Socialists must stand in solidarity with LGBT people of Chechnya
Last year, I wrote an article for the Dundee SSP warning of a rise in homophobia alongside the rise of right-wing extremist politics. Fast forward a year later and the state of affairs for LGBT people across Europe and the United States…
Election poster ban a disincentive to democratic participation
by Pádraig Durnin, Dundee SSP education officer Dundee’s socialists are now well into election mode. The SSP is running local activist and President-elect of Abertay Students’ Association Tam Wilson in the West End, and are working in alliance with ‘Dundee Against Cuts’…
Power to the people - abolish fuel poverty
The Scottish Socialist Party is committed to ending fuel poverty in this country. At the centre of that commitment is our promise to return the energy companies back to public ownership. Only by managing Scotland’s wealth of energy resources for people, not…
Socialists lead Dundee referendum post-mortem
SSP members, community activists and members of the public attended our recent public meeting on the case for an independent socialist Scotland. The meeting in Dundee’s Chamber East function suite heard from former Labour MP and MSP John McAllion, SSP co-chair Natalie…
Parents and pupils feel the pressure after short-sighted school closure
The short-sightedness of Dundee City Council’s decision to close Menzieshill High School - in the face of strong opposition from parents, pupils and community campaigners - has been repeatedly exposed since the start of the new school year. Local newspapers have reported…
Wake up call for LGBT and young people
These past few years can only be viewed as something of a ‘wake-up bomb’ for a generation who have largely been unaffected and disenchanted with the political elite. In the wake of the Scottish and EU referendums and the latest in (the almost…
Musical event commemorates local socialist hero
A social event hosted by the Dundee branch of the Scottish Socialist Party commemorated 38 years since the death of Mary Brooksbank, a prominent woman, socialist and trade unionist who spent most of her life in Dundee. The Mary Brooksbank Social: Celebrating…
SSP activists back call for Cameron’s resignation
Members of the Scottish Socialist Party yesterday joined a demonstration in Dundee calling for the resignation of David Cameron in the wake of recent revelations about his tax affairs. The “Get Cameron Out” demonstration was attended and supported by SSP members Connor, Helen and Agnes and a broad range of activists from across the left. Connor Beaton, branch secretary of Dundee SSP and lead RISE candidate in North East Scotland, was invited to speak from the platform. He said: I just spent a week away in Belfast. The most interesting person that I met there was a lawyer by the name of…
SSP activists stand with RISE for Holyrood 2016
Two leading members of the Scottish Socialist Party’s Dundee branch will stand for election to Holyrood this May as candidates for RISE - Scotland’s Left Alliance. Here they explain, in their own words, why they are fighting to win seats. Connor Beaton…
Three reasons to march tomorrow
TOMORROW, ordinary people - among them workers, parents, carers and students - will be marching through Dundee in opposition to devastating proposed cuts to local jobs and services. Dundee City Council has indicated its spending will shrink by £23 million over the coming…