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The Hammer is for building houses the Sickle is for feeding people Up The Socialist Republic! 

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Annual John MacLean Rally 2013

Annual John MacLean Commemoration  2013
Sunday 24 November 2013 
Eastwood Cemetery 1PM (next to Thornliebank Railway Station) for a graveside oration. 
Followed by a march from Thornliebank St/Boydston Rd across the road 1.30 pm prompt. 
This will be followed by a social/rally at the Shawbridge Tavern, Shawbridge St, with a range of speakers to be agreed. and live music, 
including the White Rose folk group. 
£5. Children free. All welcome. 
buses (First) will take you directly to Eastwood Cemetery. Nearest train station is Thornliebank which you can get from Glasgow Central Station. 
Speakers 
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SRSM Ard Fheis Saturday November 23. 


SRSM, P.O. Box 16887, Glasgow, G11 9EP

IRSN Solidarity Statement re Glencoe

Solidarity Statement from the IRSN to the SRSM's Annual Glencoe Commemoration

The comrades of the International Republican Socialist Network take this opportunity to convey our greetings of solidarity to the Scottish Republican Socialist Movement and the Scottish working class in its struggle for national liberation and socialism.

With the opportunity for the people of Scotland expressing their desire for independence and and end to the archaic political entity of "Great Britain" standing only a year off, we recognise that the perspective advanced by the great Scottish Marxist John MacLean remains as valid today as when he first advanced it in the 1920s; that the class conciousness of Scottish workers stands in advance of those in neighboring England and the Scottish nation will continue to be held back from its potential to create a society capable of addressing the needs and aspirations of working people so long as they are lashed to England politically. The impact of the present Tory regime on the Scottish people, who were not responsible for electing a Tory majority, only serves to illustrate this principle.

However, we would also remind the working people of Scotland that Scottish independence, without the creation of a Scottish workers' republic, cannot provide for the liberation of the Scottish nation, which is inseparable from its people, the vast majority of whom are members of the working class. Thus Scottish workers must seize the opportunity now, before the Scottish national bourgeoisie become entrenched as a new ruling class, to organise for and begin the struggle to obtain a workers' republic.

In this era of globalised capitalism, no national bourgeoisie can maintain policies distinct from the interests of international imperialism. Only by the working class seizing control of their own destiny, through the expropriation of capitalist property and taking on the responsibility for the direct administration of society through its governance will Scottish workers obtain an end to capitalist exploitation and liberty worthy of bearing that name.

Vote Yes for Scottish independence in 2014, but organise for the creation of a Scottish workers' republic now, not as an after-thought to the struggle for national independence. The class struggle and the fight for national independence cannot be separated; one cannot be had without the other.

We conclude by reiterating the words of John MacLean, All Hail the Scottish Workers' Republic!

Peter Urban

Comrade,

International Republican Socialist Network

Annual Commemoration of Massacre of Glencoe

Annual Commemoration of Massacre of Glencoe

Sunday 10 Feb...meet 1.30pm at Glencoe Car Park for march to Monument.

Bus leaves North Frederick Street near George Square, Glasgow at 11am prompt.

Fare is £10 and free for kids.

Social later back at Lomond Park Hotel with music from folk band White Rose.

Organised by SRSM

SRSM Burns Night

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BURNS NIGHT on Friday 25 January 2013 at Elephant and Bugle pub, Maryhill Road, Glasgow.

Soup, haggis, neeps and champit totties.

Speakers: Maggie Chetty (Scottish Socialists for Independence) and Alan Stewart (Scottish Republican Socialist Movement)

Live music from "Fiery Jack."

Graveside Oration, John MacLean Commemoration Nov 25 2012

I am Alan Stewart. I am a member of the Northern England branch/commun of the Scottish Republican Socialist Movement. I welcome you to this John MacLean Commemoration. John MacLean is talked of as Scotland's favourite Socialist Saint. But why is he so important? Why did we commemorate him? Why do we remember him? We remember him firstly as an internationalist. The first Soviet Consul in Scotland. He ran a consulate in Portland Street in the Gorbals. The Post Office refused to deliver the mail and the state wanted it shut but MacLean fought on..admired by Connolly, admired by MacLean. We remember him as a pioneer in working class education. He himself got an MA through evening study. Later he and colleagues ran scores of classes in economics. He went on speaking tours. He wrote pamphlets. All the time spreading socialist ideas. We remember him as an exponent of working class self organisation. Organising the unemployed. At the fore in the Clyde Workers Committee. Backing striking women workers in Neilston. All the time taking the fight to capital. We remember him as a principled opponent of imperialist wars. He went to prison several times because of his steadfast opposition to the slaughter of World War One. He organised anti-war rallies. The first was at Nelson's Column on Glasgow Green. At first the anti-war movement was small but it grew. And finally, given what is happening today, we remember him, like Connolly as someone who recognised the inextricable link between the demand for socialism and the demand for national liberation. The national question -the right to national self determination- was a democratic demand at the heart of socialism. Not an irrelevance or an add on. We will be marching shortly to the MacLean Cairn. There will then be a rally and social at the Shawbridge Tavern. Thankyou comrades for your support. All Hail the Scottish Workers' Republic! http://scottishrepublicans.myfreeforum.org/Graveside_Oration_John_MacLean_Commemoration_Nov_25_2012_about2182.html

Annual John MacLean Rally 2012

Gerry Cairns speaking at the John MacLean Commemoration November 2011

Scottish Republican Socialist Movement

Annual John MacLean Commemoration

Sunday 25 November 2012

Eastwood Cemetery 1PM (next to Thornliebank Railway Station) for a graveside oration. Followed by a march from Thornliebank St/Boydston Rd 1.30 pm prompt. This will be followed by a social/rally at the Shawbridge Tavern, Shawbridge St, with a range of speakers and live music, including the White Rose folk group.

£5. Children free. All welcome.

Numbers 23, 45 and 57 bus (First) will take you directly to Eastwood Cemetery. Speakers include; Gerry Cairns (John MacLean Society), Brian Quail (SCND), Alan Stewart, Iain Ramsay, Celtic League and 1820 Society, The Communist Party of Scotland and Stephen Coyle, historian, who will highlight the links between John MacLean & Irish Revolutionaries.

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SRSM, P.O. Box 16887, Glasgow, G11 9E

Britain's Secret War - Errata by Donald Anderson

Britain's Secret War: Tartan Terrorism and the Anglo American State

By Andrew Murray Scott & Iain MacLeay Sutherland

ISBN 1-85158-313-0

Errata by Donald Anderson

Iain MacLeay Sutherland interviewed myself on several occasions at my home and in pubs. Unfortunately, he never took any notes. I gave him an errata at the time of the publication, which he accepted and said he would correct the mistakes should there be a republication. To date, this has not happened. This is why I have now decided to put it online. I have lost my copy, though he should still have his, as did others. I gave a copy to him at the time. I am now revisiting this and making amendments from memory,

The full errata can now be read at the link below.

http://www.scottishrepublicansocialistmovement.org/Pages/SRSMArticlesBritainsSecretWar.aspx

All Hail, The Scottish Workers Republic!

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SRSM P.O. Box 16887 Glasgow G11 9EP Scotland

Comments, discussion information, agreements, disagreements, are all are welcome on our SRSM forum HERE

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New T-Shirt available from SRSM

Free Scotland - Saor Alba T-Shirt now available to purchase. This shirt is in the colour Blue and can be purchased from SRSM at the link below.

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SRSM Events

January 27, 2012 Republican Burns Night

Friday 27th January 7pm Upstairs lounge 'Elephant & Bugle', Maryhill Road, Glasgow. Just past the Wyndford flats, (known locally as the "Barracks" across from Maryhill Police Station). Wee row of shops and the pub is first, next corner after the barracks, on the same side,

Group: White Rose

Piper: Andrew Tennent

£10 admission. Children free

Cockaleekie Soup Haggis Champit totties and neeps Pudding undecided yet Vegetarians please notify us first for a vegetarian haggis

All welcome

February 12, 2012 Annual Glencoe Commemoration Rally

February 12th. Sunday. 1.30. pm from Glencoe Car park to monument for Speeches and back. Bus leaves immediately and stops at the Henderson Stane (next layby) for a brief ceremony.

Then on the Lomond Park Hotel, Balloch, for a Scoriach.

White Rose group

£5 admission Children free.

Bar meals optional

There is a railway station round the back of the hotel and a bus stop at the front. Both good services if anyone wishes to leave early.

Bus leaves North Frederick St, George Square (next to Queen St) 10.30 am prompt. £10. Children free.

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SRSM Northern England branch meeting

SRSM Northern England branch

Next meeting is on Saturday 16 July, 12 noon at the "Society Rooms", Grosvenor Road, Stalybridge.
Stalybridge is 9 miles east of Manchester, at the foot of the Pennines and easy to reach by car and train.
Lowry did a lot of painting here and Engels wrote about the town in his "Condition of the English Working Class." The local football team is Stalybridge Celtic!
Society Rooms is a Wetherspoon so there's food, real ale etc.
Hope to meet up with people there!
We have loads to discuss including recent activities, publicity, future plans etc...

John MacLean Commemoration 2011

The Scottish Republican Socialist Movement recently held their John MacLean Commemoration. And I was sent this message on Facebook.
"MacLean commemoration went well. Good support from the Thornliebank Republican flute band. Gerry Cairns from John MacLean Society spoke at the rally along with both myself and Robbie MacDonald from the Northern England branch of SRSM. There were also speakers from FRFI."
alan

Also speech from SRSM Northern England Branch
Firstly I bring fraternal greetings from the Northern England branch -commun- of the Scottish Republican Socialist Movement.
We have been very active recently.
Last month -with the banner- we were on the massive TUC March in London.
Last week we were on a 1000 strong May Day march through City Centre Leeds.
Later this month -again with the banner- we will be on an anti-cuts demonstration in Wakefield, the first left femo there's been in the town for many a year.
And as well as us bringing fraternal greetings -and being active south of the border- I am aware that Peter Urban who is in San Francisco has sent greetings to this rally on behalf of the International Republican Socialist Network.
And I think what this goes to emphasise is that what this is all about -what Scottish Republicanism is all about---what John MacLean was all about---is true working class internationalism.
All too often the British Unionist Left say they oppose the break up of the British state because they are internationalists.
But Lenin -a great admirer of MacLean- advocated self determination for nations and for peoples who felt oppressed. Self determination lay at the heart of internationalism. The preservation of existing state boundaries was of no concern to the working class he said.
Lenin criticised those -such as Marxists in the Austrian Empire- who saw self determination simply in terms of cultural autonomy within existing states. He criticised also those -like Rosa Luxemburg- who argued against self determination for Poland for instance on account of its existing apparent economic integration with other states.
So MacLean -with his call for a Scottish Workers Republic- was at the heart of that internationalist tradition, that socialist tradition.
And it was that internationalism that spurred MacLean on.....
*He became Honorary President of the First All Russian Congress of Soviets.
*He became the first Soviet consul in Scotland.
*He formed an enduring friendship with Larkin and went to Belfast to support the dockers.
*He wrote of James Connolly and spoke out against British repression in Ireland.
So today we remember and we salute the memory of John MacLean.
*We remember him as a pioneer in working class education.
*We remember him as a great public speaker.
*We remember him as a principled opponent of imperialist wars.
*But surely we remember him above all as a socialist who saw the link between fighting national oppression and international working class solidarity.
Thank you comrades.
All Hail the Scottish Workers Republic!

Do you live in the north of England? Do you support an independent Socialist Scotland? We now have a branch of the SRSM. If you would like to join or help out please get in touch. alanharperstewart@hotmail.co.uk

SRSM Ard Fheis

I have received a message on Facebook with the details below.

The SRSM Ard Fheis is due to take place on Saturday 8th January 2011 to be held in Glasgow.

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SRSM set up N.England Branch

The website of the Scottish Socialist Freedom Group welcomes the formation of an N.England Branch of SRSM

New SRSM T-shirts on sale

I have been buying new T-shirts from SRSM and as I am not a member I have provided the links below to click on if you want to purchase any of their very good stock.
New SRSM T-shirts and keyring

SRSM Shop

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