The Scottish Socialist Party condemns the attempts by the British, American and other western governments to intervene in the current political crisis in Venezuela.This is part of a wider conspiracy to overthrow the democratically elected Socialist Government and replace it with a dependent pro-western government. That Venezuela is experiencing a profound economic and political crisis […]
International
The International Committee of the SSP
The Scottish Socialist Party is committed to internationalism. We reject the idea that socialism can be created in one country. Bill Bonnar is the international secretary of the SSP. This position is elected at our annual conference. The party also has an international committee.
The role of these bodies is to build solidarity with workers in struggle throughout the world, to build links with fellow socialists and the anti-capitalist left in other parts of the globe, to play a part in the movement against capitalist globalisation.
Solidarity Campaigns
SSP members are involved in solidarity campaigns around the world. These include Kurdistan, Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan, Cuba, Colombia and Venezuela.
Colombia Solidarity Campaign website
Cuba Solidarity Campaign website
Anti-Capitalism
The SSP has been involved in the various European Social Forums which have met in the last few years. This has included organising workshops, participating in seminar discussions and demonstrations. We also undertook a major mobilisation for the G8 summit when it was held in Gleneagles and are participating in planning for protests at future summits.
What is the Global Justice Movement? – by Sarah Peart, Glasgow SSP
Nicaragua: beyond nostalgia
by Joyce McCracken, in Nicaragua All over the world, the left proclaims itself as the future. A future beyond exploitation, beyond perpetual wars initiated by capitalism in its neoliberal mind and body. Sounds like good stuff. The veteran Nicaraguan journalist Onofre Guevara López has a different take on some of the left. Writing in Havana […]
Greek firestorm – tools for the wealthy
by Kleanthis Antoniou It’s always awful discussing natural destruction, where dozens of lives have been lost in the most horrific ways. The strong winds, high temperatures, and the site itself, a summer resort for capital citizens – usually of average to low income. In July, the resorts are full of working class people who made […]
What is BDS and why does it matter?
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement was launched in summer 2005 by a coalition of Palestinian civil society organisations in order to bring international pressure against Israel to end its persistent violations of Palestinian human and national rights. Modelled on the successful campaign to isolate apartheid South Africa in the 1980s, it has gone […]
Israeli snipers slaughter over 100 demonstrators
The world has watched in horror at the criminal actions of the Israeli army in killing hundreds and injuring thousands more as they protested the illegal occupation of their land and the blockade that aims at strangling the life from the 1.8 million residents of Gaza. In the six weeks of protests, planned to culminate […]
SSP EC statement on Catalonia
The Scottish Socialist Party offers its solidarity to those Catalans resisting the undemocratic and repressive response of the Spanish government to their democratic demand to determine their future relationship with the Spanish state. We condemn the brutal police response to those protesting the continued victimisation of elected politicians for carrying out their mandate in organising […]
Catalonia: What’s happening?
by Dick Nichols The most critical week in modern Catalan history began on September 24. With one week to go to the October 1 referendum on independence, the battle lines in what will be a decisive clash have formed. On the one side, the 80% of Catalan people who support their right to decide their […]
Spain Cannot Arrest the entire Catalan Independence Movement – Fox
SSP National co spokesperson Colin Fox today condemned the Spanish Government for arresting those involved in organising the Catalan Independence referendum due to take place on Sunday 1st October. He said: “The standoff between the Spanish state determined to thwart an independence referendum on October 1st and the Catalan government determined to hold one has […]