Allan Armstrong (RCN) has written an account of the Scottish independence campaign since the SNP launched its official ‘Yes Scotland’ campaign in 2012 up until the last two weeks before the September 18th referendum. This is based on several contributions Allan has already made on this blog. It is also a contemporary update of his historical piece, The Making and the Breaking of the UK State (http://republicancommunist.org/blog/2012/01/11/internationalism-from-below-2/). This article also looks at the possibilities beyond September 18th.
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UP TO AND BEYOND THE SEPTEMBER 18th INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM – A socialist republican response
a) The Scottish independence referendum – not an exercise by the UK of the right of self-determination
b) The SNP leadership’s strategy
c) Cameron’s strategy pushes Labour into the frontline of the defence of the Union in Scotland, whilst he controls things at a UK level
d) Attempts to widen the political base of support for the Union
e) The new challenge to social liberalism and the ‘New Unionist’ settlement from UKIP, the Tory Right, the Ulster Unionists and Loyalists
f) Enter the unexpected – a new movement from below
g) The lack of class confidence underpins both official campaigns and the inherited weaknesses of the Left affect RIC too
h) After September 18th
a) The Scottish independence referendum – not an exercise by the UK of the right of self-determination
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