Needles and Bins: Reform UK scapegoat life-saving drug facility
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.
Right turn in Germany… but there’s renewed hope from the Left
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.
Solidarity and Cooperation in Catalunya
Between 13 and 15 December 2024, Socialists for Independence were invited by the Communists of Catalunya to participate in their third party congress. As part of that delegation, David Green reports on the deepening of links that took place over the weekend between Scotland and Catalunya.
Hair of the Dog
Donald Trump has begun his second presidential term. Son of racist real estate developer Fred Trump, and protégée of Roy Cohn (the man who sent the Rosenbergs to the electric chair), Donald Trump has swerved from one bankruptcy to another. Now, he’s been rewarded with the presidency.
New Year, New Possibilities
In our first post of 2025, Frances Curran discusses the challenges ahead for socialists over the coming year, and what socialists need to do to meet these.
Scotland, The Basque Country, Catalunya: A Forum for Cooperation
On 7-9 November 2024, Socialists for Independence attended the European Forum of Left, Green and Progressive Forces in Budapest Hungary. In attendance was Socialists for