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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]
The Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) is a left-wing [6] [7] political party campaigning for the establishment of an independent socialist Scottish republic. The party was founded in 1998. [8] It campaigns for Scottish independence, against cuts to public services and welfare and for democratic public ownership of the economy.
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%).
At the annual conference of the SSP in early 2005, Sheridan was elected to the SSP executive and at the March 2006 conference, he was elected as party co-chair. However Sheridan left the SSP in August 2006, accusing the SSP of being part of "the mother of all stitch-ups" involving not only their leadership, but also MI5 and News International. [32]
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.
The SRSM twice attempted to entrench a commitment to Scottish independence in the SSP's constitution. [2] In 2005, there were calls for the SRSM to be ejected from the SSP due to its vocal support for the Irish Republican Socialist Party and other Irish political groups that have been characterised as "opposed to the Northern Ireland peace ...
The party had six councillors in Glasgow between 1993 and 1995. In 1998, the Scottish Socialist Voice announced that the SML executive had decided to support Scottish independence. [2] In 1996, it led the formation of the Scottish Socialist Alliance, the precursor of the modern Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) formed in 1998. As part of the SSA ...
The states for which the SSP is administered by the Social Security Administration are the following: California, Hawaii, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, and Vermont. In these states, only one payment is made to include both the SSI and the SSP, combining federal and state benefits. In some states, SSP is dually administrated.