As we celebrate 98 years of International Women’s Day, Catriona Grant, the SSP Women and Equality Policy Coordinator, explains what feminism is and how it fits into socialist practice and ideology The suffragette movement was a bourgeois movement I’m a Marxist not a feminist, I stand for the liberation of all workers The socialist movement…
No War On Iran!
No to imperialist war! No to the theocratic regime! A statement issued by Hands Off the People of Iran campaign We recognise that there is an urgent need to establish a principled solidarity campaign with the people of Iran. The contradictions between the interests of the neo-conservatives in power in the USA and the defenders…
Against Imperialist War, for Iran’s Workers
Yassamine Mather reports on the growing working class struggles within Iran Every day the European press and media publishes information about plans for a military attack against Iran. Although many of these articles repeat previous ‘revelations’, there is no doubt that the threat of limited or extensive military action by the US cannot be ruled…
One Year On
by Jim Aitken One year on after the wind subsided and the floods disappeared there was still a scene reminiscent of some battle zone with dilapidated houses piles of debris lying there upturned and rusting cars broken boats moored in-land amid the empty, eerie desolation One year on he said New Orleans will be rebuilt…
Peak Oil, Oil Depletion, & Alternative Energies
Rod Macgregor examines the oil depletion debate, its consequences for the world economy and a socialist response Peak Oil & oil depletion A debate is currently raging among oil professionals, and it splits into two camps. This debate focuses on a day called Peak Oil, the day in the future when oil production reaches an…
Offering a Socialist Vision
It is only four years since the Scottish Socialist Party experienced the exhilaration of 6 MSPs getting elected to the Scottish Parliament. Mass actions In that time, the SSP MSPs have played a tremendous role in being at the forefront of working class and democratic campaigns throughout Scotland. From the nursery nurses fight for better…