Scottish Independence - the communist perspective
Young Communist League calls on Scotland to vote No in referendum
Last Updated: Wednesday, 17 September 2014 Published Date
Young Scottish communists warned yesterday that workers would face a bleak future if the country voted to break away from Britain.
With tomorrows referendum too close to call, Young Communist League Scottish organiser Johnnie Hunter said that a vote for the SNPs idea of independence would split the working class and leave Britain at risk of endless austerity.
The SNPs separatism is independence in name only and a trap for the working class, he said.
By retaining the pound, far from ridding ourselves of the Tories forever, we hand over monetary policy and an effective veto over the Scottish government to a now foreign and most likely Tory government.
Mr Hunter said that the Young Communist League would continue to fight for a federal Britain a Scottish Parliament with powers to intervene economically for public ownership and a British government to redistribute power and wealth. ...
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