{"id":13416,"date":"2019-10-27T14:05:30","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T14:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/?p=13416"},"modified":"2021-02-17T21:35:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T21:35:19","slug":"13416","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2019\/10\/27\/13416\/","title":{"rendered":"THE FIGHT FOR SCOTLAND’S REPUBLIC\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Below is the leaflet handed out by the Campaign for a European Republican Socialist Party at the Radical Independence Conference, attended by 500 in Glasgow, on Saturday, October 26th.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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THE FIGHT FOR SCOTLAND’S REPUBLIC\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our Radical Independence Campaign (RIC) must not think that IndyRef2 will be a repeat of the 2014 referendum, this time with victory. \u2018Brexit\u2019 has changed the dynamic. On one side, the Scottish people voted to remain and will be forced out of the EU against their will. On the other side, English nationalism has become a political force, galvanised through \u2018Brexit\u2019, to defend British sovereignty represented by the Crown-In-Parliament.<\/p>\n

Once England, Scotland and Wales are outside the single market and customs union a major economic barrier is raised in the minds of voters. A new economic Hadrian\u2019s Wall will frighten or be used to frighten Scottish voters against leaving the British Union. Even if this only affects five or ten percent of voters this \u00a0might still make a difference.<\/p>\n

Catalonia and Greece have shown that the Scottish people should neither trust nor rely on the EU (i.e. Germany and France with or without the UK). The EU does not support national self determination which would undermine its alliance of states.<\/p>\n

With the rise of English nationalism, the Scottish people will have to choose between and ethnic (anti-English) nationalism or civic republicanism. In 2014 the SNP stood on the \u2018civic\u2019 side but rejected republicanism or popular sovereignty by calling for Independence under the British Crown (and the Bank of England) with the Queen happily ensconced in Balmoral Castle visited by Alex Salmond.<\/p>\n

RIC has to rise to the new situation and be more \u2018up front\u2019 and militant in its advocacy of Scotland\u2019s republican democracy. It has to win the nationalist movement and the SNP to popular sovereignty as expressed through republicanism and national self determination. It cannot do this if its hides its democratic republican programme under a bush.<\/p>\n

The Tories have signalled their intention to make the next election about the threat to British \u2018democracy\u2019 posed by Labour\u2019s support for referenda on leaving the EU and IndyRef2. Labour is a loyal Unionist not a republican party. Although John McDonnell MP said he would accept a decision by the Scottish parliament for IndyRef2 this caused a storm and cannot be relied on.<\/p>\n

In 2015 general election the Tories played an English nationalist card about the threat from the SNP which put Ed Miliband on the defensive and clinched Cameron\u2019s victory. Expect the same again. Scotland\u2019s republic cannot rely on the EU or Labour anymore. The experience of the Catalan republic is instructive.<\/p>\n

Scotland\u2019s future republic, as represented by RIC, must be built from the ground up in every village, town and city. It must openly advocate building links with republicans in England, Ireland and Wales and importantly the working class movement in England<\/p>\n

Campaign for a European Republican Socialist Party<\/strong><\/p>\n

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See link to the\u00a0Emancipation and Liberation\u00a0<\/em>blog on Contradictions of Brexit and Scottish independence<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2019\/10\/22\/the-contradictions-underlying-brexit-and-scottish-independence\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Campaign for a European Republican Socialist Party supports the Catalan Republic in its struggle for democracy and freedom and calls on the working class across Europe to build a party of European unity and democratic revolution. <\/strong><\/p>\n

How to join our campaign?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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If you want to get in contact or join our campaign please email us at:<\/p>\n

cersp@republicansocialists.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a0for more from the Campaign for a European Socialist Republic see:-<\/p>\n

THE ‘CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY’ – A RATIFICATION REFERENDUM<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n