This article first appeared in Scottish Workers Republic (paper of the Scottish Republican Socialist Movement) Winter 2004 edition Is the Independence Convention (IC) a positive step forwards towards an independent socialist Scotland? It is argued that what’s needed is the coming together of the various pro-independence forces to face down the pro-Unionist media and state.…
Full Marks For Republican Initiative
Following the success of the October 9th Calton Hill demonstration, the RCN puts the case for the Scottish Independence Convention to be built on republican principles. RCN Resolution to SSP conference February 2005 The impact of the October 9th Calton Hill Demonstration The Calton Hill Declaration and the demonstration, on October 9th, opposing the official…
Freedom Come All Ye
by Hamish Henderson Roch the win i the clear day’s dawin Blaws the clouds heilster-gowdie owre the bay But there’s mair nor a roch win blawin Thro the Great Glen o the warl the day It’s a thocht that wad gar our rottans Aa thae rogues that gang gallus an gay Tak the road an…
The Declaration of Calton Hill and the Scottish Independence Convention
Text of leaflet produced and distributed by RCN (Scotland) for the Declaration of Calton Hill event on October 9th Today’s Declaration of Calton Hill will be welcomed by freedom-loving democrats. What a contrast to all the toadying surrounding that alternative event – the royal opening of the Westminster sub-office next to Holyrood Palace and its…
Declaration of Calton Hill
9th October 2004 We the undersigned call for an independent Scottish republic built on the principles of liberty, equality, diversity and solidarity. These principles can never be put into practice while Scotland remains subordinate to the hierarchical and anti-democratic institutions of the British State. We believe these principles can be brought about by a freely…
Behind the great Northern Bank Heist
What does it mean when the chief police officer in a state holds a press conference and implicates the second largest party in a massive bank heist? What does it mean when the chief constable presents no evidence for his claim? His statement is based on a hunch, intelligence, the direction of a number of…
Ireland: The December collapse
Not the death of the Good Friday agreement – the death of its daughter by John McAnulty (Socialist Democracy, Belfast) The chief theory behind the latest slapstick collapse of what is still called the Irish Peace Process, despite being sponsored by Bush and Blair, the butchers of Fallujah, is what is best called the ‘if…
Iraq: a rigged election under occupation does not equal democracy
No wonder Bush and Blair believe in God! As their imperialist venture into Iraq descends further into chaos, blood and madness, the criminal folly of this illegal and ruthless occupation was pushed off the pages of our newspapers and from our TV screens by an ‘act of God’: the Tsunami. The paltry aid from the…
Diego Garcia
Britannia waives the rules Uncle Sam rules the waves Diego Garcia is an island in the Chagos Archipelago, lying in the Indian Ocean. It has been inhabited by a Creole people since the eighteenth century, when it became a British colony. In 1966, the island’s 2000 inhabitants were forcibly removed by Harold Wilson’s Labour government…
Tsunami and the tourist industry
The US media admit that Secretary of State Colin Powell’s visit to Thailand is designed to prop up the hard-hit tourist industry there. The catastrophic Dec. 26 tsunami hit the beaches of Sri Lanka and Thailand and the islands of the Maldives at the height of tourist season. While the tourist industry brings a lot…