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.
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
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
Translated by Internationalist 360 (November 12, 2019) Against the backdrop of the media siege that confronts the truth in our country, the Movement Toward Socialism communicates to the Bolivian people and the international community that since November 10, 2019 a plan of assassination by the UMOPAR and the Bolivian Police was activated during the final phase […]
Bill Bonnar, SSP International Secretary Yesterday the democratically elected government of Bolivia was overthrown in a military coup with President Evo Morales and the rest of the country’s leadership having to flee into exile. The coup was organised by the right wing opposition with the support of the United States and a cabal of their […]
Following is a statement from SSP International Secretary Bill Bonnar in regards to recent jail sentences served to Catalan parliamentary leaders: The Scottish Socialist Party strongly condemns the jail sentences handed out to Catalan parliamentary leaders by a court in Madrid. In a show trial reminiscent of those carried out under the criminal dictator General […]
by Bill Bonnar When I arrived in Caracas I expected to walk into the middle of a political battleground – with fighting in the streets and large anti government protests. After all, this is what the western media are telling us – nothing could be further from the truth. Walking around Caracas there is an […]
by Bill Bonnar Later this month I will be representing the Scottish Socialist Party on a solidarity visit to the Venezuelan capital, Caracas. The SSP has been clear in its support for the Venezuelan people and government in defence of their revolution. However, we want to take this support further by visiting the revolution, demonstrating […]
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 […]
On Tuesday 20th November, Scotland will play Israel at Hampden. Ahead of the game, Scottish Socialist Party international secretary Bill Bonnar said: “Outside the stadium, demonstrators will gather to brand Israel a pariah state. The SSP stands with them.” “Israel is a pariah state oppressing the Palestinian people at home while waging aggression against its […]
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 […]