 right|thumb|200px|glencoe commemoration the scottish republican socialist movement (srsm) is a political organisation which was formed out of the scottish republican socialist party (srsp), a political party that operated in scotland. the srsm campaigns for scottish independence at a grassroots level and through cross-party organisations like independence first, and organises regular events, including the annual 1320 declaration of arbroath rally, the glencoe rally, and the john maclean commemoration. it publishes two magazines, called scottish worker's republic and red duster. ==history== ===formation=== the scottish republican socialist clubs were formed in 1973 to introduce socialism to the scottish national party (snp) and grow support for scottish independence among the left. after the expulsion of the 79 group from the snp, the republican clubs decided to form a coherent political party and the scottish republican socialist party was created in 1982. while agreeing with the snp insofar that they believed in independence, the srsp believed this should be combined with support for revolutionary socialism. they argued that independence is meaningless to the working class unless it is socialist, and adopted an abstentionist position towards uk general elections. ===affiliation to the scottish socialist party (1998-2006)===  in 1998, the scottish socialist party (ssp) was formed and the srsp narrowly decided to join them, reforming as a cross-party movement called the scottish republican socialist movement. many members ended up within the ssp, bu
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