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Three thousand people cheered the announcement of a “people’s vow” at the Radical Independence Campaign (RIC) annual conference in Glasgow at the weekend.
In response to pledges of further devolution made by pro-union politicians in September’s independence referendum, the vow includes an anti-austerity “people’s budget” to protect public services from cuts, radical land reform and opposition to fracking and atomic weapons.
In a passionate speech at the closing plenary RIC co-founder Cat Boyd called for “direct action” to stop fracking, and “an intensive campaign of civil disobedience” against Trident.
MAT COWARD tells the story of the eccentric founder of a short-lived but striking experiment in ‘vital democracy,’ who became best known for giving away his estate to the nation
SOLOMON HUGHES explains how the PM is channelling the spirit of Reagan and Thatcher with a ‘two-tier’ nuclear deterrent, whose Greenham Common predecessor was eventually fought off by a bunch of ‘punks and crazies’
As bus builder Alexander Dennis threatens Falkirk closure and Grangemouth faces ruthless shutdown by tax exile Jim Ratcliffe, RICHARD LEONARD MSP warns that global corporations must be resisted by a bold industrial strategy based on public ownership