The following article, written by Anita Mureithi, was first post by openDemocracy. It highlights the sexist and racist nature of the attacks on Stella Maris, the student rector of St. Andrews University. TOP UNI ACCUSED OF FUELLING RACIST ABUSE OF BLACK COLLEAGUE WHO CONDEMNED ISRAEL Suella Braverman’s smearing of the huge and diverse Palestine solidarity…
James Connolly
Still An Inspiration Today Today we march to commemorate the 90th anniversary of James Connolly’s death on Friday, 12th May, 1916, at Kilmainham Jail in Dublin. Although severely wounded, Connolly was shot by a British firing squad after being tied to a chair. In the face of rising political pressure, to at least delay his…
Whatever Happened To ‘The Independence Election’?
The ‘National Conversation’ prepares the way for further reform of the UK What do the results of the recent elections to the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh and Northern Ireland Assemblies, and the Irish Dail, mean for the future of the UK? What is the political significance of Salmond’s ‘National Conversation’? This is a contribution by…
Bulletin of the Republican Communist Network (Scotland) in the SSP
Edinburgh James Connolly March, June 4th, 2005 Make Partition History March Special The Scottish Executive’s Sectarian Smokescreen It is 12 years since the old Lothian Region Labour group banned Edinburgh’s James Connolly March. Following the 1993 show of defiance in Broughton Street we won the right to march. However, our annual commemoration is now receiving…