tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post2533782835933784533..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Socialists and Constitutional CrisisPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-57021257085718936102007-01-21T21:29:00.000+00:002007-01-21T21:29:00.000+00:00I see Scottish independence as a flawed but import...I see Scottish independence as a flawed but important stepping-stone. I think it will significantly undermine the British State by provoking a cultural crisis and a military strategic crisis in terms of Trident whgich independent researchers say is VERY expensive to relocate. See for example: Malcolm Chalmers and William Walker, Uncharted Waters: The UK, Nuclear. Weapons and The Scottish Question (Tuckwell Press: East Linton, 2001). <br /><br />I take your point: "Please note, I said ‘might’ – independence may not automatically weaken the UK state. If there were strikes, occupations, demonstrations; if the Scottish working class was moving into activity en masse on the question of home rule, then winning independence would embolden the class and could open the road to socialism."<br /><br />But as socialist it is our aim to see the potentiality in a movement. The movement for independence needs to be made multi-dimensional, inspired by vision and radicalised or populated with genuinely transformational politics that take it beyond the borders of territory. I believe this can happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-46309129499933196972007-01-18T13:28:00.000+00:002007-01-18T13:28:00.000+00:00I think we're beter offer counter-posing the illus...I think we're beter offer counter-posing the illusions of nationalism to genuine democracy - more powers for local authorities and de-facto cantonisation, taht's the way to pull fangs - America may provide the example, their municipalities have relatively broad powers.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16950447156642580143noreply@blogger.com