Articles

I have written most of the the articles below. The others articles were co-written by fellow members of the Republican Communist Network (RCN) (names given), or were first drafted by myself for the RCN, the Emancipation & Liberation Editorial Board or the Radical Independence Campaign – Edinburgh.

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A. RIGHT POPULISM, REACTIONARY UNIONISM AND BREXIT

  1. Completing Scotland’s Democratic Revolution and the 2023 Declaration of Calton Hill
  2. For an all-islands Republican Socialist Coalition, Part 1. The changing nature of British rule in Ireland 
  3. For an all-islands Republican Socialist Coalition, Part 2, Winners, Losers and Learners
  4. For an all-islands Republican Socialist Coalition Part 3, Summer is Coming 
  5. For an all-islands Republican Socialist Coalition Part 4, Conclusion: Freedom Come All Ye
  6. Global Britain, Levelling Up, Strengthening the Union
  7. May 6th election results and beyond
  8. The British Left and the UK State
  9. From Grey to Red Granite
  10. The UK State, Right Populism and Reactionary Unionism in 2020 – rUK it fUK it?
  11. Competing Strategies in the Face of the Break-up of the UK and the Case for a Republican Socialist ‘Internationalism from Below’ Alliance
  12. Independent Socialists and the December 12th General Election – From Illusions in a Lexit Brexit to a Disillusioned Lexit from Brexit Politics
  13. The Impact of the December 12th General Election Across the Constituent Parts of the UK
  14. The End of Short-lived Maybynism?
  15. The Rise of Right Populism and Reactionary Unionism – A Last Ditch Attempt to Hold Together the Union
  16. The Contradictions Underlying Brexit and Scottish Independence
  17. It’s the constitution, stupid!” – After the Boris ‘coup’ – Let’s fUK it!
  18. The Continuing Brexit Crisis
  19. The Continuing Shift to the Right in the Transition from Neo-liberalism to Right Populism
  20. From Blatcherism to Maybynism
  21. Corbyn, Labour and the Tories’ Immigration Bill – A dialogue
  22. Another Europe Is Possible Conference, 10.12.18, London
  23. The Brexit Ratification Referendum
  24. The Crisis of Democracy – A Ratification Referendum drafted by Steve Freeman, agreed by Allan Armstrong
  25. The Introduction to ‘White Christian Europe’ – 60,000 Far Right Supporters March in Warsaw
  26. All Hail the Catalan Republic
  27. Allan Armstrong’s response to Steve Freeman’s Brexit Counter-Revolution
  28. Trump Says, “Scotland Just Went Through Hell”
  29. Which Way Now – ‘Brexit’ or ‘Ex-Brit’?
  30. From Farage’s Brexit to Trump’s “Brexit Plus, Plus, Plus”, and on to ‘Madame Frexit’?
  31. Report of the Meeting to set up the Campaign for a European Socialist Republican Party
  32. The Reality of the European Democratic Revolution
  33. June 24th – The FUKers’ Black Friday or Red Friday for a European Democratic Revolution?
  34. An Open Letter to Lexiters
  35. European Democratic Revolution: A Statement from the Republican Socialist Alliance
  36. A Political Comparison Between the 2012-14 Scottish Independence and the 2016 EU Referenda Campaigns
  37. Debate on the EU Referendum
  38. Introduction to The Impact of Reactionary Unionism on UK Politics
  39. The EU Referendum – The Debate in RIC
  40. Better Together, UKIP, The Orange Order and the UK State – What they have in common
  41. Making Plans for Nigel – a socialist republican analysis of the state of the UK and ‘new unionism’ in the light of the rise of UKIP and the forthcoming Scottish independence referendum.

B. THE EU, LABOUR MIGRATION AND INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY

  1. Introduction to the Emancipation & Liberation blog about the EU and Migration
  2. The Need for Socialist Unity Allan Armstrong looks at the political situation after the 2009 Euro-elections
  3. The SSP Gives Its Support To The ‘No One Is Illegal’ Campaign
  4. Another Europe Is Possible– The Left and the 2004 Euro-elections – Allan Armstrong assesses the state of the left in Europe after the Euro elections
  5. You are the weakest link! SSP Special Conference, the Left and No to the Euro Campaign
  6. The Euro Referendum and the Case for an Active Boycott

C. SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE, INDYREF1 AND AFTERWARDS

  1. Completing Scotland’s Democratic Revolution and the 2023 Declaration of Calton Hill
  2. Revolution and the 2023 Declaration of Calton Hill
  3. Global Britain, Levelling Up, Strengthening the Union
  4. The May 6th election results and beyond
  5. The British Left and the UK State
  6. The UK State, Right Populism and Reactionary Unionism in 2020 – rUK it fUK it?
  7. From Grey to Red Granite
  8. Competing Strategies in the Face of the Break-up of the UK and the Case for a Republican Socialist ‘Internationalism from Below’ Alliance
  9. Independent Socialists and the December 12th General Election – From Illusions in a Lexit Brexit to a Disillusioned Lexit from Brexit Politics
  10. The Impact of the December 12th General Election Across the Constituent Units of the UK
  11. The End of Short-lived Maybynism?
  12. The Continued Rise of Right Populism and Reactionary Unionism in the Run-up to the December 12th General Election
  13. The Contradictions Underlying Brexit and Scottish Independence
  14. “It’s the constitution stupid” – After the Boris ‘coup’ . Let’s fUK it!”
  15. Edinburgh October 6th, 2018 – A Rallying Call for the Left
  16. The Scottish Independence Convention Mark 2 – Another Cover for the SNP Leadership?
  17. The Left in the UK, the 2015 General Election Campaign and the Wider Impact Of Scotland’s ‘Democratic Revolution’
  18. Rolling Back Scotland’s ‘Democratic Revolution’
  19. After the September 18th Referendum Vote – A Socialist Republican Response
  20. Better Together, UKIP, The Orange Order and the UK State – What they have in common
  21. Up to and Beyond The September 18th Independence Referendum – A Socialist Republican Perspective
  22. Making Plans for Nigel – a socialist republican analysis of the state of the UK and ‘New Unionism’ in the light of the rise of UKIP and the forthcoming Scottish independence referendum
  23. After Grangemouth – What Now for the Left in Scotland?
  24. Behind the Unionists’ ‘Project Fear’, the UK State Mask Slips
  25. The Case for a Break-Up of the UK and ‘Internationalism from Below’ in response to the British Unionist State
  26. The ‘Independence-Lite’ Referendum and a Tale of Two Campaigns
  27. What Do The May 5th Local Election Results Mean in Scotland?
  28. After May 5th – A Looming Constitutional Crisis?
  29. Can the SNP deliver independence?
  30. ‘Celtic Tigers’ and ‘Celtic Lions’- Both Pussycats for Big Business
  31. The SNP’s ‘National Conversation’ Prepares the Ground for Reform of the Union

D. THE UK STATE – DEFENDERS AND CHALLENGERS

  1. Completing Scotland’s Democratic Revolution and the 2023 Declaration of Calton Hill
  2. For an all-islands Republican Socialist Coalition, Part 1. The changing nature of British rule in Ireland 
  3. For an all-islands Coalition, Part 2, Winners, Losers and Learners
  4. For an all-islands Republican Socialist Coalition Part 3, Summer is Coming
  5. For an all-islands Republican Socialist Coalition Part 4, Conclusion: Freedom Come All Ye
  6. Global Britain, Levelling Up, Strengthening the Union
  7. Republican socialism not defeatism led John Maclean to back independence 
  8. The SWP and Scottish independence – Part 1, Breaking up is so hard to do
  9. The SWP and Scottish independence – Part 2, To party of not to party?
  10. May 6th election results and beyond
  11. The British Left and the UK state
  12. The Centenary of the Irish Rebellion Of 1916
  13. Emancipation & Liberation – Welsh Coverage from 2002-20
  14. Emancipation & Liberation – Irish Coverage from 2002-20
  15. The UK State, Right Populism and Reactionary Unionism in 2020 – rUK it fUK it?
  16. Competing Strategies in the Face of the Break-up of the UK and the Case for a Republican Socialist ‘Internationalism from Below’ Alliance
  17. Independent Socialists and the December 12th General Election – From Illusions in a Lexit Brexit to a Disillusioned Lexit from Brexit Politics
  18. The Impact of the December 12th General Election on the Constituent Parts of the UK
  19. The Continuing Shift to the Right in the Transition from Neo-liberalism to Right Populism
  20. The End of Short-lived Maybynism?
  21. From Pre-Brit to Ex-Brit – The Forging and the Break-up of the UK and Britishness
  22. The Continued Rise of Right Populism and Reactionary Unionism in the Run-up to the December 12th General Election
  23. Brexit and the Rise of Right National Populism following the 2016 Euro- referendum
  24. The Continuing Shift to the Right in the Transition from Neo-liberalism to Right Populism
  25. From Blatcherism to Maybynism
  26. Introduction to Northern Ireland Update – The Impact of Reactionary Unionism
  27. A Critique of Jeremy Corbyn and British Left Social Democracy
  28. Which Way Now – Brexit or Ex-Brit?
  29. June 24th – The FUKers’ ‘Black Friday or Red Friday for a European Democratic Revolution
  30. A Political Comparison Between the 2012-14 Scottish Independence and the 2016 Referenda Campaigns 
  31. The UK state and Britishness 
  32. The Making and Breaking of the UK State
  33. Introduction to The Impact of Reactionary Unionism on UK Politics
  34. What the Fuk? – Fascist UK, Britannia and the Far Right
  35. Introduction to The Peace Process in Reverse 
  36. The Left in the 2015 General Election Campaign and Scotland and Wider Impact of Scotland’s Democratic Revolution
  37. Rolling Back Scotland’s ‘Democratic Revolution’
  38. After the September 18th Referendum Vote – A socialist republican response
  39. Better Together, UKIP, the Orange Order and the UK State – what they have in common
  40. Up to and Beyond the September 18th Independence Referendum – A socialist republican perspective 
  41. Making Plans for Nigel
  42. Labour and Socialist Left Unionism in the Scottish Independence Debate  
  43. ‘Just Say Naw’ to Galloway’s Sectarian British Unionism
  44. Introduction to Unionism pushes the Irish ‘Peace Process’ further to the Right
  45. Behind the Unionists’ ‘Project Fear’ the UK Mask Slips 
  46. Riding Two Horses At Once – The SWP and Scottish independence
  47. Scottish Self-Determination and the ‘Actually Existing’ Labour Movement
  48. ‘Britain Must Break’ to defend ‘Real Labour’ or the ‘Break-up of the UK’ to advance Republican Socialism
  49. Allan Armstrong’s response to For An Independent Socialist Republic
  50. The ‘Independence Lite’ Referendum and the Tale of Two Campaigns
  51. What do the May 5th, 2012 Local Election Results mean in Scotland?
  52. Internationalism From Below – The challenge to the UK state and British Empire from 1879-95
  53. ‘Celtic Tigers’ and ‘Celtic Lions’ – Both Pussycats For Big Business
  54. Making the North-East Atlantic Safe for Capitalism  – A talk given at the G8 alternatives Summit on July 3rd 2005 in Edinburgh
  55. Scottish Labour and Socialist Left Unionism in the Scottish Independence Debate  
  56. ‘Just Say Naw’ to Galloway’s Sectarian British Unionism
  57. Introduction to Unionism pushes the `Irish ‘Peace Process further to the Right
  58. Behind the Unionists’ ‘Project Fear’ the UK Mask Slips 
  59. Riding Two Horses At Once – The SWP and Scottish independence
  60. Scottish Self-Determination and the ‘Actually Existing’ Labour Movement
  61. ‘Britain Must Break’ to defend ‘Real Labour’ or the ‘Break-up of the UK’ to advance Republican Socialism
  62. Allan Armstrong’s response to For An Independent Socialist Republic
  63. The ‘Independence Lite’ Referendum and the Tale of Two Campaign
  64. What do the May 5th, 2012 Local Election Results mean in Scotland?
  65. Getting over the Hee Bee GBs – An ‘Internationalism from Below’ Critique of the British Left
  66. The Scottish Independence Referendum Debate, Part 3
  67. The Communist Case For Internationalism From Below’
  68. A Reply to Alan Johnstone of The SPGB
  69. A Reply to Nick Rodger – ‘Workers Unity Not Separatism’
  70. Internationalism From Below – The challenge to the UK state and British Empire from 1879-95
  71. ‘Celtic Tigers’ and ‘Celtic Lions’ – Both Pussycats For Big Business
  72. The SNP’s ‘National Conversation’ Prepares the Ground for Reform of the Union
  73. Making the North-East Atlantic Safe for Capitalism  – A talk given at the G8 alternatives Summit on July 3rd 2005 in Edinburgh
  74. The Scottish Independence Convention  – Independence under the Crown or a Scottish Republic?
  75. Allan Armstrong reports on how republicans around the UK expressed their disloyalty to the Crown

E. THE RADICAL INDEPENDENCE CAMPAIGN

  1. Announcing the 2023 Declaration of Calton Hill
  2. For an all-islands Republican Socialist coalition, Part 1. The changing nature of British rule in Ireland 
  3. For an all-islands Republican Socialist coalition, Part 2, Winners, Losers and Learners
  4. For an all-islands Republican Socialist Coalition Part 3, Summer is Coming
  5. For an all-islands Republican Socialist Coalition Part 4, Conclusion: Freedom Come All Ye 
  6. Global Britain, Levelling Up, Strengthening the Union
  7. The Case for a Republican Internationalist Coalition for Scotland’s Independence
  8. Competing Strategies in the Face of the Break-up of the UK and the Case for a Republican Socialist ‘Internationalism from Below’ Alliance
  9. The Contradictions Underlying Brexit and Scottish Independence
  10. Republicans address the ‘No to the Coup’ demos in Dundee and Edinburgh on August 31st, 2019 Mary MacGregor amd Allan Armstrong
  11. The Continuing Shift to the Right in the Transition from Neo-liberalism to Right Populism
  12. The Continuing Brexit Crisis
  13. All Under One Banner Demo, October 6th, Edinburgh
  14. Edinburgh October 6th – A Rallying Call for the Left
  15. The Crisis of Democracy – A Ratification Referendum drafted by Steve Freeman, agreed by Allan Armstrong
  16. RIC – Edinburgh Statement on the June 8th 2017 General Election
  17. A Political Comparison between the 2012-14 Scottish Independence and the 2016 EU Referenda Campaigns – based on talk given to 4th Radical Independence Campaign Conference in Edinburgh, 20.2.16
  18. Introduction to Support the Struggle for Meaningful Self-Determination in a Scottish Democratic and Secular Republic
  19. RCN bulletin for the 4th Radical Independence Campaign Conference
  20. The EU Referendum – The Debate in RIC
  21. The Story of Edinburgh RIC
  22. The Future of the Radical Independence Campaign
  23. Emancipation & Liberation – RIC Special Bulletin, October, 2014
  24. Emancipation & Liberation, RIC Special Bulletin, September, 2014
  25. RIC – A Scottish republican movement in the making?
  26. Message From Edinburgh RIC to the ‘Go For It Scotland’ Rally in Cardiff in September 13th
  27. Introduction to Wales and Scottish Independence
  28. Why We Have the Radical Independence Campaign in To Scotland With Love: A Report from the ‘London Says Yes’ Rally on September 6th
  29. Introduction to Solidarity with Scotland Speaking Tour – Reports from England
  30. Emancipation & Liberation RIC Special Bulletin, May 2014
  31. Introduction to Solidarity with ‘Internationalism from Below’ in action after the Left Unity Conference and the Radical Independence Campaign, 29.3.14
  32. Emancipation & Liberation RIC Special Bulletin, March 2014
  33. Let’s All End Our Abusive Relationship with the UK State
  34. Introduction to 2nd Radical Independence Conference – ‘After the UK: The Future of 4 Nations’
  35. Editorial for Emancipation & Liberation, no 22 – RIC – a year of campaigning and growth
  36. Secularism: Time to Separate Church and State
  37. Scottish Self-Determination: For A Wannabe Scottish Ruling Class or for Scotland’s People?
  38. Republic Day Speech
  39. Radisson Blu or Post-Radisson Red?
  40. Editorial for Emancipation & Liberation no.21
  41. Scottish Independence and the Wilting of Social Democracy on A Debate on the Way Forward for the Radical Independence Conference
  42. Genuine Self-Determination Means Acting As Republicans Now
  43. Tale no.2 continued – The Scottish Left and the Radical Independence Campaign on The ‘Independence-Lite’ Referendum and the Tale of Two Campaigns

F. REPUBLICAN SOCIALIST ALLIANCE

  1. Completing Scotland’s Democratic Revolution and the 2023 Declaration of Calton Hill
  2. For an all-islands Republican Socialist Coalition, Part 1. The changing nature of British rule in Ireland
  3. For an all-islands Republican Socialist Coalition, Part 2, Winners, Losers and Learners 
  4. For an all-islands Republican Socialist Coalition Part 3, Summer is Coming 
  5. For an all-islands Republican Socialist Coalition Part 4, Conclusion: Freedom Come All Ye
  6. Competing Strategies in the Face of the Break-up of the UK and the Case for a Republican Socialist ‘Internationalism from Below’ Alliance
  7. The Continuing Shift to the Right in the Transition from Neo-liberalism to Right Populism
  8. Report of the Republican Socialist Alliance Meeting in Wakefield, 23.7.16
  9. European Democratic Revolution – A Statement from the Republican Socialist Alliance
  10. Republican Socialist Alliance
  11. 2nd Republican Socialist Convention, London, February 13th, 2010
  12. Republican Socialist Convention Debate 

 G. DEBATING WITH SOCIALISTS

I. REPUBLICAN COMMUNIST NETWORK/REPUBLICAN COMMUNIST FORUM

  1. Completing Scotland’s Democratic Revolution and the 2023 Declaration of Calton Hill
  2. From Grey to Red Granite
  3. The UK State, Right Populism and Reactionary Unionism in 2020 – rUK it fUK it?
  4. Competing Strategies in the Face of the Break-up of the UK and the Case for a Republican Socialist ‘Internationalism from Below’ Alliance
  5. The Continuing Shift to the Right in the Transition from Neo-liberalism to Right Populism
  6. The RCN and the Scottish Left Project 
  7. A Reply to Eric Chester’s The Perils of Unity 
  8. Scottish Left Project
  9. Introduction to Socialist Unity
  10. Introduction and Red Flag article in Uniting the Left in Scotland on a Principled Basis
  11. The RCN and the Campaign for Scottish Self-Determination 
  12. Scottish Independence Referendum Debate 
  13. Scottish Independence Referendum Debate, Part 2 
  14. The Scottish Independence Referendum Debate, Part 3 Introduction to Socialist Unity

II. THE NON-BRITISH LEFT

  1. Republican socialism not defeatism led Maclean to independence
  2. The SWP and Scottish independence – Part 1, Breaking up is so hard to do
  3. The SWP and Scottish independence – Part 2, To party of not to party?
  4. Competing Strategies in the Face of the Break-up of the UK and the Case for a Socialist Republican ‘Internationalism from Below’ Alliance
  5. The Contradictions Underlying Brexit and Scottish Independence
  6. The Continuing Shift to the Right in the Transition from Neo-liberalism to Right Populism
  7. The RCN and the Scottish Left Project
  8. The Scottish Left Project
  9. ‘Britain Must Break’ To Defend ‘Real Labour’ or ‘The Break-Up Of The UK’ To Advance Republican Socialism?
  10. Allan Armstrong (RCN) Replies to David Jamieson – Part 1
  11. Allan Armstrong (RCN) Replies to David Jamieson – Part 2
  12. David Jamieson of the ISG Replies to Allan Armstrong
  13. Riding Two Horses At Once – The SWP and Scottish Independence
  14. Cooperating in the International Struggle against Imperialism and for Socialist Republicanism

III. THE SCOTTISH SOCIALIST PARTY

  1. Completing Scotland’s Democratic Revolution and the 2023 Declaration of Calton Hill
  2. Competing Strategies in the Face of the Break-up of the UK and the Case for a Republican Socialist ‘Internationalism from Below’ Alliance
  3. The Continuing Shift to the Right in the Transition from Neo-liberalism to Right Populism
  4. Introduction to Crisis in the SSP
  5. A Political Comparison between the 2012-14 Scottish Independence and the 2016 EU Referenda Campaigns – expanded version of talk given to SSP National Council, 28.2.16
  6. Beyond the SSP and Solidarity – ‘Forgive and Forget’ or ‘Listen, Learn and Then Move On’?
  7. Uniting the Left in Scotland on a Principled Basis 
  8. The RCN Platform and the SSP
  9. The RCN calls for Socialist/Communist Regroupment in Scotland
  10. A Reply to James Turley’s ‘Who’s Afraid of George Galloway?’
  11. An Examination of the ‘No ‘Victory’
  12. Scottish Independence Referendum Debate, Part 2
  13. The Case for Abstention in the AV referendum
  14. A Contribution to the Discussion Arising from the Glasgow North East by-election on SSP and Elections
  15. SSP Conference bulletin. March 2009
  16. The Sheridan Perjury Trial
  17. The Need for Socialist Unity
  18. Well the Crisis of Capitalism Has Arrived – So What Do We Do Now?!– Allan Armstrong writes the Editorial for ‘Emancipation & Liberation’ issue 17
  19. The SSP Gives its Support To The ‘No One Is Illegal’ Campaign
  20. Prospects for Socialism in Scotland – Allan Armstrong interviews Alan McCombes
  21. Socialists and the Republic
  22. The RCN calls for Socialist/Communist Regroupment in Scotland
  23. The SSP Gives Its Support to the ‘No One Is Illegal’ Campaign
  24. The Sheridan Perjury Trial
  25. A Critique and Exposure of Tommy Sheridan’s ‘Daily Record’ and ‘The SSP Has Reached the Crossroads’ Manifestoes
  26. Which Way Now? Allan Armstrong sees recent setbacks for the SSP as part of the wider international Left’s retreat in the face of an imperialist, ‘liberal’ counter-offensive
  27. The Left and the Euro-Elections – Allan Armstrong assesses the state of the left in Europe after the Euro-elections
  28. You Are the Weakest Link– The SSP Special Conference, the Left & the No to the Euro Campaign
  29. The Euro Referndum: the Case For an Active Boycott  – Allan Armstrong (RCN), mover of the active boycott motion assesses the SSP Special Conference
  30. Linking Republicanism With Socialism in Scotland Uniting the Left in Scotland on a Principled Basis 
  31. Allan Armstrong Introduction to Crisis in the SSP
  32. A Political Comparison between the 2012-14 Scottish Independence and the 2016 EU Referenda Campaigns – expanded version of talk given to SSP National Council, 28.2.16
  33. Beyond the SSP and Solidarity – ‘Forgive and Forget’ or ‘Listen, Learn and Then Move On’?
  34. The RCN Platform and the SSP
  35. The RCN calls for Socialist/Communist Regroupment in Scotland
  36. A Reply to James Turley’s ‘Who’s Afraid of George Galloway?’
  37. An Examination of the ‘No ‘Victory’
  38. Scottish Independence Referendum Debate, Part 2
  39. The Case for Abstention in the AV referendum
  40. SSP Conference bulletin. March 2009
  41. The Sheridan Perjury Trial
  42. The Need for Socialist Unity
  43. Well the Crisis of Capitalism Has Arrived – So What Do We Do Now?!– Allan Armstrong writes the Editorial for ‘Emancipation & Liberation’ issue 17
  44. The SSP Gives its Support To The ‘No One Is Illegal’ Campaign
  45. Prospects for Socialism in Scotland – Allan Armstrong interviews Alan McCombes
  46. Socialists and the Republic
  47. The RCN calls for Socialist/Communist Regroupment in Scotland
  48. The SSP Gives Its Support to the ‘No One Is Illegal’ Campaign
  49. The Sheridan Perjury Trial
  50. A Critique and Exposure of Tommy Sheridan’s ‘Daily Record’ and ‘The SSP Has Reached the Crossroads’ Manifestoes
  51. Which Way Now? Allan Armstrong sees recent setbacks for the SSP as part of the wider international Left’s retreat in the face of an imperialist, ‘liberal’ counter-offensive
  52. The Left and the Euro-Elections – Allan Armstrong assesses the state of the Left in Europe after the Euro-elections
  53. You Are the Weakest Link– The SSP Special Conference, the Left & the No to the Euro Campaign
  54. The Euro Referendum: the Case For an Active Boycott  – Allan Armstrong (RCN), mover of the active boycott motion assesses the SSP Special Conference
  55. Linking Republicanism with Socialism in Scotland
  56. A Contribution to the Discussion Arising from the Glasgow North East by-election on SSP and Elections

IV. SCOTTISH REPUBLICAN FORUM – Heckle

  1. Fascism, Putin and the nature of the Russian state
  2. Republican socialism not defeatism led John Maclean to back independence

V. bella caledonia

  1. Announcing the 2023 Declaration of Calton Hill
  2. Fascism, Putin and the nature of the Russian state
  3. Let the people decide
  4. Why has Putin invaded Ukraine?
  5. P&O and Life under Empire2
  6. RIC revived
  7. Global Britain, Leveling up, and Strengthening the Union
  8. Alex Salmond and the Holyrood Enquiry
  9. Freedom Come All Ye
  10. Republican Internationalism from Below
  11. Trump says Scotland went through hell 
  12. RIC Spring conference
  13. This election is not normal
  14. From Project Fear to Project Hate
  15. What the fUK? Fascist UK, Britannia and the Far Right
  16. Radical Independence Conference: Genuine self-determination means acting like republicans now

VI. WORD POWER BOOKS

Scottish Independence and the Wilting of Social Democracy: A Reply to Gregor Gall by Allan Armstrong

Unstated, Writers on Scottish Independence, edited by Scott Hames, pp. 25-31 (WordPower Books, 2012, Edinburgh) .

VII. CAMPAIGN FOR A EUROPEAN SOCIALIST REPUBLICAN PARTY

  1. Report of the Meeting to set up the Campaign for a European Socialist Republican Party
  2. The Reality of the European Democratic Revolution
  3. European Democratic Revolution – A Statement from the Republican Socialist Alliance

VIII. ANOTHER EUROPE IS POSSIBLE

  1. It’s the constitution stupid – After the Boris ‘coup’ let’s fUK it
  2. Another Europe is Possible Conference, 10.12.18, London

IX. THE BRIT LEFT

  1. Republican socialism not defeatism led John Maclean to back independence
  2. The SWP and Scottish independence – Part 1, Breaking up is so hard to do
  3. The SWP and Scottish independence – Part 2, To party of not to party?
  4. May 6th election results and beyond
  5. The British Left and the UK State
  6. The UK State, Right Populism and Reactionary Unionism in 2020 – rUK it fUK it?
  7. Competing Strategies in the Face of the Break-up of the UK and the Case for a Republican Socialist ‘Internationalism from Below’ Alliance
  8. From pre-Brit to ex-Brit
  9. Independent Socialists and the December 12th General Election – From Illusions in a Lexit Brexit to a Disillusioned Lexit from Brexit Politics
  10. It’s the constitution stupid – After the Boris ‘coup’ let’s fUK it
  11. The Continuing Shift to the Right in the Transition from Neo-liberalism to Right Populism
  12. Another Europe is Possible Conference, 10.12.18, London
  13. A Critique of Jeremy Corbyn and British Left Social Democracy
  14. A Critique of Jeremy Corbyn and British Left Social Democracy, Part 2
  15. A Critique of Jeremy Corbyn and British Left Social Democracy, Part 3
  16. An Open Letter to Lexiters
  17. ‘Just Say Naw’ to Galloway’s Sectarian British Unionism
  18. Labour and Socialist Left Unionism in the Scottish Independence Debate
  19. Scottish Self-Determination and the ‘Actually Existing’ Labour Movement
  20. The Scottish Independence Referendum Debate, Part 3
  21. Getting over the Hee Bee GBs – An ‘Internationalism from Below’ Critique of the British Left

X. THE GLOBAL COMMUNE

H. REPUBLICANISM

  1. Republicans address the ‘No to the Coup’ demos in Dundee and Edinburgh on August 31st, 2019 Mary MacGregor and Allan Armstrong
  2. Multi-million Pounds Housing Benefits Scam Exposed
  3. Republicanism and Democracy
  4. Secularism: Time to Separate Church and State
  5. The Case for the Break-up of the UK and ‘Internationalism from Below’ Perspective in Response to the British Unionist State
  6. Socialist Republicanism and the Diamond Jubilee
  7. Genuine Self-Determination Means Acting as Republicans Now
  8. Two royal weddings…. and a republican funeral for the UK
  9. New pamphlet, ‘Republicanism, socialism and democracy’ from the RCN
  10. Socialists and the Republic
  11. Linking Republicanism with Socialism in Scotland
  12. Republicans ‘Celebrate’ the Jubilee

I. REPUBLICAN COMMUNIST THEORY

  1. INTERNATIONALISM FROM BELOW – Reclaiming a hidden communist tradition to challenge the nation-state and capitalist empire – see 4 volumes below:-
  2. Volume 1 –  The historical development of nation-states and nationalism up to 1848
  3. Volume 2 – The world of nation states and nationalism between the Communist League and the early Second International (1845-1895) 
  4. Volume 3 –  Revolutionary Social Democracy, Nation-States and Nationalism in the Age of High Imperialism and the Second International (1889-1916)
  5. Volume 4. (Part 1) –  Communists, nations states and nationalism during the 1916-21 International Revolutionary Wave
  6. The Continuing Shift to the Right in the Transition from Neo-liberalism to Right Populism
  7. From Pre-Brit to Ex-Brit – The Forging and the Break-up of the UK and Britishness
  8. Peoples, Nationalities, Nations, Nation States, Nationalism and Nationalists
  9. Exploitation, Oppression and Alienation: Emancipation, Liberation and Self-Determination
  10. Before and After Nationalism – An Historical Perspective
  11. The October Revolution and the First Attempt to Set Up a Post-National World Order
  12. The UK State and Britishness
  13. The Making and the Breaking of the UK State
  14. The Communist Case For ‘Internationalism From Below’
  15. Allan Armstrong, Bob Goupillot and Iain Robertson Is Communism Possible?
  16. Allan Armstrong and Bob Goupillot – Why We Need a Truly Human and Democratic Communism
  17. Well the Crisis of Capitalism has arrived – So, what do we do now?

J. PARTY, PROGRAMME & CLASS; MOVEMENT, UNITED FRONT & AUTONOMOUS ORGANISATION

  1. Introduction to Crisis in the SSP
  2. RCN Comradely Conduct Policy
  3. A Critique of Jeremy Corbyn and British Left Social Democracy, Part 3
  4. A Critique of Jeremy Corbyn and British Left Social Democracy, Part 2
  5. The Scottish Left Project – Completing Scotland’s Democratic Revolution 
  6. The RCN and the Scottish Left Project
  7. Support the Struggle for Meaningful Self-Determination in a Scottish Democratic and Secular Republic
  8. The Scottish Left Project
  9. Emancipation & Liberation – RIC Special Bulletin, October 2014
  10. The Future of the Radical Independence Campaign
  11. RIC – A Republican movement in the making?
  12. Socialist Unity – The RCN Asks 10 Questions
  13. The Socialist Platform
  14. A Comment on Eric Chester’s The Perils of Unity 
  15. Introduction to Socialist Unity 
  16. Uniting the Left in Scotland on a Principled Basis
  17. The Republican Communist Network (Scotland) – What We Stand For – From Theory to Practice
  18. The Crisis In The SWP:- The Failure of the Central Committee’s ‘Recruit, Recruit, Recruit’ Tactics
  19. The RCN calls for Socialist/Communist Regroupment in Scotland
  20. Beyond the SSP and Solidarity ‘ Forgive and Forget’ or ‘Listen, Learn and then Move On
  21. The RCN Platform and the SSP

K. OUR HISTORY

  1. What does the union flag tell us about the UK?
  2. The West – No Better than All the Rest
  3. INTERNATIONALISM FROM BELOW – Reclaiming a hidden communist tradition to challenge the nation-state and capitalist empire -see 4 volumes below:-
  4. Volume 1 –  The historical development of nation-states and nationalism up to 1848
  5. Volume 2 – The world of nation states and nationalism between the Communist League and the early Second International (1845-1895) 
  6. Volume 3 –  Revolutionary Social Democracy, Nation-States and Nationalism in the Age of High Imperialism and the Second International (1889-1916)
  7. Volume 4. (Part 1) –  Communists, nations states and nationalism during the 1916-21 International Revolutionary Wave
  8. From Grey to Red Granite
  9. From Pre-Brit to Ex-Brit – The Forging and Break-up of the UK and Britishness
  10. The Ghost of James Connolly – Book Launch
  11. Beyond the Saltire and St. Andrew – Flying the Red Flag on John Maclean Day
  12. ‘Internationalism From Below’ – The challenge to the UK state and British Empire from 1879-95
  13. Three Reviews of Allan Armstrong’s ‘From Davitt to Connolly’ (With Replies)
  14. A Review of ‘From Davitt to Connolly’ by Tara O’sullivan
  15. A Review of ‘From Davitt to Connolly’ by Chris Gray
  16.  Oor Wullie? – William Wallace and Socialists Today
  17. Beyond Broadswords and Bayonets – Challenging left nationalism and left unionism in the SSP
  18. A Review by Bob Goupillot
  19. The Debate Continues – The Jacobites Strike Back: two contributions to the debate on the Scottish revolution: Dave Douglass (NUM, South Yorks.) and Donald Anderson (SRSM platform in the SSP) defend Jacobitism.
  20. ‘Unionism’, Progress And The Socialist Tradition In Scottish History – Neil Davison Replies to Allan Armstrong
  21. Who Were the Galloway Levellers?– Alistair Livingston
  22. St. Andrews Day or John Maclean Day?

L. CULTURE

  1. Introduction to An Irish Language Act is for Everyone
  2. Introduction to Cultural Capitulation and Cultural Resistance in Ireland
  3. Freedom Come All Ye
  4. 16th Radical Book Fair, 24-28 October, 2012, Edinburgh and Unstated – Writers on Scottish Independence
  5. Alienation and Self-Determination sections of Exploitation, Oppression and Alienation: Emancipation, Liberation and Self-Determination

M. ARTICLES FROM OTHER BOOKS

N. REVIEWS

  1. For an all-islands Republican Socialist Coalition, Part 1. The changing nature of British
  2. For an all-islands Republican Socialist Coalition, Part 2, Winners, Losers and Learners
  3. For an all-islands Republican Socialist Coalition Part 3, Summer is Coming 
  4. For an all-islands Republican Socialist Coalition Part 4, Conclusion: Freedom Come All Ye
  5. The SWP and Scottish independence – Part 1, Breaking up is so hard to do
  6. The SWP and Scottish independence – Part 2, To party of not to party?
  7. Peat and Diesel at the Barrowlands
  8. Allan Armstrong Reviews ‘The Red and the Green’ by Gerard Cairns
  9. Still Talking About John Maclean
  10. Before and After the ‘Return of the Brute’ – review of Liam O’Flaherty’ s ‘Return of the Brute’
  11. The Centenary of the Irish Rebellion Of 1916
  12. Scotland and the Easter Rising ‘To Shake the Union: the 1916 Rising, Scotland and the World Today’
  13. Fascist UK, Britannia and the Far Right – Review of Gavin Bowd’s Fascist Scotland
  14. ‘The Story Of Sandy Bells: Edinburgh’s World Famous Bar’ – A Review A Review of Gillian Ferguson’s ‘The Story of Sandy Bells’
  15. Freedom Come All Ye – Debates and struggles over the wider meaning of Self-Determination
  16. Even the Rain – Review of the film ‘Even the Rain’ written by Paul Laverty
  17. Red, Orange and Blue– Allan Armstrong gives his personal reflections on the Provisional IRA – From Insurrection to Parliament, by Tommy McKearney, with an introduction by Paul Stewart
  18. Battlefield Band ‘Road Of Tears’ and Manu Chou ‘La Radiolina’– Allan Armstrong reviews two albums, which address the world of migrant workers – Dispossession And Discrimination, Longing And Hope, Oppression and Resistance.
  19. Nationalism and Republicanism– Review of Two Worlds Collide – Power, Plunder and Resistance in a Divided Planet by Alan McCombes
  20. Review of Helen Macfarlane, A Feminist, Revolutionary Journalist and Philosopher in mid-nineteenth century England by David Black

O. INTERVIEWS

  1. Irish Left Archive Podcast interview with Allan Armstrong
  2. The Legacy of James Connolly– Allan Armstrong interviews Jim Slaven of the James Connolly Society
  3. Edinburgh People’s Festival; Inspirational and Educational – Allan Armstrong interviews Colin Fox about his vision for and mission of the Edinburgh People’s Festival
  4. Prospects for Socialists in Scotland – Allan Armstrong interviews Alan McCombes, a key influence on the theoretical direction of the SSP and a member of the SSP national executive. 
  5. The Republic of the Imagination– Allan Armstrong interviews the literary critic and poet John Manson about his life and works
  6. Lyrical Delicacy and Political Toughness – Allan Armstrong interviews socialist activist and poet, Jim Aitken, about his life, politics and works.

P. OBITUARIES

  1. Intro to Rayner Connor O’Lysaght
  2. John Manson – 1933-2020
  3. Intro to Kevin Keating
  4. Brian Higgins – 1941-2019
  5. Intro to Paddy Bort – 1954-2017
  6. Turlough MacDaid – 1930-2012
  7. Intro to Charlie Rees
  8. Intro to Deidre McCartan, 1944-2009
  9. Intro to Hamish Henderson (OBE declined) 1919-2002