Scottish Independence Guide - Independence Convention

The Scottish Independence Convention

Independence Convention

Full Name: Independence Convention (also known as Interim Forum for an Independence Convention or IFIC)

Website: http://www.independenceconvention.org

The Independence Convention is an umbrella grouping for supporters of Scottish independence. The aims of the Independence Convention are to create a forum for those of all political persuasions and none who support independence, and to be a national catalyst for Scottish independence.

The four immediate questions that the Convention intends to address are as follows:

What are the specific benefits of national self-determination for Scotland in social, cultural, political and economic terms?

What, in broad terms, will an independent Scotland look like?

How will the transition between devolution and full independence be managed?

What are the principles and values that will underpin an independent Scotland and its relationships with the other successor state(s) to the United Kingdom, and to the rest of the world?

The convention launched on St. Andrew's Day, 2005.

You can join the Independence Convention through their website and receive future notification of their meetings.

Articles:

Socialism, the 'national question' and the Independence Convention in Scotland

Scotland United for an Independence Convention - by Alex Neil (pdf)

Birth of a Phantom Revolution - by Aileen Orr