INDEPENDENCE WILL SPLIT WORKERS BUT NOT CAPITAL
Based on a number of recent letters to the press, on the issue of Scotland's independence referendum, readers south of the border could be forgiven for thinking that independence for Scotland is a progressive, democratic demand.
In truth a successful YES vote will isolate the Scottish working class from 90% of its support, split a united British trad...e union and labour movement and so weaken the battle against British capital, arguably the strongest and most influential link in the global capitalist chain.
A victorious SNP, which supports the neo-liberal agenda, will write the constitution of a separate Scotland, wed the country to the European Union, which we should leave, be subservient to NATO, which we should also leave, be part of a currency, either Sterling or the Euro, over which it has no control and bow to the demands of Edinburgh financiers and foreign investors who will treat Scottish workers no differently from current Tory-supporting bosses.The SNP has form on this!!
In short, a bloody nightmare for people like us. Forget the emotion and folklore based on a medieval, romanticised version of Scottish history and anti-English sentiment. The SNP also has form on this!!
"Radical left" organisations in Scotland, and there are a few of them, who argue for a socialist Scotland and wistfully dream of defeating an SNP government in thrall to big business are seeking a short cut to socialism, having rightly been disappointed by successive Labour governments which failed to represent the real interests of their voting support. The Labour Party in Scotland has a lot to answer for!
The real issue in this "civil war" for that is how it feels up here, is about CLASS, working class interests and how best to progress those interests in a climate of vicious attacks by real evil, greedy bastards all over the world.
I would rather be in the camp of those working class activists who have actually confronted, battled with and defeated an angry boss than Salmond's small-minded mediocre group of time-wasters and splitters.
Vote NO!
Based on a number of recent letters to the press, on the issue of Scotland's independence referendum, readers south of the border could be forgiven for thinking that independence for Scotland is a progressive, democratic demand.
In truth a successful YES vote will isolate the Scottish working class from 90% of its support, split a united British trad...e union and labour movement and so weaken the battle against British capital, arguably the strongest and most influential link in the global capitalist chain.
A victorious SNP, which supports the neo-liberal agenda, will write the constitution of a separate Scotland, wed the country to the European Union, which we should leave, be subservient to NATO, which we should also leave, be part of a currency, either Sterling or the Euro, over which it has no control and bow to the demands of Edinburgh financiers and foreign investors who will treat Scottish workers no differently from current Tory-supporting bosses.The SNP has form on this!!
In short, a bloody nightmare for people like us. Forget the emotion and folklore based on a medieval, romanticised version of Scottish history and anti-English sentiment. The SNP also has form on this!!
"Radical left" organisations in Scotland, and there are a few of them, who argue for a socialist Scotland and wistfully dream of defeating an SNP government in thrall to big business are seeking a short cut to socialism, having rightly been disappointed by successive Labour governments which failed to represent the real interests of their voting support. The Labour Party in Scotland has a lot to answer for!
The real issue in this "civil war" for that is how it feels up here, is about CLASS, working class interests and how best to progress those interests in a climate of vicious attacks by real evil, greedy bastards all over the world.
I would rather be in the camp of those working class activists who have actually confronted, battled with and defeated an angry boss than Salmond's small-minded mediocre group of time-wasters and splitters.
Vote NO!
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