Elections

SSP rosetteThe SSP contests elections to provide a radical socialist alternative to the pro-big business parties. Our candidates pledge to live on the average wage of a worker if they are elected.

Current election campaigns

Morag Balfour

Glenrothes by-election...

Edinburgh Forth ward...

Past election campaigns

Glasgow East by-election...

Campaigning

Campaigning against fule price rises


Stop Power Company Profiteering

Campaigning materials
(PDF files)

Poster | Petition | Leaflet


Campaigning in IrvineSSP campaign in Irvine on fuel prices overwhelmed by public response...


East Kilbride SSP campaigningEast Kilbride SSP campaigning against the threat of privatisation of a local GP practice in the town


Dundee campaign against post office closuresDundee SSP members have been part of a city wide mobilisation on post office closures. Read about the campaign...


Milngavie residents angry at hike in fuel prices...

 


SSP campaigning outside Kildrum post officeCumbernauld SSP campaign agaisnt post office closure in the Kildrum area of the town...


West Dunbartonshire Council

Jim Bolan“The SNP Council have stolen millions of pounds in back money which low paid workers are entitled to.

"The council has increased the working day to 7am 'til 9pm.The working week will be extended to Monday to Sunday. Public holidays have been reduced from 12 to 8.

Workers will lose up to £11,000 of their salary under Single Status while the SNP approved rises for the Directors of £8,000 for changing their title to Executive Director!"

SSP councillor for Leven ward, Jim Bollan

“We want a strike ballot and we want it now!” ...


Read Jim Bollan on West Dunbartonshire here...


Read SSP trade union organiser Richie Venton here...


Read WDC Workers Voice here (pdf file)...


 

The SSP

Local SSP Websites

Wee Red Bookshop

Wee Red Bookshop

137 London Road, Glasgow
Open Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Books, t-shirts, ideas to change the world


SSP supports council workers


Promoted by Pam Currie
on behalf of the
Scottish Socialist Party, Suite 308/310,
4th Floor Central Chambers 93 Hope St,
Glasgow G2 6LD


 

 

Socialism - Independence - Internationalism

Red flagThe 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.

Read more about the SSP here...

Scottish Morning Star conference

Scottish Morning Star conference

Elaine Smith, Labour MSP Chryston and Coatbridge, Colin Fox, SSP co-spokesperson, Lynn Henderson (Scottish Labour Campaign for Socialism), Dave Moxham (Deputy General Secretary STUC)

Read a brief report on the 'Some Roses Are Red' blog here...

Bank robberies: Thatcher gang reasponsible

Wanted poster

This economic crisis, in which millions will suffer, is a direct result of the economic policies of Labour, but pioneered before them by Margaret Thatcher’s Tory Party.
We were told that industries like shipbuilding and steel were old fashioned, obsolete.
Replacing them would be new industries; the bankers would build call centres and everyone would own shares.
The Tories and Labour deregulated the financial markets and allowed them to build mountains of debt into a casino economy while they paid themselves multi million pound bonuses.
But they bet everything on black and now it's come up red... and they want the tax payers to bail them out!

Well here's the news; the people are not for paying.

Financial Crisis: can't pay, won't pay !

Casino economyThe mad cap casino economy is now cutting swathes through jobs, threatening peoples’ homes and seeing unimaginable sums of public money poured into global money markets.

Read Linda Somerville's take on the HBOS debacle...

Read Ken Ferguson on the casino economy..

Marxism rises from capitalism's ashes'...

[letter by Alan McCombes in Scotland On Sunday]

Read Raphie De Santos 29th September update...

HBOS collapses and there's more to come..

United council workers fight for a living wage

Read our report of the 24th September strike...

Photo's from Edinburgh march & rally here...

Strike day Council Workers Voice...

Read our 24th September strike preview here...

Read Richie Venton on the August 20th strike here...

Pictures from August 20th here...


Read 'SSP: Supporting Workers In Struggle' here...

Convention of The Left

Convention of the left

The Scottish Socialist Party is proud to to have taken part in the Convention of The Left.

Read Ken Ferguson's report from the event...