Scott Macdonald

Author: Scott Macdonald

  • One in Five campaign launch

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    I’m pleased to be asked to support the One in Five campaign – a campaign to encourage, empower and increase political participation amongst disabled people in Scotland. The Scottish Socialist Party’s policy platform is a remarkably progressive and inclusive one with respect to disabled rights, therefore the One in Five campaign is a good fit…

  • Tattooed

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    A guest post and short story. by Sandra Webster Gunter Hollinger had many regrets in his life. He had never married nor had children, he had seen little of the world apart from his corner of it.

  • Welcoming our revitalised networks

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    In our pursuit of equality for all, we recognise the importance of rejecting discrimination other than from class. We reject the patriarchy, we reject discrimination of age, homophobia and race. We see the need to confront these actively in wider society, including vigilance inside our own party where they manifest or as individuals. Therefore we…

  • A year in review – Part 2 – April

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    I’m mostly going to be writing this as stream of consciousness – as I recall it happening, and my thoughts around the time. Straight into April! None of the April Fools were funny. The Scottish Greens came closest – A sneaky wee press-release on their website, entitled. “Independence is our opportunity to protect outer space.”…

  • A year in review – Part 1

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    This was the year I became a political activist worth a damn. It was also the year the paranoid proved to be prophets. I found both Scottish political year in review programmes exhausting. Rather than revisiting the past, I was reliving it. And it hurt terribly.

  • The last blog of Leelah Alcorn

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    This is the last blog of Leelah Alcorn, a transgender teenager. It is a heartbreaking suicide note, about lack of support from family. After her death, that very same family pretend it wasn’t suicide, call her a boy, deletes the entire blog, and tries to hide it. No wonder, they’re obviously a big part of…

  • SSP Alliance #2 – an update

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    In one blow, the SNP have skilfully smashed the SSP intervention – while remaining the party of unity. This is very, very clever stuff. Strictly speaking, I’d be in favour of such an intervention, for certain reasons. It presents a pro-independence cabal of outstanding candidates – many of whom did extraordinary work in Yes Scotland?…

  • SSP Alliance?

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    The Scottish Socialist Party have explicitly endorsed a pro-independence alliance in order to silence the Labour Party in Scotland. It’s not a bad idea. “Red Tories out” is a good message for those being bitten by the Conservative Party, and ignored by HM’s official Opposition. Colin Fox, national co-spokesperson of the Scottish Socialist Party writes:…

  • Getting pro-independence candidates elected in 2016

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    We’ve seen some remarkable polling in the past couple of days. As the referendum fallout continues, the British Labour Party’s Scotland branch disintegrates, divides and is (presently) leaderless. As they reunite, it’s clear that there’s an opportunity to deliver as many pro-independence candidates to Holyrood in 2016 as possible. To do so, requires a bit…

  • Common Weal Leith thoughts

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    The referendum empowered Scotland’s civic debate in a way that has never been seen. Even if you were one of the few who didn’t turn out, it was remarkably difficult to not be at least partially engaged by it.