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VINCE MILLS laments that the SNP has landed Scotland in ‘another fine mess’
PROMISES, PROMISES:Nicola Sturgeon
LYNNE WALSH previews the Bristol Radical History Conference this weekend
Keir Starmer’s £120 million to Sudan cannot cover the government’s complicity in the RSF genocide or atone for the long shadow of British colonialism and imperialism, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
Join the traditional march from Clerkenwell Green, which will bring together countless international workers’ organisations in a statement against the far right
Ecuador’s election wasn’t free — and its people will pay the price under President Noboa
Mountains of research show that hardcore material harms children, yet there are still no simple measures in place
We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
SO, THERE we have it. As far as the SNP is concerned, we can ignore the global pandemic, a global economic crisis, the war in Ukraine and an upsurge in British working-class resistance to a profit-taking-induced inflationary spiral — all of that can be displaced by a second referendum on Scottish independence followed by that glorious, golden age where presumably class conflict is dissolved in Scotland.
Nicola Sturgeon has announced that on October 23 2023 there will be another referendum on Scottish Independence — or maybe not. More of this later.
To be fair the case presented in the SNP government’s document Independence in the Modern World. Wealthier, Happier, Fairer: Why Not Scotland? the first of a promised series of documents the Scottish government is publishing in support of independence, has shifted slightly from the Sustainable Growth Commission report of 2018.
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That Scotland was an active participant and beneficiary of colonialism and slavery is not a question of blame games and guilt peddling, but a crucial fact assessing the class nature of the questions of devolution and independence, writes VINCE MILLS
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As polls show Scottish Labour’s support crumbling and Reform rising even among independence supporters, an urgent need emerges for an alternative based on public investment paid for by radical progressive taxation, argues VINCE MILLS
