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Sep 03 2020

LABOUR’S HISTORIC DEFEAT IN SCOTLAND

Category: Against Unionism,England,How they are organised,Ireland,Scotland,UK state/British imperialism — RCN @ 4:46 pm

We are posting this article by Steve Freeman first posted on the Republican Socialist Alliance outlining, mainly for the benefit of republican socialists in England, the Scottish dimension of ‘Labour’s historic defeat’.

LABOUR’S HISTORIC DEFEAT IN SCOTLAND

Stunned?
Resting?
Pining for the ‘Spirit of 45’?

You may remember the famous Monty Python sketch about a parrot returned by a dissatisfied customer, John Cleese, to the pet-shop run by Michael Palin. As Cleese enters the shop, Palin says, “We are closing for lunch”. Cleese says “Never mind that, my lad, I wish to complain about this parrot what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique.” Palin replies “oh yes, the, ur, the Norwegian Blue. What, uh, what is wrong with it”. “I tell you what’s wrong with it, my lad,” says Cleese, “E’s dead, that’s what is wrong with it”.“No, no e’s uh…. he’s resting” claims Palin. Continue reading “LABOUR’S HISTORIC DEFEAT IN SCOTLAND”

Tags: 1688 Glorious Revolution, 1707 Act Of Union, 1801 Act of Union, 1913 Scottish Home Rule Bill, 2014 IndyRef1, 2016 EU referendum, Absolutist France, Alec Douglas-Home, Author: Steve Freeman, Battle of Britain, Bonar Law, Brexit, British Empire, British Labour Party, Conervatives v. Liberals, Conservative & Unionist Party, Conservatives v. Labour, Crown-in-Parliament, David Cameron, Degenerated Social Monarchy, Elector of Hanover, England, European Union, HM Treasury, Jacobite Risings, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Together Report, Labour's historic defeat, Margaret Thatcher, neo-liberalism, Nicola Sturgeon, North Sea Oil, Northern Ireland, NUM, Protestantism, Ridley Plan, Ruth Davidson, Scottish Labour Party, slave trade, SNP, social monarchy, Tony Blair, Tories v. Whigs, Unionists and Nationalists, United Kingdom, Wales

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Feb 19 2019

BREXIT AND WHAT IT MEANS IN IRELAND

Category: Against Unionism,Combined struggles for Emancipation, Liberation and National Self-Determination,How they are organised,Ireland,The EU,UK state/British imperialism — RCN @ 10:18 pm

The E&L blog has been reporting the situation in Ireland since we started up. However, during current Brexit negotiations , the ‘backstop’ has pushed the issue of Northern Ireland to the fore. We are publishing two articles which share a lot in common in their analysis of Ireland, but which offer differing perspectives on the role of the EU. The first is written by David Jamieson and first appeared on the Commonspace blog. The second is written by Allan Armstrong and forms the seventh chapter of his new pamphlet From Blatcherism to Maybynism.

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ANALYSIS – MICRO-POLITICS ISN’T ENOUGH – WE MUST ADDRESS

THE PARTITION OF IRELAND

Debates around the UK border in Ireland and the so called ‘backstop’ bring the crisis elements of the British state into sharper focus. Continue reading “BREXIT AND WHAT IT MEANS IN IRELAND”

Tags: 'Orange State', 'Peace' Walls, 1916-22 Irish Revolution, 1997 Good Friday Agreement, 2012 Loyalist Flag Riots, Alliance Party, apartheid-type states, Arlene Foster, Author:David Jamieson, B-Specials, Battle of the Boyne 1690, Borders Communities Against Brexit, Brexit, British Empire, Cantrell Close - South Belfast, Catholics, Civil Rights Movement, Crown-in-Westminster, Customs Union, Downing Street Declaration, DUP, Emma Little Pengelly, EU, European United Left - Nordic Green Left, Fascism, Glorious Revolution 1688, Good Friday Agreement, Ian Paisley, Ian Paisley Junior, Irish Home Rule, Irish reunification, Loyalism, Martin McGuinness, Mary Lou MacDonald, New Unionism, Northern Ireland, partition, Post WW1 Coupon Coalition, Protestants, PSNI, reactionary unionism, Republic of Ireland, Republican Movement, Right populism, RUC, SDLP, Sinn Fein, SNP, the backstop, Theresa May, Tories, TUV, UDA, UUP, UVF

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Apr 06 2017

RADICAL INDEPENDENCE CAMPAIGN STATEMENT – DEFEND DEMOCRACY

Category: Combined struggles for Emancipation, Liberation and National Self-Determination,How they are organised,Political Campaigns,Radical Independence Campaign,The EU,UK state/British imperialism — RCN @ 1:52 pm

The Radical Independence Campaign has produced this new statement following Theresa May’s rejection of the right of the the Holyrood Parliament to hold a second Scottish independence referendum.

DEFEND DEMOCRACY

With the election of Trump, the chaotic handling of Brexit by an unelected Tory leader, and the ongoing crisis of the global economy, we believe our message is needed more than ever.

RIC will argue for a People’s Independence. The 99% have the most to lose from ongoing Tory rule from Westminster. Their votes will decide the referendum, and RIC will provide a platform to amplify their voices. We will be discussing new ideas for the coming campaign, rather than simply repeating our work from the last referendum. The situation has changed dramatically since 2014 – that means our tactics and approach must also change.
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Tags: Brexit, British Empire, Donald Trump, indyref2, migrant rights, peoples independence, Radical Independence Campaign, Theresa May, UKIP

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Jun 22 2016

RACISM, IMPERIAL NOSTALGIA AND THE EU REFERENDUM

Category: How they are organised,The crisis on the Left,The EU,The global economy,UK state/British imperialism — RCN @ 7:59 pm

Below are two related articles and a letter which examine the mounting tide of racism in the EU referendum and relate it to Britain’s imperial legacy. The first is by Brendan McGeever who is a member of RISE and currently a lecturer in the Sociology of Racialisation and Anti-Semitism. The second is second by Nadine El-Enany is Lecturer in Law. Both work at Birkbeck College, University of London. The letter is written by John Tummon of the Republican Socialist Alliance.

1. RACISM AND THE EU REFERENDUM: A STATE OF EMERGENCY

“Waiting for Lexit is to be the frog in that cautionary tale — the one that sits in boiling water until it is too late.”

The EU referendum has transformed British politics. In just a matter of weeks a devastatingly rightward shift has become evident. It is a shift defined, above all, by the politics of race and nation.
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Tags: "Pacific Solution", Author: Brendan McGeever, Author: Nadine El-Enany, Boris Johnston, Brexit, British Empire, David Cameron, Eu referendum, European Court of Human Rights, Fortress Britain, immigration, Jo Cox, Lexit, Michael Gove, Nadine El-Enany, Nigel Farage, Stuart Hall, Syrian refugees, Tony Blair, UKIP, xenophobia

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