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The Radical Independence Campaign (RIC) is a grassroots organisation which advocates for
RIC stands for the following:
* For a democratic, secular, socially just and environmentally sustainable Scottish republic.
* Action based on the sovereignty of the people not the UK Crown, leading to the setting up of a Constituent Assembly.
* Action to establish universal health care, education, housing, income, pensions and trade union rights; and to win land reform and challenge environmental degradation.
* Equality and opposition to discrimination on grounds of sex, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, religion/belief, disability or age.
* Solidarity with the struggles for workers’ rights, democracy and self-determination, based on internationalism from below.
* Support for Scotland’s artistic and cultural revival in all its languages.
Scotland
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to become a republic
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, independent
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Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups
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of the United Kingdom
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.
It was established in 2012 in the run-up to the 2014 Scottish independence referendum
A referendum on Scottish independence from the United Kingdom was held in Scotland on 18 September 2014. The referendum question was, "Should Scotland be an independent country?", which voters answered with "Yes" or "No". The "No" side w ...
, in which it played a significant campaigning role.
Mission
RIC stands for the following:
* For a democratic, secular, socially just and environmentally sustainable Scottish republic.
* Action based on the sovereignty of the people not the UK Crown, leading to the setting up of a Constituent Assembly.
* Action to establish universal health care, education, housing, income, pensions and trade union rights; and to win land reform and challenge environmental degradation.
* Equality and opposition to discrimination on grounds of sex, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, religion/belief, disability or age.
* Solidarity with the struggles for workers’ rights, democracy and self-determination, based on internationalism from below.
* Support for Scotland’s artistic and cultural revival in all its languages.
History
2012–2014