The following article by Janey Starling was first posted by openDemocracy. It was written in the aftermath of the damning Casey Report intom the conduct of The Met. It is followed by a comment from EL&SD EB member, Iain Robertson. MORE WOMEN IN THE POLICE WON’T REDUCE POLICE VIOLENCE As reports of hideous violence…
‘Love is love’: LGBT lives and the fight to become Scotland’s First Minister
The following article, written by Kevin Guyan, was first posted by bella caledonia. It examines the different ways SNP leader contenders Kate Forbes and Ash Regan have promoted anti-trans politics. ‘LOVE IS LOVE’: LGBT LIVES AND THE FIGHT TO BECOME SCOTLAND’S FIRST MINISTER ‘Love is Love’, tweeted Ash Regan on the morning of 21 February,…
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…
The growing political crisis in France
We are posting this article by David Kellaway of anti-capitalist resistance. It describes well the growing working class resistance to Macron’s proposed pension counter-reforms. It is followed by a statement from the Fourth International affiliated New Anti-capitalist Party (NPA). In a comment at the end, EL&SD EB member, Allan Armstrong makes some additional points about…
The Windsor Framework
The following article by Jon Morris was first posted by Socialist Democracy (Ireland). It examines the nature of the Windsor Framework, the proposed changes in the Northern Ireland Protocol and the reactions of the DUP and Sinn Fein. THE WINDSOR FRAMEWORK – NI PROTOCOL REFORMED BUT NOT ABOLISHED At the end of February, the…
Olof Palme: the last Social Democrat
Today, following the economic crisis beginning in the1960s and the rise of neo-liberalism in the UK (1979) and USA(1980) and its triumph in 1989 with collapse of the USSR in 1989, Social democracy has largely degenerated into social neo-liberalism, or even further into Left populism which sometimes allies with and sometimes morphs into Right authoritarian…
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…
Kate Forbes’ economic agenda is just as dangerous as her conservative views
Adam Ramsay first posted this article on openDemocracy. He argues that Scotland’s poorest would likely be worse off under the leadership of the SNP finance minister. KATE FORBES’ ECONOMIC AGENDA IS JUST AS DANGEROUS AS HER CONSERVATIVE VIEWS There has so far been little focus on Kate Forbes’ economic policies. There has, rightly, been a lot…
Offshore energy workers lay out their vision for the future in a just transition plan
The following article written by Tracy Keeling was first posted by The Canary. On this offshore energy workers and their allies lay out their vision for the future in a just transition plan. OFFSHORE ENERGY WORKERS LAY OUT THEIR VISION FOR A JUST TRANSITION PLAN Offshore oil and gas workers revealed their plan for a…