“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.”
Category: Opinion
Political party shifts ahead of the Catalan elections
RSP member Lorena Serantes explores ideological shifts within the Catalan political parties ahead of next week’s crucial election.
Notes on British transphobia
Rowan Fortune, a London-based member of the English and Welsh organisation Anti*Capitalist Resistance, explores a very British oppression and the hope that solidarity can offer.
Workers’ unity in Scotland: lessons from history
Paul Inglis, co-ordinator of the RSP’s working group on relationships with mass organisations, considers the history of the ‘united front’.
‘Emergency’ without urgency: drug deaths must end
“The abrupt sacking of drugs minister Joe FitzPatrick is a clear indictment of the government’s poor record, but it’s unlikely that the pre-election mini-reshuffle will bring about a genuine shift in approach and outcome.”
With Liz Truss’ equalities rhetoric, the Tories clarify existing culture war battle lines
Tejas Mukerji responds to the controversial speech by the UK’s minister for women and equalities.
From exploitation, oppression and alienation to emancipation, liberation and self-determination
Allan Armstrong refreshes our knowledge of the key concepts of exploitation, oppression and alienation, and suggests new ways in which the latter can be applied to deepen our analysis of the ‘National Question’.
The case for socialism in the Highlands
The Clearances, despite transforming the Highlands into a wilderness, can be understood as part of Scotland’s transition from tribal feudalism to industrial capitalism. Nearly two centuries later, however, it is capitalist underdevelopment which is to blame for the Highlands remaining a place of wilderness, a sorry picture that can still be changed through investment in…
Bringing more women to socialism
“Imaginings of a feminist, anti-capitalist future can only happen when women are incorporated into the movement in good faith and not as tokens.”
Against the political quietism of the CWG
SNP member Tejas Mukerji makes the case for the SNP left to return to the drawing board.