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
Separation showdown looms
25 Mar 2021
With Nicola Sturgeon in the clear, a battle between Holyrood and Westminster over Scottish independence is very much on the cards, argues Paul Demarty
Unionist wishful thinking
04 Mar 2021
The Salmond-Sturgeon rift has given hope to anti-independence forces, writes Paul Demarty. But the national question is not so easily dealt with
Fishy business in Holyrood
11 Feb 2021
With the Holyrood inquiry being branded a whitewash, Paul Demarty asks what really lies behind the Sturgeon-Salmond feud
No dodging self-determination
21 Jan 2021
Whoever is chosen as leader, the Scottish Labour Party is cruising for a bruising, reckons Paul Demarty
Open and honest debate
14 Jan 2021
The CPGB’s first online winter school proved to be a real success. James Harvey reports
A conservative revolution
14 Jan 2021
National sovereignty crystalised Gaelicism and late Victorian mores. Marc Mulholland argues, in his second article, that there was no transformation of popular consciousness
Socialism, nationalism and Ireland
07 Jan 2021
Before and during the Second International there were many different approaches to the questions of socialism and nationalism. In Ireland James Connolly banked on nationalists taking a positive attitude towards the cause of labour. In his next article Marc Mulholland will look at Ireland’s conservative revolution
SCOTLAND SUPPLEMENT III - Separatism, federalism, centralism
17 Dec 2020
Breaking apart existing states is not the road to socialism, but the road to defeat, writes Jack Conrad
SCOTLAND SUPPLEMENT II - A joint oppressor
10 Dec 2020
Left nationalists are in thrall to a bogus history, argues Jack Conrad. Scotland was not subject to an English takeover with the 1707 Act of Union. Nor does Scotland suffer from English cultural imperialism
SCOTLAND SUPPLEMENT I - Mythical, feudal, combined
04 Dec 2020
Jack Conrad questions left-nationalist assumptions that Scotland is an ancient nation, which was reduced to the status of a mere English colony by the 1707 Act of Union
Showdown looms
26 Nov 2020
A crisis over independence is on the horizon - and things could quickly get ugly, writes Paul Demarty
Stonewalling unionism hankers after direct rule
12 Nov 2020
There needs to be a democratic and internationalist answer to the ever-growing demand for independence, says Eddie Ford
Eyes on exits
22 Oct 2020
Paul Demarty examines the rising support for independence, and the tasks of the internationalist left
State of the union
19 Dec 2019
Paul Demarty anticipates a showdown over holding a second referendum and an independence bid.
Socialism and the national question
17 Jan 2019
Genuine liberation for Palestinians and Israelis alike must be seen in the context of an Arab and global revolution, argues David Markovich