women for independence

Second indyref cannot be won by a one-party campaign

October 20, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Jenni Gunn The Yes campaign and the referendum as a whole served as an intense political education for many Scots—myself included. The experience is one that many campaigners will never forget: ...

8th March: International Women’s Day – let’s make it happen!

February 27, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Sandra Webster, Katie Bonnar, Hollie Cameron, Jenni Gunn and Christine McVicar ‘Make it happen’ is the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day. The day we celebrate the uniqueness ...

Independent women

February 16, 2015 // 1 Comment

by Sandra Webster, SSP national co-spokesperson One of the greatest strengths of the Yes campaign was a positive vision of a different kind of politics. One where more voices could be encouraged to ...

Smith Commission: no more apologies

December 11, 2014 // 0 Comments

by Sandra Webster, SSP national co-spokesperson The morning after the night of the referendum, Cameron left Downing Street to promise to keep the vow to the Scottish people but with a caveat. More ...

The Scotland we are living in now was inconceivable three short years ago

November 21, 2014 // 0 Comments

by Alan Bissett The No vote in the referendum in September was truly devastating to those of us who voted Yes. We felt it as yet another blow to social justice—to the new, mass alliance of ...

A people before profit Scotland is the spearhead of change

November 21, 2014 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson At the heart of the broad vibrant Yes campaign, which culminated with a massive 45 per cent vote in September’s independence referendum, was the clear belief that ...

Defy all cuts: set No Cuts budgets, axe the Council Tax, tax the rich

November 21, 2014 // 0 Comments

by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser Councils across Scotland are poised to wield the knife to jobs and local services in a renewed round of municipal butchery. Councillors of ...

Independence alliance or SNP dalliance

November 21, 2014 // 0 Comments

by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson The Radical Independence Campaign conference this weekend takes place within earshot of Nicola Sturgeon’s coronation ‘gig’ at the Glasgow ...

More care charities face the cuts cosh

November 21, 2014 // 1 Comment

by Sandra Webster, SSP national co-spokesperson Recently we saw the extravaganza that is Children in Need, where a plenitude of celebrities urge us to donate to a charity which funds many projects ...

The political awakening is here to stay

November 21, 2014 // 0 Comments

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 political period we had ever ...