As the global far right rises, the SNP is offering an inclusive nationalism

Scottish Nationalism

• What is 21st century nationalism doing to us? Across the world, the rise of demagogues who play on the worst fears and basest instincts of national populations is leading to outcomes and policies that are deeply unpalatable to the liberal mind.

In the US, Donald Trump and his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, have upped the ante with a draconian crackdown on illegal immigrants. American immigration officials say 2,342 immigrant children have been separated from 2,206 parents in the past month. Distressing images of young children crowded together in cages have raced around the world, corroding America’s reputation and leading to comparisons between Trump’s “tender age” holding centres and Nazi concentration camps. http://bit.ly/347myoQ

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