We are posting the following article from Socialist Democracy (Ireland) on the victory over the forces of the traditionalist Right in the 8th Amendment referendum on abortion in Ireland. CATHOLIC CHURCH KNOCKED DOWN BY REPEAL VOTE – BUT THE IRISH STATE DODGES THE BULLET The success of the referendum to repeal the…
THE STRUGGLE FOR A CATALAN REPUBLIC
We are posting two items on the situation in Catalunya. The first is from Eric Chester who recently visited Barcelona. The second is the motion put forward to the SSP’s National Council in May by the Dundee branch. 1. REPORT FROM BARCELONA Barcelona has once again become a center of radical politics. After decades…
JOHN MACLEAN – SPEECH FROM THE DOCK, 9th May 1918
It is the centenary of John Maclean’s Speech from the Dock on 9th May 1918. Emancipation & Liberation are commemorating the occasion by posting it this famous speech. SPEECH FROM THE DOCK It has been said that they cannot fathom my motive. For the full period of my active life I have been a teacher of economics…
LABOUR EXPEL LEADING ANTI-RACIST FROM PARTY TO APPEASE THE RIGHT
We are reposting this article by Tony Greenstein, writing on the sacrifice of an outstanding anti-racist, Marc Wadsworth for having dared to criticise a pro-Israel MP. CORBYN GROW A BACKBONE Watching the uncritical acceptance by Jeremy Corbyn’s office of the expulsion of Marc Wadsworth is like watching someone slowly committing suicide oblivious to all offers of help.…
FRENCH PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS UNDER ATTACK
We are posting this article from Socialist Democracy (Ireland) about the attacks the French Macron government is launching on French rail workers. As the world retreats behind new national state barriers, France inside the EU seeks to pave the way for private capital to match those already achieved by its major competitor the USA, and…
BOB GOUPILLOT REPORTING FROM THE FRONTLINE OF THE UCU STRIKE
1. BOB GOUPILLOT REPORTING FROM THE FRONTLINE OF THE UCU STRIKE I have just returned from the UCU picket lines at Edinburgh University. Today was the last day of this round of strike action in defence of our pensions. As I walked across the central campus earlier this morning it was really heartening to see…
‘SCOTTISH STAND UP TO RACISM’ BOWS TO ZIONIST PRESSURE
On Saturday, 17th March, the organisers of ‘Scottish Stand Up to Racism’ (SUTR) are organising a march in Glasgow in which the racist Confederation of Friends of Israel, displaying Israeli flags will be allowed to participate. Not surprisingly this has aroused considerable opposition, not least amongst Palestinians who are victims of Israeli state racist oppression.…
SCOTLAND’S RATIFICATION REFERENDUM
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…
RADICAL INDEPENDENCE CAMPAIGN SPRING CONFERENCE
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:…
COWIE MINERS, POLMAISE COLLIERY AND THE 1984-85 MINERS’ STRIKE
Dave Douglass reviews Steve McGrail and Vicky Patterson’s Cowie miners, Polmaise colliery and the 1984-85 miners’ strike. COWIE MINERS, POLMAISE COLLIERY AND THE 1984-85 MINERS’ STRIKE Great Strike of 1984-85: an unequal battle Polmaise was at the epicentre of the Scottish miners’ action in 1984. Like Cortonwood it was among ‘the first of the first’…