[…] The central problem
with the Common Weal’s slogan “All Of Us First” has always been the problematic
definition of “Us”. Does it mean Scotland? In which case, does INEOS boss Jim Ratcliffe
get to come “first”, or do his workers? What about postcolonial reparations: if
Scotland is as wealthy as the Common Weal insists, how much of that wealth is dependent
on our imperial legacy and our (inextricable) privileged position in a stratified
global order? Surely if it’s nations (“all of us” within a given cross-class community)
that are coming “first”, “we” are amongst the least deserving? These questions are
the reason Roch Wind’s politics put class (perhaps best expressed here as “most
of us”) before nation. […]
'Common Weal Limited', Roch Wind, 3 October 2014
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