As the independence movement enters a new stage, Allan Armstrong looks at the current political landscape through the lens of ‘republicanism for slow learners’.
Category: Independence
United in division: Analysing the ‘Plan B’ debate in the wake of the SNP National Assembly
“The SNP National Assembly came amidst rising tensions within the party over the best route to take should the UK government refuse its consent for Scotland to hold a legally binding referendum in the life of the next Holyrood parliament.”
Report: RIC AGM 31/1/21
“The Radical Independence Campaign is in crisis. According to some people, it no longer even exists. It is not yet entirely clear how this crisis will be resolved.”
Report: RIC AGM 17/1/21
“What could have been an important step towards re-cohering the pro-independence left amid strengthening majority support for independence unfortunately collapsed into an acrimonious row.”
Report: YesAlba inaugural committee elections
Following a week-long online ballot, the 15 members of the inaugural YesAlba national committee have been named. The election – though conducted imperfectly – moves the process of establishing the new organisation onto a firm democratic basis for the first time, away from the more opaque decision-making by the All Under One Banner (AUOB) team.…
Report: AUOB Assembly 22/11/20
“If YesAlba becomes both a mass organisation and an open arena for political discussion and debate, there is a very weak argument against RIC affiliating to it.”
Against the political quietism of the CWG
SNP member Tejas Mukerji makes the case for the SNP left to return to the drawing board.
Report: AUOB Assembly 14/11/20
“Nearly 400 people attended the AUOB Assembly on Saturday 14 November 2020.”
Watch: ‘Socialism and nationalism – are they compatible?’
“Connor Beaton recently took part in a debate on ‘Socialism and the National Question’ with Valleys Underground.”
Constitutional action in unconstitutional times: independence and the legalism trap
“The time has come for a discussion that frames the political struggle in the interests of popular power.”