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A reply to Rise founder, Jonathon Shafi. Last week political activist and co-founder of the Radical Independence Campaign Jonathon Shafi tweeted that the SNP were preparing to sell out on nuclear weapons. This was based on the fact that the SNP’s Defence Spokesperson Stewart McDonald was – in Jonathan’s view – insufficiently vocal in opposing […]
The Scottish Socialist Party suffered yet another set back as their National Secretary, Connor Beaton, sensationally quit the party on Saturday due to “serious political shortcomings” within the organisation, and accusations that the left wing party’s internal democracy is “fundamentally broken”. Mr Beaton defended his record as National Secretary, since being elected 18 months […]
It’s very difficult to know yourself and your hidden darkness and your shadow. The historical experience of persecution and genocide feeds this darkness . You become so concerned with this historical experience that you make sure it will never happen again by persecuting and projecting this darkness on to others. You place […]
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the UK and Scottish media is mainly hostile towards the SNP. But that hasn’t stopped the SNP. The media doesn’t decide who wins elections in Scotland, the people do. Since the SNP won power the media environment in Scotland has become marginally more favourable. But at the same […]