RISE conference signals start of left challenge for Holyrood 2016
by Jonathon Shafi Next May’s Holyrood election will be strikingly different from others before it coming as they will just twenty months after the biggest mass movement in ...
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Conference marks next stage for Scotland’s Left Alliance
by Jonathon Shafi RISE – Scotland’s Left Alliance, is on the cusp of moving on to the next phase of our development. Since our launch at the end of August we have been ...
Energy of mass independence campaign creates need for RISE
by Jonathon Shafi We live in a historical moment marked by deep and profound ideological and social flux. If you are unconvinced by this, just think back ten years from now: ...
SSP conference sets out party strategy for the year ahead
by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson The SSP Annual Conference in Edinburgh last weekend provided a timely opportunity for members to reflect on the outcome of the ...
Can Westminster poll open the way for revitalised Scottish left?
by Jonathon Shafi Much has been made in recent months about the depth of the crisis of the British state. The UK state is used to crisis of course. It has withstood wars, ...
The political awakening is here to stay
by Jonathon Shafi, Radical Independence Campaign Everyone remembers those exciting days and weeks on the lead up the referendum. For most of us this was the most exciting ...
Upbeat SSP conference charts way ahead
by Voice Reporter The first post-referendum conference of the Scottish Socialist Party which met last month in Edinburgh was an inspirational event. Reflecting the flood of ...
Challenges and opportunities
by Jonathon Shafi, Radical Independence Campaign After a two-year independence campaign it is important that we all take a moment to reflect. For the Scottish left, we can ...
Working class reject fat cat rule for Yes vote
by Jonathon Shafi, Radical Independence Campaign Beneath the headlines, unknown to formal politics and certainly to Better Together, a quiet revolution is taking place. For ...
21st century Britain is glaringly unjust and getting worse
by Jonathon Shafi The UK is now so far down the path of privatisation and austerity, that deviating from it will take a movement on the scale of the Chartists to turn back ...
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