Today (15 February 2023) Nicola Sturgeon resigns as the longest serving First Minister of Scotland after more than 8 years. Turning away from the speeches and the media circus, it is important for working people to ask – what is … Continued
The CP response to the Labour Party’s commission on the Britain’s Future The Communist Party defends the right of the Scottish people to self determination and to hold a referendum on their constitutional future. We reject anti-democratic manoeuvrings by the … Continued
Scottish politics is not irreversibly dominated by a Conservative-voting English electorate.Voting SNP in Scotland is no route to a Socialist Scotland. The Communist Party conducts its campaigning politics both on the electoral front and in workplaces, communities, colleges and universities, … Continued
A construction worker, talking to Leith Walk Ward election candidate (May 2022) Richard Shillcock, compared greenfield new-builds springing up outside Edinburgh and new city-centre luxury apartments. “The irony is, they’re made of the same stuff—concrete, plasterboard, metal fixings. Neither are … Continued
“The number of needles I’ve picked up out of the garden…” – an increasingly common sentiment in Leith, demonstrating just how severe and neglected the situation is. With Scotland having one of the highest rates of drug related death in … Continued
Sign this petition https://tinyurl.com/SafeConsumptionCampaign We, the Edinburgh Young Communist League, have started our Save Lives, Save Money, Safe Consumption Campaign, which aims to spread awareness for alternative, healthcare-based approaches to Scotland’s Drug crisis. Our goal is to see Edinburgh City … Continued
There is a widespread feeling of powerlessness and disillusionment amongst many working class people in Scotland today.Anger as well.We have a Tory Government in Westminster with a massive majority, albeit it’s a party riven with division, and the 79 seat … Continued
GAVIN BREWIS describes Living Rent’s challenge to Glasgow’s poverty ahead of Cop26. To read his article, go here. https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/f/wee-neds-bit-wae-big-plans?fbclid=IwAR2LCpR7Q4brnpfM6fVMtBBg85AKnuIupl2EBUK0IoDukOcFFCiimbJ2A0w#.YV4qLaID6fY.facebook
The new SNP/Green Party tie-up means little cheer for workers and their communities. The Greens have helped Scottish Governments get cuts- based budgets through the Parliament for more than a decade. So—little has changed. Both parties support returning an “independent” … Continued
Scotland’s Communists are calling for: A real living wage for all workers of at least £10.32 per hour. A ban on zero hours and non-permanent contracts, day one employment rights and rights to equal treatment with permanent and full-time workers. … Continued