We are citizens not subjects

The Radical Independence Campaign issued the following statement for the Calton Hill republican rally on May 6th.     WE ARE CITIZENS NOT SUBJECTS The Radical Independence Campaign initiated the 2023 Declaration of Calton Hill, signed by nearly 3000 people.  We welcome those attending today’s rally organised by Our Republic.  We are here to challenge…

May Day international greetings to all

     MAY DAY INTERNATIONAL GREETINGS TO ALL For a Republican Internationalist Coalition    to challenge to the UK state and British imperialism                                                                …

Papering over the cracks, covering up the tracks : a review of Scotland after Britain

Allan Armstrong has written an extended review of ‘Scotland After Britain’, written by James Foley and Ben Wray, with Neil Davidson, entitled Papering over the Cracks, Covering up the Tracks.  The Contents, the last chapter and Conclusion can be read here. PAPERING OVER THE CRACKS COVERING UP THE TRACKS A review of Scotland after Britain by…

Scotland’s travails from England   (or Scotland’s travails and England’s woes)   

The following article, written by Steve Freeman of the Republican Labour Education Forum in England, locates  the current travails of  the SNP and its impact on the wider Scottish independence movement in the wider crisis of the post-war UK state and British social monarchy. It points to the need for a republican approach in Scotland…

Jewish refugee groups condemn Illegal Migration Bill and government language

The growing opposition to the Tories’ draconian and racist  Illegal Immigration Bill was highlighted when Gary Lineker compared the government’s activities to those of the Nazis. The husband of Tory Home Secretary, Suella Braverman,  Rael , who had  family members killed during the Holocaust,  was incensed by the comparison.  However, Lineker was pointing to the…

“The Sturgeon era is over: Now what?” and “What we have learned from the SNP leadership election”

Mike Small and Sean Bell are signatories to the 2023 Declaration of Calton Hill. Quite independently, they have been making their own observations and commentaries about the current political situation in Scotland in bella caledonia. Recently Mike has written, The Sturgeon era is over: Now what? and Sean has written What have we learned from…

Announcing the 2023 Declaration of Calton Hill

The following article, written by Allan Armstrong for the Radical Independence Campaign, was first posted by bella caledonia  ANNOUNCING THE 2023 DECLARATION OF CALTON HILL On September 18th, November 2014, something truly remarkable in politics happened.  By the time of the Scottish independence referendum, held on that day, 97% of Scotland’s potential electorate had registered…

RIC reconstituted and the 2023 Declaration of Calton Hill

This is the conclusion of Completing Scotland’s Democratic Revolution, in which Allan Armstrong examines the legacy of  of Scotland’s 2014 Democratic Revolution and the 2023 Declaration of of Calton Hill, designed to complete that unfinished democratic revolution. RIC RECONSTITUTED AND THE 2003 DECLARATION OF CALTON HILL After the attempted shutdown on 17.1.21[1] the Radical Independence Campaign (RIC)…

Just when you thought Britain couldn’t get more racist, the Tories bring in the Illegal Migration Bill

The following article by Eliza Egret was first posted by The Canary.  It outlines the Tories’ latest attack on migrants in their ‘Brexit Britain’. JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT THE BRITAIN COULDN’T GET MORE RACIST, THE TORIES BRING IN THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION BILL Rishi Sunak has announced that refugees arriving into the UK by small boats…

For a republican all-islands coalition (update)

In March 2022, Allan Armstrong announced the intention to write three reviews of books written in Ireland addressing the current political situation Socialists face there.  The purpose in doing this has been to build the case for an all-islands, republican internationalist coalition to challenge the UK state and its imperial allies.  These have now been…