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Pàrtaidh Sòisealach na h-Alba Scots Socialist Pairtie | |
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| Workplace Organiser | Richie Venton[1] |
| Preceded by | Scottish Socialist Alliance |
| Headquarters | Suite 370 Central Chambers 93 Hope Street Glasgow G2 6LD[2] |
| Newspaper | Scottish Socialist Voice |
| Youth wing | Young Scottish Socialists |
| Membership (2014) |  3,500[3] |
| Ideology | Democratic socialism Anti-capitalism[4] Scottish independence[4] Scottish republicanism[5] |
| Political position | Left-wing[6] |
| National affiliation | RISE – Scotland's Left Alliance (2015 – 2016) |
| European affiliation | European Anti-Capitalist Left |
| Colours | Red White Yellow |
| Scottish Parliament | 0 / 129 |
| Local government in Scotland[7] | 0 / 1,227 |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Scottish Socialist Party (SSP; Scottish Gaelic: Pàrtaidh Sòisealach na h-Alba; Scots: Scots Socialist Pairtie) is a political party which was formed in 1998.[10] It argues for socialism and Scottish independence.
Scottish Socialist Party Media
Richie Venton (right) with the SSP in Glasgow, 18 October 2014
Fly poster for the SSP
National spokesman Colin Fox arguing the position for a socialist Europe
Independence, Socialism and the SSP pamphlet cover
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Excutive Committee election results (13 June 2016). Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ↑ View registration - The Electoral Commission. search.electoralcommission.org.uk.
- ↑ Hutcheon, Paul (9 November 2014). "Revealed: just how many members does Labour really have in Scotland?". The Herald. http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/scottish-politics/revealed-just-how-many-members-does-labour-really-have-in-scotland.25814760. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 About Us
'The SSP is an anti-capitalist, pro-independence party, with a vision of a different kind of society'. Retrieved - 21 August 2015 - ↑ For A Modern Democratic Republic
'We welcome all to download, share and discuss the arguments against continuing rule by an unelected monarch, and for establishing our own modern democratic republic'. Retrieved - 28 August 2015 - ↑ 'Scotland's Socialist Party in Scotland's Left Alliance'. Retrieved - 23 August 2015
- ↑ Keith Edkins. Local Council Political Compositions (24 November 2013). Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ↑ May Day 2017 message (1 May 2017). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
- ↑ Scottish Socialist Party: We must make this the 'independence election' with clear commitments in parties' manifestos. The National. 2 May 2017. http://www.thenational.scot/news/15258158.Scottish_Socialist_Party__We_must_make_this_the__independence_election__with_clear_commitments_in_parties____manifestos/. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
- ↑ Scottish election: Scottish Socialist Party profile. BBC. Published 13 April 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
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