes' campaign, Commonwealth, Crown-in-Parliament, European Union, Green Party, Holyrood, Independence Referendum, National independence, NATO, Radical Independence Campaign, Republicanism, Scottish National Party, Scottish Socialist Party, Westminster

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Mar 07 2018

SCOTLAND’S RATIFICATION REFERENDUM

Category: Against Unionism,England,How we organise,Independent class organisations,Ireland,Radical Independence Campaign,Scotland,UK state/British imperialism,Wales — RCN @ 12:42 pm

Below is a leaflet from the ad-hoc Committee of Campaign for a European Republican Socialist Party being distributed at the Radical Independence Campaign’s Spring Conference in Edinburgh on March 10th.

Location of Dalmeny Declaration – Out of the Blue Centre, Dalmeny Street, Leith

SCOTLAND’S RATIFICATION REFERENDUM

The Scottish Ratification Referendum Act 2018 empowers the Scottish Government to hold a referendum on Thursday 6 February 2019 for all Scottish and EU citizens living in Scotland over sixteen years old. The people of Scotland will be asked:

Do you support the agreement between Her Majesty’s Government and the European Union?

Do you reject the agreement between Her Majesty’s Government and the European Union?

Why should Scotland have the right to vote on Tory Brexit? Continue reading “SCOTLAND’S RATIFICATION REFERENDUM”

Tags: Campaign for a European Republican Socialist Party, Scotland's Ratifcation Referendum, Tory Brexit, Tory/DUP coalition

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Mar 05 2018

RADICAL INDEPENDENCE CAMPAIGN SPRING CONFERENCE

Category: Against Imperialism,Against Unionism,Combined struggles for Emancipation, Liberation and National Self-Determination,For Emancipation: Struggles against Exploitation,For Liberation: Struggles against Oppression,How we organise,Ireland,Radical Independence Campaign,Scotland,UK state/British imperialism — RCN @ 10:55 pm

RADICAL INDEPENDENCE CAMPAIGN

National Spring Conference

City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square

Edinburgh, EH8 9BX

Saturday, March 10th

Doors are open at 11.00am and the event starts promptly at 11.30pm.

Session 1: 11.30 – 12.30

The effect of Brexit on Scottish independence –

Maggie Chapman (Scottish Greens) and Neil Davidson (RS21)

Lunch: 12.30 – 13.15

There is a cafe in the venue and several excellent places for lunch close by.

Session 2: 13.15 – 14.15

What now after the Scottish Independence Convention Conference

Lesley Riddoch and Jonathon Shafi

Session 3: 14.15 – 15.30

The effect of Corbynism and the election of Richard Leonard as Scottish Labour leader on Scottish politics

Cat Boyd (RIC), Rory Scorthorne (Labour Party), Tommy Sheppard (SNP)

Session 4: 15.30 – 16.30

International connections Catalunya and Ireland

George Kerevan (SNP, Gerry Carroll (People before Profit MLA for West Belfast)

Winding Up: 16.30 – 17.00

(All the speakers are speaking in a personal capacity)

Everyone is welcome. There is no upfront ticket charge but we ask for £10/£5 on the door.

Sign up to secure a place:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/radical-independence-campaign-conference-tickets-43271637633

Tags: Cat Boyd, George Kerevan, Gerry Carroll, Jonathon Shafi, Lesley Riddoch, Maggie Chapman, Neil Davidson, RIC conference 10.3.18, Rory Scorthorne, Tommy Sheppard

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Feb 25 2018

THE RED AND THE GREEN: A PORTRAIT OF JOHN MACLEAN

Category: Against Unionism,Combined struggles for Emancipation, Liberation and National Self-Determination,For Emancipation: Struggles against Exploitation,For Liberation: Struggles against Oppression,For Self-Determination: Struggles against Alienation,How they are organised,How we organise,Independent class organisations,Ireland,Political Campaigns,Scotland,The Socialist Republican Break-up of the UK,UK state/British imperialism — RCN @ 10:16 pm

Gerry Cairns has published a new book, The Red and the Green: A Portrait of John Maclean. This makes use of new material relating to Maclean’s relationship with the struggle in Ireland. Stevie Coyle posted the following review on Facebook, and there is an edited version in February’s Irish Voice. Hopefully this informative review will be just the first review to address the issues that Gerry has raised.

THE RED AND THE GREEN: A PORTRAIT OF JOHN MACLEAN

Members of the Irish community were among those present at the launch of Gerard Cairn’s biography of John Maclean titled The Red and the Green: A Portrait of John Maclean.

The event – organised by Glasgow’s radical bookshop Calton Books and held in McChuills Bar – saw the author demonstrate a passion for his subject and gave an intriguing insight into Maclean the man and the revolutionary, which he interspersed with humour. Continue reading “THE RED AND THE GREEN: A PORTRAIT OF JOHN MACLEAN”

Tags: 'Speech from the Dock', Agnes Maclean, Author: Gerry Cairns, Author: Stevie Coyle, Barney Friel, Calton Books, Calvinism, Captain Robert De Coueur, Defence of the Realm Act, First World War, Hands off Ireland, Irish Citizen Army, Irish Post, Irish Republican Army, James Connolly, Joe Robinson, John MacLean, John Maclean Society, Marxism, Peterhead Prison, Pollokshaws, Ruaraidh Erskine of Mar, Scots National League, Scottish workers Republican Party, Soviet Consul in Glasgow, The Irish Tragedy: Scotland's Disgrace, The Red and the Green: A Portrait of John Maclean

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