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THE CRISIS IN THE SWP:- The failure of the Central Committee’s ‘recruit,...
This article examines one aspect of the current crisis enveloping the SWP. The SWP has not had a programme, so it has no real strategy for achieving the socialism it claims to support. Instead, the...
View ArticleTHE SOCIALIST PLATFORM
The RCN has been chronicling attempts to achieve Left unity in England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland. These attempts have included the formation of the Scottish Socialist Alliance, then the Scottish...
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‘JUST SAY NAW’ TO GALLOWAY’S SECTARIAN BRITISH UNIONISM
Bella caledonia posted an article by Richard Cameron (RCN and Edinburgh RIC) outlining the politics behind George Galloway’s Just Say Naw Scottish road tour (see...
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UP TO AND BEYOND THE SEPTEMBER 18th INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM – A socialist...
Allan Armstrong (RCN) has written an account of the Scottish independence campaign since the SNP launched its official ‘Yes Scotland’ campaign in 2012 up until the last two weeks before the September...
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EMANCIPATION & LIBERATION RIC SPECIAL BULLETIN – September, 2014
Allan Armstrong (RCN) has written the following article for the RCN Radical Independence Campaign Special Bulletin, which will be distributed at the RIC National Forum in Glasgow on September 27th....
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AFTER THE SEPTEMBER 18th REFERENDUM VOTE – A socialist republican response
In the aftermath of the September 18th Scottish independence referendum, Allan Armstrong(RCN) updates his earlier piece...
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THE RCN AND THE CAMPAIGN FOR SCOTTISH SELF-DETERMINATION
THE REPUBLICAN COMMUNIST NETWORK, THE RADICAL INDEPENDENCE CAMPAIGN, AND THE CAMPAIGN FOR SCOTTISH SELF-DETERMINATION Photo of RCN banner – Patricia Kirk & John Lannigan Contents A) The emergence...
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THE LEFT IN THE UK, THE 2015 GENERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN AND THE WIDER IMPACT...
After analysing the role of the constitutional nationalists of the SNP, the liberal and conservative unionists amongst the Conservatives, Labour and Lib-Dems and the reactionary unionists led by UKIP,...
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JUNE 24th – THE FUKers’ BLACK FRIDAY OR RED FRIDAY FOR A EUROPEAN DEMOCRATIC...
Allan Armstrong, who first became politically active in 1968, gives his political assessment of the political situation in the aftermath of the June 23d EU referendum. Allan is on the Editorial Board...
View ArticleA CRITIQUE OF JEREMY CORBYN AND BRITISH LEFT SOCIAL DEMOCRACY, Part 2
This is the second part of A Critique of Jeremy Corbyn and British Left Social Democracy, written by Allan Armstrong. the first part can be read at:-...
View ArticleA critique and exposure of Tommy Sheridan’s Daily Record and The SSP has...
Allan Armstrong (Republican Communist Network) examines the politics behind the ‘SSP Majority’s’ letter and Sheridan’s contributions to the Daily Record i) Tommy’s battle against the News of the...
View ArticleThe Rising Phoenix
The rising phoenix Learn the lessons and defend the SSP The last two years have been a turbulent and destructive time for the SSP. Starting with the Emergency Executive meeting in November 2004, which...
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When Two Tribes go to War
Rae Bridges is an SSP member who is not a member of any platform. Here he casts a perceptive eye over recent events. As Tommy Sheridan emerged from the Court of Session in Edinburgh on August 4, he...
View ArticleCall for Unity
The RCN Statement to members in response to Sheridan’s appeal for a split The Scottish Socialist Party has been held up throughout the UK and beyond as a model for socialist unity. It was built on the...
View ArticleSolidarity : A Statement from the Socialist Worker Platform
The Socialist Worker platform justify their decision to walk away from the SSP There can have been very few times when there was such widespread public revulsion against the government. Lebanon is on...
View ArticleBuild a New Party for Socialism in Scotland Working Class People Need a...
Press release from the CWI Scotland announcing their exit from the SSP Originally published on the CWI website The Committee for a Workers International platform of the SSP has agreed to support the...
View ArticleWe Salute your Democracy, Equality and Accountability!
This is a letter of solidarity sent to the SSP from the Irish Socialist Network, first printed in the Scottish Socialist Voice (Issue 280, 29th Sept. 2006) On behalf of the Irish Socialist Network, I...
View ArticleHow Dare they Split the SSP!
This is the text of a leaflet circulated by Richie Venton SSP national trade union organiser, calling on trade unionists and members to stay in the SSP. Published on the Scottish Socialist Party...
View ArticleA Reply to Nick Roger’s Workers Unity not Separatism
A Reply to Nick Roger’s Workers Unity not Separatism (edited version in Weekly Worker, no. 211) Independent Action Required to Achieve Genuine Workers’ Unity First, I would like to thank Nick for the...
View ArticleRCN Statement on the decision of George Galloway to stand in next year’s...
George Galloway has decided, with the backing of Respect in England and Wales, to stand as an MSP in Glasgow in next year’s Holyrood elections. This decision would apparently have been taken with or...
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