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RISE - Scotland's Left Alliance is a left-wing electoral alliance created for the 2016 Scottish Parliament general election. It was formally established at a conference in Glasgow on Saturday 29 August 2015. The name is a contrived acronym standing for Respect, Independence, Socialism and Environmentalism. The Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) is affiliated to the alliance, but retains its autonomy as a political party. == History == Shortly after the Scottish independence referendum, the Scottish Left Project was launched online in October 2014 as a "grassroots forum for left-wing ideas and talent". Its website contained an "opening statement" signed by 22 activists, which others on the left were encouraged to sign. The initial signatories included members of the International Socialist Group, a splinter from the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) whose figureheads, Cat Boyd and Jonathon Shafi, emerged as the SLP's principal spokespersons, and some members of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP). The statement called for a "co-ordinated socialist challenge" in the 2016 elections and included commitments to "crowdsource policies" and hold "a citizens' audit of the debt that is imprisoning our national finances".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Opening Statement - Scottish Left Project )〕 The SSP later joined negotiations to create an electoral alliance with other participants in the Scottish Left Project.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Scottish Socialists back building new left alliance )〕 Former MSP Frances Curran was among prominent SSP members arguing for participation in the proposed alliance, while Allan Grogan and Liam McLaughlanwho became prominent over the course of the referendum campaignwere among 38 members who signed an (open letter ) arguing against the move, stating that there "are no shortcuts to building a strong left-wing opposition".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=An Open Letter Regarding the Scottish Left Project )〕 ''The Herald'' reported after the vote that the new alliance was "likely to be dominated by the SSP",〔 who would be the largest component of a new arrangement. In July 2015, the Republican Communist Network, which organised within the SSP until 2012, added its support.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The RCN and the Scottish Left Project )〕 The name of the electoral alliance was revealed as RISE - Scotland's Left Alliance by the ''Sunday Herald''〔 ahead of an inaugural conference at the Glasgow Marriott on 29 August. The conference was addressed by speakers including SSP spokespersons Colin Fox and Sandra Webster, American activist Alicia Garza and Independent MSP Jean Urquhart.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza to speak at Left Launch )〕 A further conference is planned to be held in November to establish the alliance's policy platform and structure.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About RISE )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「RISE - Scotland's Left Alliance」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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