James Calder – A Highland Friend of the People
by Feargus Murray
Feargus Murray fills a gap in Scottish republican history by recalling the life of Cromarty radical James Calder, among the Highlanders inspired by the French Revolution to fight for democracy in late 18th-century Scotland.
Your Party: forging a new Scottish socialist party
by Bob Goupillot and Richard Green
Your Party members Bob Goupillot and Richard Green argue for an emphatic break with Labourism in favour of a republican socialist strategy.
Caerphilly by-election: ‘They’ve chosen hope over division’
by Craig Lewis
Caerphilly showed Reform can be beaten, but unity around a republican and ecosocialist strategy – in Wales and in Scotland – will be key to further victories, writes Craig Lewis.
James Connolly, lost and found
by Sean Bell
Sean Bell offers personal reflections on a new collection of James Connolly's lost and early writings.
Silent Singing and John Maclean
by George Gunn
George Gunn recalls the legacy of legendary Scottish socialist John Maclean a century after his passing.
Ode to the Scottish Republic
by George Gunn
George Gunn celebrates the Scottish republic with an original poem first read at the republican rally on Calton Hill.
From Babylon’s excess, the seeds of a new republic
by Ewan Forrest
Ewan Forrest celebrates the thousands of people across these islands who took to the streets to resist the royal spectacle.
Republican socialism, not defeatism, led Maclean to back independence
by Allan Armstrong
John Maclean is a significant figure who the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) feel the need to address in their book Breaking up the British State: Scotland, Independence & Socialism (hereafter ButBS). There are 31 references to Maclean and two distinct longer sections about him in the book. This highlights the continued political relevance today of what […]
