Democracy & State > Nationalism
Referendum has nothing to offer
07 Jun 2012
Neither Scottish independence nor British unionism. Sarah McDonald looks at the launch of the "Yes" campaign
Marxist party - an illusion
02 Nov 2006
In the absence of a world revolutionary party, a national communist party could only be a capitulation to British nationalism, argues Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group
The determination of revolution
31 Aug 2006
Jack Conrad discusses strategy and contrasts Scottish national socialism with the communist demand for national self-determination
British duality and the class struggle
10 Aug 2006
National consciousness is complex. As Jack Conrad shows, British national consciousness is particularly complex, being at the same time English, Scottish and Welsh. It also involves class and class struggle
Not oppressed but a joint oppressor
03 Aug 2006
Was Scotland subject to a takeover by England in 1707? Does Scotland suffer from English cultural imperialism? Jack Conrad questions some more left nationalist myths and assumptions
Nationalist myths are not Marxism
27 Jul 2006
Jack Conrad argues against the Scottish Socialist Party's claim that Scotland is an oppressed nation, an English colony. Prior to the 1707 Act of Union Scotland was not a nation
Defending national socialism is not Marxism
20 Jul 2006
Jack Conrad begins an extensive reply to Bob Goupillot with an examination of the principle of 'one state, one party' and its history
Different roads to unity
20 Jul 2006
Should 'one state, one party' be applied to Britain in current political circumstances? Bob Goupillot of the Republican Communist Network (Scotland) and the Scottish Socialist Party argues that the unity of the working class can at present best be served by a separate party for Scotland
Driven by neglect
20 Apr 2006
The British National Party really could not have hoped for better press in the lead-up to the May local elections in England. Huw Bynon reports
Driven by neglect
13 Apr 2006
Driven by neglect
Allying with the nationalists
02 Mar 2006
Nick Rogers looks at the key issue before this weekend's SSP annual conference
Healthcare and moral hysteria
08 Jan 2004
New Labour is proposing to charge failed asylum-seekers for healthcare. There is more to this move than budget trimming, argues Jem Jones
Provocative and insulting
04 Dec 2003
There was nothing remotely progressive in the defeat of Jacobitism, argues Dave Douglass, in this response to Neil Davidson of the Scottish Socialist Party's Socialist Worker platform
Stealing from BNP
27 Nov 2003
The selection of Howard as leader - with the other camp too weakened even to field a token standard bearer - indicates the Tories have effectively accepted the BNP's logic. Worried about the so-called vacuum on the left? Watch out for the pressure cooker on the right.
Unity is democratic demand too
30 Oct 2003
The Scottish Socialist Party's national council met in Stirling on Sunday October 26 with around 150 delegates and observers in attendance. Sarah McDonald reports
Socialism 2003: Tensions rise to surface
23 Oct 2003
Over the weekend of October 18-19 at Glasgow Caledonian University the Scottish Socialist Party held its fourth annual school. Sarah McDonald was there