The
political scene is really buzzing here in Scotland. The Labour Party
is in turmoil. Nicola Sturgeon on a visit to Dublin, said her
preference was for another independence referendum vote in the latter
half of 2020.
The
nationalist argument, as propounded by the SNP is very simple ― and
wrong. The people of Scotland, the SNP say, suffer because they are
misgoverned from England; what they need is an independent nation of
their own so that they could begin to solve their problems. In fact
the problems faced by workers in Scotland are basically the same as
those in Britain or Ireland or any other country; they are caused by
international capitalism and can only be cured by world socialism.
The setting up of more frontiers in the world would be irrelevant and
a waste of time. The simple truth is that capitalism will be just the
same as far as the working class are concerned. What is required is
another system of society, not new management for the old one.
Members of the Socialist Party reject allegiance to any nation-state
and regard ourselves as citizens of the world. We accept the
boundaries between countries as they are (and as they may change) and
work within them to win control of each State with a view to
abolishing them all. Our aim is the establishment of a world
community without frontiers.
The
Socialist Party echo Burn's desire for the day 'That man to man the
world o’er shall brothers be for a' that'. This will be a fact
when the world's wealth, owned in common, can be utilised for the
satisfaction of all mankind.
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