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Rutherglen and Hamilton West: SSP stands for people, not profit
The Scottish Socialist Party has confirmed that Bill Bonnar is standing as its candidate in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election. Bill has pledged to be a socialist MP on an average local...
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“An Attack on Working-Class Education”: Workers Unite in Defence of Jobs,...
The Scottish Socialist Party today joined members of EIS-FELA and UNISON at a major rally outside of the Scottish Parliament. College workers from both trade unions today took nation-wide strike...
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“Don’t Waste Your Vote On The Parties Of The Rich”, Says SSP Candidate Bill...
The Scottish Socialist Party candidate Bill Bonnar is now officially in the race to become MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West. SSP Campaign Manager Richie Venton said: “On 5th October, the people of...
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Workers Condemn Labour For Breaking Zero Hours Contract Promise
The Scottish Socialist Party has challenged the Rutherglen and Hamilton West Labour candidate to publicly condemn his party’s backsliding and betrayal on abolition of zero hours contracts. The SSP has...
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“The only party campaigning on these anti-poverty measures is the SSP.”
As Labour’s by-election candidate boasts he and Anas Sarwar are unveiling a billboard about acting against the scourge of low pay in Rutherglen and Hamilton West, the Scottish Socialist Party has...
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Labour owe workers an explanation – so we invited their candidate to a debate.
The Scottish Socialist Party have written to the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election Labour candidate, challenging him to attend the SSP’s public screening of the shocking documentary film ‘Oh...
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SSP: 25 Years the Voice of Workers and Socialism
By Richie Venton, a founding organiser of the SSP The Scottish Socialist Party celebrates its 25th birthday on 28 September. Throughout the quarter of a century since our formation, the SSP has held...
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Labour Lanarkshire Cuts: SSP Demands No Cuts Budget in Defiance of Tory...
The Scottish Socialist Party has condemned the decision by Labour and Tory councillors in North Lanarkshire to close 39 vitally important community facilities, including sports centres and swimming...
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Public Meeting: Hear the socialist alternative for Rutherglen and Hamilton West
The Scottish Socialist Party is holding a public meeting on Tuesday 3 October 2023 ahead of Thursday’s by-election, where voters in Rutherglen and Hamilton West can hear about the socialist...
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On Thursday, vote for radical socialist change in Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Ahead of polling day on Thursday 5 October, the Scottish Socialist Party is calling for voters in Rutherglen and Hamilton West to back socialist change and elect a socialist MP on a worker’s wage. SSP...
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RUTHERGLEN AND HAMILTON WEST BY-ELECTION RESULTS: INITIAL THOUGHTS
SSP Workplace & Trade Union organiser, and Campaign Manager for SSP by-election candidate Bill Bonnar, shares his initial thoughts on the results of this week’s vote in Rutherglen and Hamilton...
View ArticleStatement on the crisis in Palestine/Israel
The Scottish Socialist Party stands in solidarity with the people of Gaza, supporting a mass struggle to end the Israeli occupation and gain a Palestinian homeland, and equal rights for all in the...
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Remembering John Maclean: 24 Aug. 1879 – 30 Nov. 1923
Socialists in Scotland and around the world are marking the centenary of the death of socialist leader, anti-war campaigner, and Marxist educator John Maclean, who passed away on 30 November 1923....
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Defiance, not Compliance: Build mass movements against cuts
The Scottish Socialist Party has reiterated its full opposition to all cuts, and reissued its demand that the Scottish Government refuse to pass on yet more catastrophic cuts to working-class...
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Author Henry Bell to deliver third annual Jim McVicar Memorial Lecture
The Scottish Socialist Party is hosting a major public event in commemoration of Red Clydesider John Maclean, on Sunday 21st January at 2pm, in Townhead Village Hall, Glasgow, with his highly regarded...
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Oppose Devastating Glasgow HSCP Cuts
The Scottish Socialist Party yesterday joined campaigners and trade unionists from UNISON, Unite, and GMB to oppose further devastating cuts to health and social care jobs in Glasgow. The...
View ArticleFE Strikes: Further Education on the Picket Lines
This article first published in the Scottish Socialist Voice, March 2024. By Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser Staff in all job roles in Scotland’s Further Education colleges are...
View ArticleLiverpool ’84: Socialists Remember Landmark Council Budget
It is the 40th anniversary of the landmark Liverpool City Council budget meeting of 29 March 1984, where socialist councillors and organised workers faced down Tory cuts and privatisation. During the...
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Scottish Socialist Party calls for Public Ownership and Investment in Green Jobs
The Scottish Socialist Party has called for democratic public ownership of energy and urgent investment in jobs, as figures confirm runaway private profits while green jobs decline in Scotland. Richie...
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