Rosemary Byrne, MSP for South of Scotland, spoke to Socialist Worker about the future of the SSP.
The ten days since the verdict in favour of Tommy Sheridan have been marked by ferocious attack and counterattack within the SSP.
It is too early to judge how solid is the ceasefire agreed upon in the second Lebanon war. But it is already possible to draw some initial conclusions - the most important of which is the resounding Israeli military failure.
Photographer Guy Smallman is in Beirut to document the human cost of Israel’s war on Lebanon for Socialist Worker. Here are the first of his diary entries
Amid the carnage and slaughter in Lebanon a new force is emerging that has confounded Israel - the tremendous unity shown by ordinary Lebanese towards each other.
Haifa, July 19, 2006
The war in Lebanon is as much George Bush’s as it is that of Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert. And it is being waged for very high stakes.
There was a deep historical significance to taking to the streets in solidarity with the people of Lebanon and Palestine last Saturday, 22 July.
Imagine if Lebanon destroyed every bridge in Israel, blew up the international airport, blockaded the ports, severed every arterial road, ordered people to leave their homes and then bombed them to pieces when they did... Do you think any Western leader would utter the words "Lebanon has a right to defend itself"?
The 30 years of armed struggle and mass resistance against British rule in Ireland began with the struggle for civil rights. The struggle was about fighting against second class citizenship.
Union leaders last week suspended the lecturers’ action over pay after receiving a "new" offer from managers.
