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The party supported the Scrap Trident demonstration in Glasgow in April 2013. [98] The SSP strongly defends the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. [99] An SSP councillor convinced West Dunbartonshire Council to add its support to the BDS movement in 2009. [100] [101]
The forerunner of the SSP was the Scottish Socialist Alliance (SSA), a coalition of left-wing bodies in Scotland formed in 1996. [1] [2] Around 400 people attended the SSA's launch rally in Glasgow in February 1996, which attracted socialists and communists from various party backgrounds. [3]
Colin Fox (born 17 June 1959) is a Scottish socialist politician and left-wing activist, serving as national co-spokesperson of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) since 2005. He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothians region from 2003 to 2007.
It includes all members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) who have sat as Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) members of the Scottish Parliament. A total of six people have served as SSP MPs. Tommy Sheridan was elected at the 1999 Scottish Parliament election, and five more SSP MSP were elected at the 2003 election.
Thomas Sheridan (born 7 March 1964) [1] [2] is a Scottish politician who served as convenor of Solidarity from 2019 to 2021. [3] He previously served as convenor of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) from 1998 to 2004 and as co-convenor of Solidarity from 2006 to 2016.
He was also his party's unsuccessful nominee for Glasgow South West at the 2015 general election. [13] He was the SSP's candidate in the Govan ward in Glasgow at the 2017 and 2022 Scottish local elections. He was their candidate in the 2023 by-election in Rutherglen and Hamilton West, where he finished 8th of 14 candidates with 271 votes (0.9%).
The SSP polled 2,579 votes in the Glasgow region and failed to re-elect any candidates. Since September 2012, Kane has been involved in the Women for Independence campaign for Scottish independence. [11] [12] In April 2015, she organised a vigil in George Square in Glasgow in relation to the killing of Karen Buckley. [13]
Solidarity launched on 3 September with 600 people attending the first meeting in Glasgow. [5] [6] Most SSP members and branches in the Highlands and Islands defected to the new party, while the Shetland membership voted unanimously to stay in the SSP. [7] 250 people attended the founding conference on Saturday 5 November 2006. [8]