Connor Beaton reviews the pamphlet Class Not Creed, 1968 by Richie Venton both as a historic account of events in Northern Ireland and as an indication of the current politics of the Scottish Socialist Party. Fifty years after the beginning of the civil rights movement in the north of Ireland, the whole island…
FAILING GOVERNMENTS IN IRELAND – SOUTH AND NORTH
We are posting two articles from the Socialist Democracy (Ireland) website, highlighting the problems faced by the current Fine Gael government in the Dail and the lack of enthusiasm for reviving Stormont in Belfast. 1. CONFIDENCE AND SUPPLY AGREEMENT EXTENDED A de facto government of national unity in Ireland weakens capitalism and poses a…
UK: THE POLITICAL CRISIS INTENSIFIES OVER THE BREXIT DEAL
This article first posted by Socialist Democracy (Ireland) analyses the crisis for the UK state, the British ruling class and the Tories and Labour over there deal May is trying to get through parliament. UK: THE POLITICAL CRISIS INTENSIFIES OVER THE BREXIT DEAL The unveiling of the draft agreement on withdrawal from the EU has…
AN IRELAND UPDATE – SOUTH AND NORTH
We posting to articles from the Socialist Democracy (Ireland) website on the current political situation South and North. The first looks at the recent Presidential election; the second at the collapse of Stormont. 1. IRISH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: AN ELECTION WITHOUT CANDIDATES Throughout the presidential election one could only watch open mouthed as RTE, an organisation…
ALL UNDER ONE BANNER DEMO – EDINBURGH, OCTOBER 6th
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…
REVIEW: BALLYMURPHY PRECEDENT (Channel Four)
The following review from Socialist Democracy (Ireland) is of the film Ballymurphy Precedent made by Callum Macrae for Channel Four. A HIDDEN HISTORY OF BRITISH MILITARY REPRESSION AGAINST CIVILIANS The Ballymurphy massacre has the simplest of all dramatic structures. It is a narrative built around a chronology – a three-day assault by the…
THE IHRA AND APARTHEID ISRAEL
We are posting three pieces following the Labour Party’s adoption of the IHRA statement on Anti-Semitism. the first is by Moshe Machover, founder member of the socialist Matzpen Party in Israel, who successfully resisted a joint Zionist and Labour Right attempt to have him expelled from the Labour Party. The second is by a Shahd…
EDINBURGH OCTOBER 6th – A RALLYING CALL FOR THE LEFT
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…
OPEN LETTER AND PETITION TO LEN McCLUSKEY
We have revived this open letter and petition from Ian Allinson of UNITE Grassroots Left. It calls upon UNITE members to reject Len McCluskey’s call for the Labour Party to adopt the IHRA definition anti-semitism. OPEN LETTER AND PETITION TO LEN McCLUSKEY We the undersigned call on you to oppose the adoption by the…
NO VOTE WASTED – FOR PURE PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION
Murdo Ritchie argues that Socialists should support the purest form of proportional representation. NO VOTE WASTED – FOR PURE PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION The outcomes of all elections are the resultants produced by misshapen class struggles. The consciousness of the participants and the audience are formed in the policies. But the institutions as well as…