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Poll Tax demonstration 1990
15 May 2013
When mass action defeated Thatcher's poll tax
Launching the battle in Scotland: Margaret Thatcher was dubbed the Iron Lady. She wore this description with pride as, like her successors today, she ruthlessly tried to solve British capitalism's difficulties by launching brutal attacks...
1 May 2013
Scotland: Anti-bedroom tax federation launched
On Saturday 27 April over 250 delegates and visitors from across Scotland attended the conference to found the All Scottish Anti-Bedroom Tax Federation
29 April 2013
Scottish Anti-Bedroom Tax Federation launched
Saturday 27th April saw over 250 delegates and visitors from across the length and breadth of Scotland attend the conference to found the 'All Scottish Anti Bedroom Tax Federation'
24 April 2013
Scottish TUC supports 24-hour general strike against austerity
The Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) has passed a motion in support of a one-day general strike in Scotland in response to the savage austerity being carried out by the Con-Dem government, writes Philip Stott.
Glasgow demonstration against the bedroom tax and austerity 30 March 2013, photo Jim Halfpenny
3 April 2013
Over 5,000 march in Glasgow against the Bedroom Tax
Over 5,000 people from across west Scotland and beyond marched in Glasgow on Saturday 30 March against the bedroom tax but also against the impact of savage austerity in all its forms, writes Matt Dobson, Socialist Party Scotland.
28 March 2013
70. Whenever the general election comes it is most likely that Labour will come to power, either with a majority or as part of a coalition with all or a section of the LibDems...
15 March 2013
Scotland: Anti-bedroom tax federation launched
Over 100 people packed into the Glasgow City Unison offices on 13th March for a public meeting to build for an Anti-Bedroom Tax demonstration on 30th March...
27 February 2013
Socialist Party Scotland conference
On 16-17 February, Socialist Party Scotland (SPS) held its largest conference since the relaunch of the Scottish section of the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) in 2001
Photo by Duncan Brown
5 December 2012
Scottish Unison unanimously backs one-day general strike
All 200 delegates representing 160,000 Unison members working in local government, health, education etc have unanimously supported a motion from the Glasgow city branch calling for a coordinated industrial action strategy, beginning with a one-day strike across Scotland...
Rallying for a yes vote in Edinburgh as thousands march for an independent Scotland, photo M Dobson
5 December 2012
Scottish referendum: What sort of independence should socialists campaign for?
The 2014 referendum is going to take place against the backdrop of an unprecedented economic crisis. Tory Toff, David Cameron's Con-Dem government is attempting, and to a degree has already succeeded,...
31 October 2012
Scottish NSSN launches 24-hr general strike campaign
The National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) conference in Glasgow on 27th October heard uplifting reports from an array of trade unionists from the public and private sector in Scotland on the theme of fighting the austerity onslaught and building towards a 24-hour general strike
22 October 2012
Scottish March for Jobs and Public Services inspires thousands
From 17 to 20 October, young people marched through the cold and rain from Stirling to Glasgow, demanding real job creation, an end to attacks on benefits, pensions and wages, free education, public works and affordable housing
3 October 2012
Youth Fight for Jobs Scotland, together with the PCS Young Members Network, is organising a March for Jobs and Public Services against Austerity...
3 October 2012
Scotland: Lamont throws Labour Party into crisis
On the eve of the UK Labour Party conference, Scottish Labour leader, Johann Lamont, threw the party north of the border into a crisis after calling for an end to the "something for nothing culture" in Scotland, writes Philip Stott, Socialist Party Scotland.
Rallying for a yes vote in Edinburgh as thousands march for an independent Scotland, photo by M Dobson
3 October 2012
Thousands march for an independent Scotland
Over 10,000 people took part in the March and Rally for Scottish Independence in Edinburgh on Saturday 22 September, writes Matt Dobson and Ryan Stuart, Socialist Party Scotland (CWI, Scotland).
27 September 2012
Thousands march for an independent Scotland
Over 10,000 people took part in the March and Rally for Scottish Independence in Edinburgh on the 22 September, writes For full report, see:.
12 September 2012
Youth Fight for Jobs in action! Coming events
March for a future!: In October 1932, thousands of outdoor relief workers in Belfast went on strike to fight for their dignity
Tommy Sheridan in 2007
22 August 2012
Another News of the World perjury charge
Yet another ex-News of the World (NoW) journalist has been charged with having committed perjury during the 2010 trial of Scottish socialist Tommy Sheridan, writes Philip Stott, Socialist Party Scotland.
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