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The Scottish Socialist Party is a modern, fresh, forward-looking party which dares to be different. We despise the culture of greed, corruption […]

The SSP is Scotland’s socialist party that stands for the transformation of society. We fight to replace capitalism with socialism; an economic system based on social need and environmental protection rather than private profit and ecological destruction.

We believe we can make a better Scotland, where every state school child eats a nutritious, free lunch every day of the working week; where pensioners receive a decent income with access to well-funded, free public services; where families are housed in warm, secure homes near green spaces and schools and shops; where refugees are welcomed and given the right to work and make a new life here, to the benefit of us all; where war is an ugly memory; where energy is sustainable and nationalised; where we protect instead of destroy our environment; and where expanded, fare-free and publicly-owned train, bus and ferry services link every community in Scotland, from the heart of Glasgow to the shores of the Outer Hebrides.

We want Scotland’s wealth shared out more equally

With the Iraq war inquiry underway the evidence heard confirms that it was based on lies and deception. Even the most naïve voter must […]

by Allan Armstrong When people are asked what is meant by the word ‘republic’ they usually answer, “A country without a monarch”. […]

On 9 October 1967, Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara was murdered in the schoolhouse of the Bolivian village of La Higuera. He had been […]

Although written in 2000, this chapter from the book Imagine on what a socialist Scotland would look like remains valid today. Graphic […]