“Far from being defeated, we are defiant. The 
On the 1st of February 2009, 9 members of the Scottish Socialist Party travelled
to Havana to take part in a 15 day programme of meetings, visits and cultural
events organised by the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party. The
Delegation consisted of 3 members of the Executive Committee, two of which
were also on the international committee. Members were from branches in Glasgow,
Edinburgh, Rutherglen and Fife.Latest news
Glasgow North East by-election...
Kevin McVey stands for socialism in Glasgow North East...
Campsie SSP branch delivered food - and 60 litres of water - to the brave Wyndford Primary School occupiers. See Campsie branch blog...
Parents have re-occupied Wyndford Primary School, Glasgow
SSP Renfreshire: Save Our Swimming Pools !
Postal workers: Industrial strength needed to defend jobs and conditions. by Tam Dewar, CWU Area Delivery Rep for Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway (personal capacity)
Independence & republicanism
Tam Dean Burn with Colin Fox and Rosie Kane at the SSP's Calton Hill republican event 2004
Union Jack Gordon bows the knee to House of Windsor...
Thatcher's legacy kept alive by Brown
"At the heart of the New Labour project lies its complete rejection of any Socialist politics and endorsement of the Thatcherite view worshiping the free market and the rich." Read Ken Ferguson...
Lordy, Lordy, Lordy
Labour’s government of the unelected
"The Labour Government is a caricature of a Britain long gone, a vivid
testament to how Labour has abandoned its founders.
"The first vote passed at the first Labour conference in 1900 was to abolish the House of Lords.
"In 2009 Labour depends on it to rule the people."
Colin Fox on the need for a modern, democratic, republic here...
Voting reform: Brown's timid window dressing
Andrew Weir looks at the different possible voting systems in the wake of the Westminster constitutional crisis. Read more here...
Greedy MPs expose Westminster
"The ongoing crisis over MP’s expenses has unexpectedly holed the British ship of state below the water line. Suddenly, the Mother of all Parliaments faces a collapse of political authority without parallel in its modern history. The first Speaker forced to resign in disgrace in 300 years has quickly been followed by the first Lords to be suspended for corruption in 300 years." Read John McAllion here...
Viva La Repblica ! Read Allan Armstrong on socialism and republicanism here...
Allan Armstrong on the Republican Socialist Convention...
"The class struggle in Scotland has always been both nationalist
and socialist.
The 1787 massacre of striking Calton weavers by British soldiers is generally
recognised as marking the beginning of an organised, effective Scottish labour
movement.
The weavers’ banner on that day showed Scotland’s national hero William
Wallace striking down the beast of tyranny."John
McAllion on socialism & independence ...
Scotland's Hidden History
Read Eddie Truman on Scotland's hidden history here...
2009
has seen capitalism’s recession bite and cause great hardship for people all
round the globe. Socialists have put an alternative to the chaos and crisis
of the capitalist system. The SSP campaigns to build the resistance to capitalism’s
onslaught against workers and the poor.
Read the Leftbanker blog with regularly updated commentary on the worldwide economic crisis...
State of the UK economy briefing paper (PDF)...
Marxism rises from capitalism's ashes'...
[letter by Alan McCombes in Scotland On Sunday]
'This greed was beyond irresponsible'...
Equality
Scottish Gypsy Travellers
The Forgotten experiment. A documentary examining the plight of Scottish Gypsy Travellers, focusing on the Bobbin Mill site in Pitlochry, Perthshire. Produced by 4th year students from Stirling University School of Film and Media Studies, in Spring 2008.
See also:
Scottish Traveller community marginalised...
Labour MP targets Scottish Travellers...