History
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1926 general strike – when workers in Britain tasted power
2026 marks the centenary of Britain’s general strike. From 4-12 May 1926, workers tasted power, in what is the most…
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1915 Glasgow rent strikes – when mass working class struggle won a famous victory
110 years ago, November 1915, the rent strike battle in Glasgow was in full swing. An historic event that saw…
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The political roots of Socialist Party Scotland
Socialist Party Scotland and our forerunner Militant have a rich history of struggle within the Labour and trade union movement,…
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Early working class struggles in Glasgow – 850 year anniversary
Newspaper image of the 1890 Railway Strike
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The lessons of the heroic 1984-85 miners’ strike
Forty years ago, on 9 March 1984, Scottish miners began strike action. The Yorkshire National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) members…
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Red Clydeside: Workers’ power on display
Brian McLelland Red Clydeside refers to a significant era of the labour movement in early 20th-century Scotland, centred around Glasgow…
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100 years since Lenin’s death: The relevance of his ideas for today
Nick Chaffey, Socialist Party England and Wales National Committee In January 1917, the world was in flames amid the barbarism…
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Centenary anniversary: John Maclean – an outstanding Marxist and fighter for the working class
By Philip Stott A leader of Red Clydeside, John Maclean was an outstanding orator, a peerless educator in Marxist ideas,…
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50 years since the coup: The lessons of Chile
Jimmy Haddow On 4 September 1970, Salvador Allende, Unidad Popular (UP) candidate, won the Chilean presidential elections with 36.3% of…
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20th anniversary since invasion of Iraq – a war for US imperialist interests
20 years ago, in the Spring of 2003, the Iraq war began with the US-UK bombing and invasion of Iraq.…
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