In advance of Thursday’s referendum on Scottish independence, Jacobin will be publishing multiple perspectives on the vote, including those from Yes movement activists and others struggling to similar ends in Quebec.

We will also be running more critical views on the structural constraints that an independent Scotland would confront and the potential effects of a “yes” vote on what remains of the British labor movement. — Editors

Ed Miliband, the leader of the British Labour Party, has urged everyone in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland to fly the Scottish flag outside of their homes on Thursday, the day of the Scottish independence referendum.

Designed as a ploy to convince undecided voters of the strength of feeling for the union, this is the political equivalent of a plastic bouquet of gas station flowers, bought to rekindle the embers of a loveless marriage after every other store has closed. Based on a surge in support for independence in recent polls, it is possible that the flags that will go up in London on Thursday will resemble the decorative trimmings of a funeral procession.