Over the Ukraine war, there have been two campist positions which have emerged on the Left – support or apologetics for Putin, and support or apologetics for NATO, tied to backing for Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership. Paul Mason is an example of the latter. Alfie Hancox’s review of Mason’s How to Stop Fascism: History,…
How anti-trans activists forced Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre into lockdown
The following article by Adam Ramsay of openDemocracy describes the vicious campaign mounted by transphobes in Scotland, directed against Mridul Wadhwa, the director of the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre. HOW ANTI-TRANS ACTIVISTS FORCED EDINBURGH RAPE CRISIS CENTRE INTO LOCKDOWN Edinburgh’s Rape Crisis Centre had always kept its front door open so survivors could walk in…
Independence in Wales “is an inevitable consequence of the end of Britain’s imperial project”
Tom Anderson wrote the following report of the Welsh indepencence demonstration in Cardiff in early October outlining how Welsh independence flows from the ongoing crisis of the UK’s imperialist and unionist state. This article first appeared in The Canary. INDEPENDENCE IN WALES IS THE THE INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCE OF THE END OF BRITAIN’S IMPERIAL PROJECT At…
The US is no ally of the Left – in Ukraine or anywhere
Nearly all wars lead to sections of the Left retreating and sacrificing basic principles. We have seen this with Paul Mason and now Anthony Barnett, in giving their support to NATO. Yanis Varoufakis, who fully supports Ukrainian resistance against Putin’s Russian imperialism, replies to Barnett. This letter was first posted by openDemocracy. THE US…
The currency capitulation
The following article, written by Jonathon Shafi of conter, outlines the political significance of the SNP government’s Building a New Scotland. He argues that adopting this paper means “any Scottish sovereignty is more distant than ever”. THE CURRENCY CAPITULATION The realisation of any Scottish sovereignty is more distant than ever We don’t need to…
Mass media Omerta: burying Al Jazeera’s ‘The Labour Files’
The following article was first posted by Al Jazeera. It shows how the Labour Party bureaucracy attacked Corbyn to clear the way for a pro-British establishment leader ready to bow to the whims of the City, IMF, the British High Command and NATO. In other words they want Labour to act as the British ruling…
EL&SD coverage of republicanism
The Republican Communist Network and the Republican Communist Forum have been at the centre of the campaign to build support for republicanism in Scotland. This has involved upholding republicanism as the sovereignty of the people against the UK’s sovereignty of the Crown-in-Westminster. We have criticised those who limit republicanism to anti-monarchism, which can provide cover…
Immigration: who benefits, who suffers?
The following article on immigration was written by Canadian socialist, Susan Rosenthal, and first posted on her blog. IMMIGRATION: WHO BENEFITS, WHO SUFFERS? There are basically two ways to respond to immigration: The racist response argues for a White Canada and accuses immigrants of taking jobs, housing, and social services away from White Canadians. These…
70 years of failure
The following article on the political social and economic impact of the monarchy over the 70 years of Queen Elizabeth’s’s reign was written by Phil Vellender and Steve Freeman and the Republican Socialist Alliance and was first posted by Chartist. 70 YEARS OF FAILURE The Queen’s death has been marked by an outpouring of public…
Ukrainian coal miners defy national protest ban to go on strike
The following article, written by Kateryna Semchuk and Thomas Rowley, highlight’s Ukrainian coalminers continued preparedness to organise in defiance of the Ukrainian state. This was first posted by openDemocracy. Miners and management at a state-owned coal operation in western Ukraine have called a strike over what they say is an attempt to seize control of…