Republican St. David’s Day Demonstration 10am Wednesday March 1st, Oval Basin, Cardiff Bay Mrs Windsor will officially open the National Assembly for Wales’ new debating chamber on March 1st St. David’s Day. Our National Assembly does not have the powers to meet the needs of the people of Wales. It has fewer powers than a…
Cooperating in the International Struggle Against Imperialism and for Socialist Republicanism
A response to Scot MacCreamhin’s Can Scottish Socialists and Irish republicans work together? Scot MacCreamhin’s article, Can Scottish socialists and Irish republicans work together?, is a welcome contribution to what has often been a fraught debate. Scot concentrates on possible electoral cooperation in the 2007 Holyrood elections. He goes on to consider various options for…
An Electoral Alliance for the 2007 Local Elections?
Iris, the magazine published by Cairde Na hEireann in Scotland, initiated a debate in asking: Can Scottish socialists and Irish republicans work together? Below are reprinted two contributions to the debate. The first, from Scot MacCreamhain, was first printed in Iris, Autumn 2005. This is followed by a reply from Allan Armstrong. Questioning the logic…
Glasgow Commemorates Bloody Sunday
Jim Slaven, Secretary of the James Connolly Society, reflects on the events surrounding this year’s Bloody Sunday commemoration and the task of republicans in Scotland Opposition to commemoration Following the furore over the recent Bloody Sunday commemoration in Glasgow it is perhaps time to reflect on the political questions raised. Why did the BNP and…