Re: [Marxism] Scottish radical independence campaigner on the Yes surge
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == A lot of the seeming angst over Scottish independence seems ruled by a sort of nationalist schematism.I find the purported 'left' arguments for 'No' absolutely depressing, primarily because it is clear that the Scottish secessionist dynamic is driven by a very keen rejection of austerity and neoliberalism in the context of striving for something better -- options open to debate. It wasn't forgone that that would be its driver...but there you have it. And the more Cameron and co intervene...the more that feature of 'Englishness' is exposed..Voting No! is voting for the status quo. Aside from any number of possible theoretical arguments that could be had, about nationalism and the bourgeois state, I'm wondering how the unfolding Scottish experience relates to the question of Localism. Localism has a core anarchism thread running through it --and generally has been an abject failure despite its cooperative pretences -- but I'm wondering if there's not a new localism in the mix? Indeed if you strip the Scottish impetus of its nationalist rhetoric aren't you getting a localised response to austerity? Bernadette McAliskey hammers this point home ..and I think she has an argument that warrants consideration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGddHDoOeno My experience of Marxism and Marxists --post sixties anyway -- is that they don't do 'local' very well at all. Indeed you can see the excuses embedded for this failure in some of the left No! arguments over Scottish independence.But go check your history books: a lot of Marxian successes in the past were localised experiences, esp from among ye olde Stalinist parties. Here in Australia some of the Communist Party's major success in terms of popular support occurred in regional areas. I'm not saying I have a novel POV nor am I offering a new template. I am saying that we should watch the Scottish events with that aspect in mind, rather than simply be blinkered by any coarse take on nationalism. dave riley Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] Scottish radical independence campaigner on the Yes surge
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On Sep 10, 2014 12:02 AM, Stuart Munckton via Marxism https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/www.redflag.org.uk. That link appears to be incorrect. All I get is a page not found. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] Scottish radical independence campaigner on the Yes surge
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == it is fixed now. The correct link is: http://www.redflag.org.uk/ On 11 September 2014 08:01, John Lane micklane...@gmail.com wrote: On Sep 10, 2014 12:02 AM, Stuart Munckton via Marxism https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/www.redflag.org.uk. That link appears to be incorrect. All I get is a page not found. -- “Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is humanity’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.” — Oscar Wilde, Soul of Man Under Socialism “The free market is perfectly natural... do you think I am some kind of dummy?” — Jarvis Cocker Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] Scottish radical independence campaigner on the Yes surge
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == n Scotland, a remarkable popular movement, the campaign for independence, is heading towards it decisive test. On September 18, a referendum is being held on whether the country will remain part of the “United Kingdom”. To better understand the surge in pro-independence sentiment over the last weeks of the campaign, *Green Left Weekly*'s European correspondent *Dick Nichols*spoke with *Alister Black*, editor of the Scottish independent Marxist review *Frontline* https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/www.redflag.org.uk. Black, a member of the Scottish Socialist Party http://www.scottishsocialistparty.org/, is active in the Radical Independence Campaign http://radicalindependence.org/, a left platform within the Yes Scotland movement. https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/57306 -- “Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is humanity’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.” — Oscar Wilde, Soul of Man Under Socialism “The free market is perfectly natural... do you think I am some kind of dummy?” — Jarvis Cocker Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
