{"id":20824,"date":"2022-02-23T14:22:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T14:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/?p=20824"},"modified":"2023-04-02T16:36:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T16:36:27","slug":"elsd-coverage-of-migration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2022\/02\/23\/elsd-coverage-of-migration\/","title":{"rendered":"EL&#038;SD coverage of Migration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The issue of migrants has been very important for the RCN. The RCN was central to getting the SSP to support the free movement of people and affiliating to &#8216;No One Is Illegal&#8217;. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/(http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/11\/the-rcn-platform-and-the-ssp\/\">After ceasing to be a platform in the SSP on June 22nd 2012<\/a> , the RCN continued placing emphasis on the importance of work in supporting migrants. It raised the issue of migrants in the Radical Independence Campaign, in the Brexit campaign, and <a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2021\/02\/17\/announcing-the-republican-communist-forum\/\">our successor organisation, the Republican Communist Forum<\/a>\u00a0continues to do so in &#8216;the context of &#8216;Brexit Britain&#8217; and the rise of the Hard and Far Right.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/image007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11311\" src=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/image007-300x117.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"117\" srcset=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/image007-300x117.jpg 300w, http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/image007.jpg 583w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 1.2rem;\">MIGRANTS AND MIGRANT RIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2023\/04\/02\/jewish-refugee-groups-condemn-illegal-migration-bill-and-government-language\/\">Jewish refugee groups condemn Illegal Immigration Bill and government language &#8211; Anita Mureithi, openDemocracy<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2023\/03\/10\/just-when-you-thought-britain-couldnt-get-more-racist-the-tories-bring-in-the-illegal-migration-bill\/\">Just when you thought that Britain couldn\u2019t get any more racist, the Tories bring in the Illegal Migration Bill &#8211; Eliza Egret, The Canary<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2023\/02\/27\/berlins-repeat-elections-racist-campaign-pushes-the-city-to-the-right\/\">Berlin elections: racist campaign pushes city to the Right &#8211; Nathaniel Flakin, Left Voice (USA)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2022\/11\/11\/bbc-news-changed-a-headline-to-make-keir-starmer-look-slightly-less-racist\/\">BBC News changed a headline to make Keir Starmer look slightly less racist &#8211; Stephen Topple, The Canary<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2022\/09\/24\/immigration-who-benefits-who-suffers\/\">Immigration: who benefits, who suffers? &#8211; Susan Rosenthal blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2022\/07\/19\/from-palestine-to-san-antonio-from-melilla-to-the-polish-border-united-for-a-world-without-walls\/\">From San Antonio to Palestine, from Melilla to the Polish border: united for a world without walls &#8211; Stop the Wall, Urgent Newsletter no. 3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2022\/07\/01\/over-50-migrants-found-dead-in-texas-biden-has-blood-on-his-hands\/\">Over 50 migrants found dead in Texas: Biden has blood on his hands &#8211; Robert Belano, Left Voice (USA)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/The human cargo of voluntary departure \u2013 Mike Small, bella caledonia\">The human cargo of voluntary departure \u2013 Mike Small, bella caledonia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2021\/11\/26\/repression-of-migrants-at-the-poland-belarus-border-a-humanitarian-crisis-created-by-imperialism\/\">Repression of migrants at the Poland\/Belarus border, a humanitarian crisis caused by imperialism \u2013 Frank Levine, Left Voice (USA)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2021\/07\/22\/glasgow-protest-against-the-nationality-and-borders-bill\/\">Glasgow protest against the Nationality and Borders bill &#8211; Maria Elena Carpentero Torreds-Quevedo, bella caledonia\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2021\/05\/28\/the-aftermath-of-kenmure-street-challenges-us-all\/\">The aftermath of Kenmure Street challenges us all \u2013 Sean Bell, Source News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2021\/05\/23\/further-reflections-on-the-battle-of-kenmure-street\/\">Further reflections on the battle of Kenmure Street \u2013 Smina Akhat, Glasgow University and Alistair Davidson, bella caledonia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2021\/05\/15\/glasgow-says-no-pasaran-to-the-hostile-environment\/\">Glasgow says \u201cNo Pasaran\u201d to the Hostile Environment \u2013 Robina Qreshi , Director of Positive Housing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2021\/05\/09\/edinburgh-may-day-kill-the-bill-demo\/\">Edinburgh May Day Kill the Bill demo, Maria Elena Carpintero Torres-Quevedo, bella caledonia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2021\/04\/19\/no-evictions-network-campaigning-for-asylum-seekers-housing-rights\/\">No evictions network campaigning for asylum seeker\u2019 housing rights &#8211; Maria Elena Carpintero Torres-Quevedo, bella caledonia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2021\/01\/14\/2020-was-one-of-the-deadliest-years\/\">2020 was one of the deadliest years for migrants, and not just because of Covid \u2013 James Denis Hoff, Left Voice (USA)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/21\/end-the-hostile-environment\/\">End the hostile environment \u2013 Fred Laplat and Mike Picken (SR)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2020\/09\/15\/from-blairgowrie-to-the-black-sea-strawberries-and-nutella\/\">From Blairgowrie to the Black Sea: strawberries and Nutella \u2013 Sarah Glynn, bella caledonia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2020\/08\/20\/evictions-of-migrants-in-dublin-during-covid-19-pandemic\/\">Eviction of migrants in Dublin during Covid-19 pandemic \u2013 Socialist Democracy (Ireland)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2020\/07\/07\/glasgow-and-reading-killing-raises-major-questions-about-treatment-of-asylum-seekers\/\">Glasgow and Reading killings raise major questions about treatment of asylum seekers \u2013 Mike Picken (RS) and Jim Cook (Weekly Worker<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2019\/07\/22\/italian-dock-workers-show-solidarity-with-migrants\/\">Italian dockworkers show solidarity with migrants \u2013 Karel Ludendorff, imho journal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2019\/04\/06\/indictment-on-violations-with-impunity-of-the-human-righrs-of-migrants-and-refugee-peoples\/\">Indictment of violations with impunity of the human rights of migrants and refugee peoples &#8211; Permanent Peoples\u2019 Tribunal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/15\/whats-wrong-with-the-immigration-bill\/\">What\u2019s wrong with the Immigration Bill &#8211; Global Justice Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2019\/01\/31\/12823\/\">Corbyn, Labour and the Tories\u2019 Immigration Bill: a dialogue \u2013 Allan Armstrong, Phil Vellender (The Chartist) Jeffrey Lever (SR), New Statesman, Sue Sparks (RSA)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2017\/01\/03\/grassroots-unite-leadership-candidate-attacks-mccluskeys-and-coynes-capitulation-to-anti-migrant-politics\/\">Grassroots UNITE leadership candidate attacks McCluskey\u2019s and Coyne\u2019s capitulation to anti-migrant politics \u2013 Ian Allinson (rs21)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2008\/10\/16\/workers-serfs-and-slaves-managed-migration-and-employment-rights\/\">Workers, serfs and slaves: managed migration and employment rights \u2013 No One Is Illegal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/22\/the-refugee-crisis-an-outcome-of-capitalist-barbarism\/\">The Refugee Crisis, An Outcome of Capitalist Barbarism &#8211; Socialist Democracy (Ireland)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2009\/11\/14\/highland-migrant-workers\/\">Highland migrant workers &#8211; Bill Scott<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2009\/11\/14\/migrant-workers-are-at-the-heart-of-our-fightback\/\">Migrant workers at the heart of our fightback &#8211;\u00a0<em>the commune<\/em>, no. 6<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2007\/09\/27\/may-day-marching-in-the-footsteps-of-immigrant-workers\/\">Marching in the footsteps of immigrant workers &#8211; Sharat G.Lin<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2007\/09\/27\/its-a-free-world\/\">It\u2019s a Free World, Corinna Lotz reviews of Ken Loach\u2019s film<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/04\/let-them-in\/\">Let Them In &#8211; Mary McGregor<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">_________<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">also see:-<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"pqFHisOxde\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/08\/debates-and-discussions-on-the-emancipation-liberation-blog-about-the-eu-and-brexit\/\">DEBATES AND DISCUSSIONS ON THE EMANCIPATION &#038; 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The RCN was central to getting the SSP to support the free movement of people and affiliating to &#8216;No One Is Illegal&#8217;. \u00a0After ceasing to be a platform in the SSP on June 22nd 2012 , the RCN continued placing emphasis on the importance&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1843,1852,1855,1858,1867,1873,1846,1854,1845,1868,1847,8976],"tags":[9056],"class_list":["post-20824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-capitalists-organise","category-how-communists-organise","category-exploitation-and-emancipation","category-oppression-liberation","category-emancipation-liberation-and-self-determination","category-against-unionism","category-british-imperialism","category-the-left-crisis","category-us-imperialism","category-against-imperialism","category-the-eu","category-migrant-struggles","tag-author-elsd"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@rcfscotland\/109324772175746860","error":""},"views":2008,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20824"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23455,"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20824\/revisions\/23455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}