Allan Armstrong follows up his article, The Continued Rise of Right National Populism and Reactionary Unionism in the Run-up to the December 12th General Election (http://republicancommunist.org/blog/2019/12/09/the-continued-rise-of-right-populism-and-reactionary-unionism/). He examines the impact of the general election results across the constituent parts of the UK and the prospects for the immediate future. THE IMPACT OF THE DECEMBER 12th GENERAL ELECTION…
FROM PRE-BRIT TO EX-BRIT – The Forging and the Break-up of the UK and Britishness
Allan Armstrong’s new book From Pre-Brit to Ex-Brit – The Forging and the Break-up of the UK and Britishness is now available online at:- https://allanarmstrong831930095.files.wordpress.com/2022/10/from-pre-brit-to-ex-brit-.pdf Originally posted on 10.1.19, it has been updated. This is an expansion of an article written in 2015 and updated in 2016. (http://republicancommunist.org/blog/2016/03/02/britishness-the-uk-state-unionism-scotland-and-the-national-outsider/) ___________ Below is the Introduction with an…
THE RISE OF NATIONAL POPULISM AND REACTIONARY UNIONISM IN THE RUN UP TO THE DECEMBER 12th GENERAL ELECTION
In the lead-up to the December 12th general election Allan Armstrong updates his analysis of the drift to the Right populist and reactionary unionist politics in the UK and what this possibly means for the future of the Union. This is followed by an article by statement from the Radical Independence Campaign in Scotland on…
THE CONTRADICTIONS UNDERLYING BREXIT AND SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE
Allan Armstrong sent this article to Conter, on September 13th, hoping to open up one of the debates on the Left in relation to Scottish independence, before and during the Radical Independence Campaign conference in Glasgow on October 26th. There has been no acknowledgement of this article by the Conter editor, despite Allan being a…
REPUBLICANS ADDRESS THE ‘NO TO THE COUP’ DEMOS IN DUNDEE AND EDINBURGH ON AUGUST 31st
On Saturday 31st August demonstrations were held throughout the UK to protest at ‘Boris’s coup’. Mary McGregor addressed the rally held in Dundee. Allan Armstrong addressed the rally held in Edinburgh. ____________ Speech by Mary McGregor Comrades and friends, We are living through extraordinary times. We live in a time where children go…
It’s the constitution stupid – After the Boris ‘coup’ let’s fUK it!
Allan Armstrong gives his response to the latest constitutional crisis hitting the UK state It’s the constitution stupid – After the Boris ‘coup’ let’s fUK it! Contents A constitutional and legal coup under Crown-in-Westminster sovereignty The UK’s growing constitutional crisis, the retreat of neo-liberalism and liberal unionism and the growth of right populism…
BRIAN HIGGINS – A PERSONAL AND POLITICAL TRIBUTE
Communist, Republican, Trade Union Militant, Scottish Internationalist, Glasgow Bear 9th February 1941 – 2nd June 2019 __________ BRIAN HIGGINS A PERSONAL AND POLITICAL TRIBUTE Brian made a big impression upon whomever he met. Nigel Jeffrey, who encountered him on the picket line during the 1984-5 Miners’ Strike wrote, “Brian Higgins stands out…
THE CONTINUING BREXIT CRISIS
The National Forum of the Radical Independence Campaign (RIC) held on June 30th, 2018 agreed to take up the issue of a Ratification referendum over Theresa May’s Brexit Proposals (http://radicalindyedinburgh.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-case-for-eu-ratification-referendum.html). A letter advocating this course of action was published in The National on 24.7.18. A ratification referendum could unite those in RIC who supported a…
FROM BLATCHERISM TO MAYBYNISM
Below is a synopsis of Allan Armstrong’s new pamphlet The Continuing Shift to the Right in the Transition from Neo-Liberalism to Right Populism https://allanarmstrong831930095.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/right-populism-1.pdf This is followed by the last two chapters (relettered) which deal with the impact of Right Populism since the Brexit vote, _______ THE CONTINUING SHIFT TO THE RIGHT IN THE…
CORBYN, LABOUR AND THE TORIES’ IMMIGRATION BILL – A dialogue
This is a new dialogue over the consequences of Brexit following the Corbyn-led Labour Party helping Theresa May get the second reading of the Tories’ Immigration Bill through on Wednesday 29th January see an earlier dialogue at:- FROM FARAGE’S BREXIT TO TRUMP’S “BREXIT PLUS, PLUS, PLUS”, AND ON TO ‘MADAME FREXIT’? – a dialogue This…