The SSP’s Executive Committee have agreed working to implement the One in Five Charter, becoming the third party in Scotland to do so. We are proud to show our continuing commitment to making politics accessible for people with disabilities and long-term health conditions. Sandra Webster, SSP co-national spokesperson and candidate for Paisley and Renfrewshire South […]
by Richie Venton If you believe George Osborne, David Cameron and a chunk of the media, workers are back in the land of milk and honey. We’re told our wages are exceeding inflation for the first time since before the 2008 recession. Reality is a bit less rosy for those working to remain poor. Real […]
National co-spokesperson Colin Fox writes for ThePointHowever, reflecting on Syriza’s victory, its subsequent climb-down in its debt negotiations with the Troika, and assesses the prospect of a Scottish ‘Coalition of the Radical Left’ contesting next year’s Holyrood elections. Read it here. […]
By ALAN FERGUSON Glasgow South SSP A POISONOUS right wing agenda is creeping into Scotland from over the border. UKIP is not a significant force in Scotland which has consistently rejected their heady mixture of right wing nationalism, racism and xenophobia. Although they managed to marginally win a Scottish seat in the Euro election this […]
by Liam McLaughlan, Scottish Socialist Party candidate for Glasgow East I appreciate that in writing this, given I’ve been involved in politics for 2 and a half years now, people may argue I’m no longer part of the new blood of people becoming politically aware and politically active during and in the aftermath of the referendum; […]
Happy International Women’s Day to all the amazing women who are part of my life and those I look on and gently applaud for all you do to empower women. On this day we rightly remember those women who made history her-story but I also honour the women who do extraordinary things everyday such as […]
by Richie Venton A tale of two classes; or two planets, more like! All that is rotten and unequal about the capitalist economic system is reflected in the accompanying political system and the capitalist politicians, regardless of whether Tory or Labour. Tory MP Malcolm Rifkind shamelessly asserted “it’s quite unrealistic to believe MPs will go […]
by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson The Scottish Socialist Party’s new booklet on ‘UKIP, Europe and Immigration’ offers a timely warning to socialists everywhere about the potency of unchecked right wing ideas. It examines the rise in support for UKIP in order to equip SSP supporters with the arguments needed to counter them. Dismissed by […]