News and Updates

Socialists for Independence has been committed to working with others across the left to develop unity in action. As part of that we have set up the Platform for Socialism and Independence with other groups in order to work together in the evolving political situation around the possible creation of a new party of the left.

With Pride season coming to an end, Jo Harvie looks at some of the difficulties facing the LGBTQ+ equality movement this year, and how liberation has found ways to bloom.

Jo Harvie reflects on the significance of May Day for workers around the world, and calls for a display of solidarity this weekend across Scotland for our shared struggles.

As politicians paint a picture of doom and gloom in the public finances, the money required to restore our public services floats all around us. As Kevin McVey argues, SFI’s proposal for a 1% land and property tax could end austerity immediately and bring in millions for the Scottish Government.

A newly-opened, safe drug consumption facility in Glasgow, backed by campaigners and Scots more generally, is the latest target of the political opportunists in Reform UK. Jo Harvie from SFI explains more.

It’s not good news from Germany. The election results have followed the all-too-familiar pattern that we’re used to seeing, from Austria and the Netherlands to Sweden, where the mainstream parties have lost significant chunks of votes to hard right, anti-immigrant ones.