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 […]
Morgan Lewis-Wilson, SSP Social Media Coordinator November the 9th marked the date of the Scottish Socialist Party’s 2019 annual conference, a coming together of members from across the nation to discuss and debate the direction of the SSP. A Brexit General Election? Conflict over Brexit in Westminster came to a head last month with the […]
SSP National Co-Spokesperson Colin Fox issues a statement on the upcoming December 12th General Election, outlining his predictions for the oncoming campaigns. The announcement of a General Election on Thursday December 12th was widely anticipated and ensures this will be ‘the Brexit election’. No other issue comes close to garnering the attention Britain’s imminent departure […]
SSP National Workplace Organiser Richie Venton comments on the recent ballot for strike action from Royal Mail workers, sending solidarity from the Scottish Socialist Party: Royal Mail Group workers have delivered a record breaking majority for strike action in defence of jobs, working conditions and the public service they proudly deliver. In the Communication Workers […]
SSP National Workplace Organiser Richie Venton discusses the recent SNP/Green workplace car parking tax initiative, highlighting the price workers shall have to pay for the government’s token environmentalism. The SNP and Scottish Green Party have combined forces to push through a measure via the Transport Bill which is an appalling attack on the living standards […]
SSP National Secretary, Hugh Cullen, addresses the concerns of the Scottish Socialist Party’s membership in an open letter to SNP Health Secretary Jeane Freeman. This comes after recent news of further delay to the opening of the Edinburgh Sick Kids Hospital, and stories of the SNP’s sketchy involvement with the private firm responsible. 6th October […]
Colin Fox, SSP National Co-Spokesperson, reflects on the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum and what the independence campaign has accomplished in the five years following it: I bumped into Alastair Darling [‘Better Together’] recently while parking the SSP van near Waverley station. ‘It’s called Vantonio Gramsci’ I informed the bemused former Marxist who now sits in […]
Recently returned from a fact-finding mission in Caracas, Venezuela, SSP International Secretary Bill Bonnar reports on what he saw, and how his experiences compare to the western media narrative: A completely misplaced criticism of the Scottish Socialist Party, particularly from socialists in England, is that we are some kind of nationalist party because of our […]