THE REPUBLICAN COMMUNIST NETWORK, THE RADICAL INDEPENDENCE CAMPAIGN,
AND THE CAMPAIGN FOR SCOTTISH SELF-DETERMINATION
Photo of RCN banner – Patricia Kirk & John Lannigan
Contents
A) The emergence and clash of Left British unionism and Left Scottish nationalism
B) The politics of the Scottish independence referendum campaign
C) How the Left responded to the demand for greater national self-determination in Scotland
D) Carrying over lessons learned from the SSP experience
i) the need for political platforms
ii) the need for a revolutionary pole of attraction
iii) the need for political balance sheets to avoid repeating earlier mistakes
E) Promoting socialist republicanism and ‘internationalism from below’
i) The political legacy of the Republican Socialist Conventions and the Global Commune events
ii) Debating with other socialists during the Scottish independence referendum campaign
iii) promoting socialist republicanism and ‘internationalism from below’ in RIC
iv) the debate over secularism
v) the debate over Ireland
F) Debates and differences within the RCN
i) in the lead up and during the referendum campaign
ii) since the September 18th referendum
iii) the future for RIC, the all-islands Republican Socialist Alliance and the Scottish Left Project
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