This statement was issued in the wake of the founding of the UL platform Shared values and concerns The RCN welcomes the formation of the new SSP–UL platform. The SSP United Left Statement (June 11th, 2006) makes a number of important points with which we are in agreement. The SSP, since its inception, has been…
Emancipation & Liberation Index 12
Emancipation & Liberation, Issue 12, Spring 2006 A chance to Vote Socialist at every opportunity, Mary McGregor Which way now for the SSP, Allan Armstrong Imperialism’s nuclear hypocrisy, Nick Clarke Hard truths, John Wight Choreography of the pratfall, John McAnulty Glasgow commemorates Bloody Sunday, Jim Slaven An electoral alliance for the 2007 Local Elections?, Scot…
Emancipation & Liberation Index 11
Emancipation & Liberation, Issue 11, Autumn 2005 The Legacy of the Gleneagles Summit, John Wight Facing up to the challenge, Nick Clarke Obstructing a legal demonstration, John Wight Two Words Collide – Nationalism and Republicanism, Allan Armstrong When ‘raising consciousness’ ain’t enough, Mumia Abu-Jamal Fight the power, Alan Graham Empty bombast marks the end of…
The Scottish Executive’s ‘Sectarian’ Smokescreen
This article is from the Republican Communist bulletin produced for this year’s Edinburgh James Connolly march Political attacks on Republicans It is 12 years since the old Lothian Region Labour group banned Edinburgh’s James Connolly March. Following the 1993 show of defiance in Broughton Street, we won the right to march. However, our annual commemoration…
Emancipation & Liberation, Issue 10, Summer 2005
If you would like to buy this issue or subscribe, contact us. Comments are open, so until articles are online, feel free to discuss the articles below. When they are online you can discuss the article in it’s comment section. Make Poverty History, Make Capitalism History, Fight for Socialism Today, Nick Clarke Our day will…
Emancipation & Liberation, Issue 9, Spring 2005
If you would like to buy this issue or subscribe, contact us. Comments are open, so until articles are online, feel free to discuss the articles below. When they are online you can discuss the article in it’s comment section. Upholding Socialist Principles, Editorial Tsunami – a act of nature and the laws of capitalism,…
2005 Motion to National Conference – Passed
Independence Convention This conference agrees that the SSP should seek support from other organisations invited or participating in the setting up of the Scottish Independence Convention for the following principles: a) the creation of a sovereign democratic Scottish republic with the abolition of all Crown Powers. b) a declaration of Scotland’s military neutrality and withdrawal…
Full Marks For Republican Initiative
Following the success of the October 9th Calton Hill demonstration, the RCN puts the case for the Scottish Independence Convention to be built on republican principles. RCN Resolution to SSP conference February 2005 The impact of the October 9th Calton Hill Demonstration The Calton Hill Declaration and the demonstration, on October 9th, opposing the official…
The Declaration of Calton Hill and the Scottish Independence Convention
Text of leaflet produced and distributed by RCN (Scotland) for the Declaration of Calton Hill event on October 9th Today’s Declaration of Calton Hill will be welcomed by freedom-loving democrats. What a contrast to all the toadying surrounding that alternative event – the royal opening of the Westminster sub-office next to Holyrood Palace and its…
Diego Garcia
Britannia waives the rules Uncle Sam rules the waves Diego Garcia is an island in the Chagos Archipelago, lying in the Indian Ocean. It has been inhabited by a Creole people since the eighteenth century, when it became a British colony. In 1966, the island’s 2000 inhabitants were forcibly removed by Harold Wilson’s Labour government…