Below is the leaflet handed out by the Campaign for a European Republican Socialist Party at the Radical Independence Conference, attended by 500 in Glasgow, on Saturday, October 26th. THE FIGHT FOR SCOTLAND’S REPUBLIC Our Radical Independence Campaign (RIC) must not think that IndyRef2 will be a repeat of the 2014 referendum, this time…
THE CONTRADICTIONS UNDERLYING BREXIT AND SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE
Allan Armstrong sent this article to Conter, on September 13th, hoping to open up one of the debates on the Left in relation to Scottish independence, before and during the Radical Independence Campaign conference in Glasgow on October 26th. There has been no acknowledgement of this article by the Conter editor, despite Allan being a…
A NATION ONCE AGAIN?
There has been a lot of talk recently about the inevitability of a united Ireland after a ‘No Deal’ Brexit. This article from Socialist Democracy (Ireland) provides a more cautionary note. A NATION ONCE AGAIN? Dream and reality in the United Ireland discourse What do you learn when Irish nationalist sources start to…
REPUBLICANS ADDRESS THE ‘NO TO THE COUP’ DEMOS IN DUNDEE AND EDINBURGH ON AUGUST 31st
On Saturday 31st August demonstrations were held throughout the UK to protest at ‘Boris’s coup’. Mary McGregor addressed the rally held in Dundee. Allan Armstrong addressed the rally held in Edinburgh. ____________ Speech by Mary McGregor Comrades and friends, We are living through extraordinary times. We live in a time where children go…
It’s the constitution stupid – After the Boris ‘coup’ let’s fUK it!
Allan Armstrong gives his response to the latest constitutional crisis hitting the UK state It’s the constitution stupid – After the Boris ‘coup’ let’s fUK it! Contents A constitutional and legal coup under Crown-in-Westminster sovereignty The UK’s growing constitutional crisis, the retreat of neo-liberalism and liberal unionism and the growth of right populism…
ITALIAN DOCK WORKERS SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH MIGRANTS
The election of the national populist and racist Five Stars and Northern League government has led to a surge in state and far right in attacks on migrants in Italy. The following article by Karel Ludenhoff, an Amsterdam-based labour activist, is about the heartening response from Genoa dockworkers to attempts by desperate migrants trying to…
BRIAN HIGGINS – A PERSONAL AND POLITICAL TRIBUTE
Communist, Republican, Trade Union Militant, Scottish Internationalist, Glasgow Bear 9th February 1941 – 2nd June 2019 __________ BRIAN HIGGINS A PERSONAL AND POLITICAL TRIBUTE Brian made a big impression upon whomever he met. Nigel Jeffrey, who encountered him on the picket line during the 1984-5 Miners’ Strike wrote, “Brian Higgins stands out…
INDICTMENT ON VIOLATIONS WITH IMPUNITY OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS AND REFUGEE PEOPLES
The Permanent Peoples Tribunal met in London on the 3-4th November 2018. During the session on the Violation with Impunity of the Human Rights of Migrant and Refugee Peoples the following Indictment was submitted. INDICTMENT SUBMITTED TO THE PERMANENT PEOPLES’ TRIBUNAL SESSION ON THE VIOLATIONS WITH IMPUNITY OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANT…
RESISTING THE LIBERAL ORDER
Murdo Ritchie, who has been an advocate of Leave vote on this blog, continues with his review of The Left Case Against the EU by Costas Lapavistas __________ A REVIEW OF THE THE LEFT CASE AGAINST THE EU BY COSTAS LAPAVISTAS “You can vote for any government you like in Europe pretty much. But…
WHAT VOTING LEAVE HAS REVEALED
Murdo Ritchie, a contributor to this blog, who has been an advocate of a Leave vote, argues what a Leave vote represents. WHAT VOTING HAS REVEALED The loud vote of no more in the United Kingdom against remaining in the European Union has been one of the most successful protest votes in history.1 …