Scottish Politics
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Time for SNP leaders to fight Tory austerity with more than words
By Philip Stott Despite being elected on an “anti-austerity” platform, SNP leaders and public representatives are being found wanting when…
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Marxist perspectives for Scotland: Mass struggle and socialism will challenge capitalist austerity
This statement was written by the Executive Committee of Socialist Party Scotland for the party conference which took place in…
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Hundreds march to demand Save Our Steel
Report from Matt Dobson Over 300 steelworkers, their families, trade unionists and supporters from the wider community marched through Motherwell…
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Steel jobs crisis: Workers’ action and nationalisation needed
Matt Dobson, Socialist Party Scotland Socialist Party Scotland’s campaign for nationalisation of the steel industry, in the wake of the threatened…
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SNP and Corbyn-Labour must refuse to make the cuts and defy Tory austerity
From November 2015 the Scottish Government and then local councils will begin drawing up their budgets for the coming year.…
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Scotland: One year after the electoral uprising against austerity
Philip Stott One year ago today, the Scottish independence referendum delivered what Socialist Party Scotland described as an “electoral uprising…
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Corbyn wins! To avoid being a prisoner of the right he must help lead the austerity fightback
This article is based on a statement from Socialist Party England and Wales with additions by Socialist Party Scotland The…
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The launch of a politically unclear left alliance in Scotland
Philip Stott reports RISE – Scotland’s Left Alliance was launched at a conference in Glasgow on Saturday 29th August. RISE…
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Will RISE offer a way forward for socialists, trade unionists and those fighting austerity?
Socialist Party Scotland told “you’re not welcome” in new “left alliance” Socialist Party Scotland statement Socialist Party Scotland stands for…
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Scotland and the Jeremy Corbyn campaign
Editorial taken from the current issue of the Socialist - the paper of Socialist Party Scotland Jeremy Corbyn’s challenge to…
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