From the August 1939 issue of the  Socialist  Standard The self-styled democratic champions of the British Empire are wont to ign...

From the August 1997 issue of the Socialist  Standard Inside a feudal, pre-industrial society it could be said of the majority of...

We hear it said from many sides that the nations of the world have interests that are not in harmony with each other, and that each na...

Tommy Sheridan’s Solidarity officially endorsed a vote for the SNP position for the May 7 General Election. A large majority of 65 or so d...

Independence then socialism is often the nationalists’ favorite bait for workers. Independence is said to be a step forward towards the ...

The Socialist Party believes that socialism is the alternative to capitalism. Socialism requires the joint efforts of workers worldwid...

Throughout the referendum debate, the Socialist Party and this blog, tried to explain that there was no such thing as actual independence ...

North Sea oil was central to the dream of Scottish independence in this year’s referendum. The wealth stored under the waves would but...

Socialists are internationalists. Whereas nationalists believe that the world is divided primarily into different nationalities, socia...

The SNP have now released a draft constitution for a possible independent Scotland. As a left wing group also critical of nationalism ex...

Socialism is the enemy of Nationalism Book Review from the December 1980 issue of the  Socialist   Standard Nation et lutte de ...

Lerwick, the capital of Shetland is 18 hours by road and boat from Edinburgh – more than double the journey time from the Scottish capital ...

The independence debate is a dispute between sections of the capitalist class over what constitutional arrangement produces the better comm...

A word of caution against those Left Nationalists that evoke the authority of Marx and Engels and cite their sympathy for Irish and Polish ...

NO TO NATIONALISM The events of Ukraine may be far away from Glasgow and Edinburgh but the driving force of the conflict is very famili...

It is not often that the Socialist Courier blog will quote a member of the old Communist Party polit-buro but when he talks as a trade-uni...

Billy Connolly has said he will not vote in the referendum on Scottish independence. "  I have never been a nationalist and I have ...

WORLD SOCIALISM Socialists are indifferent to the national interests of any particular country, our own included. The thing to which w...