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A new referendum will distract from the class struggle
A vote on Scottish independence only eight years since the last will replace this new unifying wave of worker militancy and strikes with a disabling polarisation between right-wing unionism and nationalism, warns JOHNNIE HUNTER
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaking during an event in Edinburgh to outline Scottish independence plans. Issue date: Sunday June 26, 2022.
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DAVID HORSLEY remembers communist seaman Bill Bailey, the ‘Kid from Hoboken,’ whose heroics in tearing down a swastika flag from a ship’s mast inspired early anti-fascist resistance
Our Foreign Secretary now condemns Israel in the Commons, yet Britain still supplies weapons and intelligence for its bombing campaigns — as the horror reaches perhaps the final stage, action must finally replace words, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
I went to bed planning for university, but woke to bombs falling on Gaza, losing my home, best friend, and nearly my hand — yet I am unbroken, and still dream of writing to carry Palestinian voices worldwide, writes EMAN GHASSAN ABUZAYED
The shock suspension of socialist MPs and Diane Abbott’s re-suspension reveals a leadership intent on crushing internal debate — but MERCEDES VILLALBA MSP warns against surrendering party democracy without a fight
FIRST MINISTER Nicola Sturgeon’s announcement of plans for a second referendum on Scottish independence last month came off the back of Britain-wide RMT rail strikes which captured the public imagination and inspired trade unionists across the country to be bold again.
In the face of an intense so-called cost-of-living crisis, organised labour is standing up and fighting back with a determination not seen for some time — from the Glasgow cleansing workers to the railworkers and university staff across Britain, to the recent CWU national ballot.
For the left and labour movement in Scotland these developments offer an electrifying change to disabling polarisation between right-wing unionism and nationalism.
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