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Dear First Minister We note the letter from the Conservative MSP for Eastwood Jackson Carlaw concerning the Scottish Government’s adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism and the ‘confidence and supply’ agreement with the Scottish Green Party which includes elected representatives of the Green Party in government.  It is noteworthy that…

Scottish PSC has written to candidates in the 2021 Holyrood elections asking them to assert the ‘Right to BDS’, in other words, the right of public institutions, organisations and individuals to support the campaign of  Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS). In a democratic society, citizens and civil society have the right to support human rights through…

Scottish PSC welcomes the overwhelming votes by University and College Union (UCU) Scotland Congress to pass motions to defend Professor David Miller and to reject the discredited IHRA working definition. David Miller, a UCU member, is under attack by Israel lobby groups who are calling for his dismissal from Bristol University.  He is a target…

Scottish PSC expresses its full support for David Miller, currently Professor of Sociology at Bristol University and with previous posts at Strathclyde and Stirling universities. He has been a chosen target of pro-Israel groups in this country for a number of years but the attack on him has been renewed with vigour over the last weeks,…

On Thursday 10th September the Petitions Committee of the Scottish Parliament will consider SPSC’s petition to defend the right to BDS. We want the Scottish government to state explicitly that we have the right to campaign for BDS and that public bodies in Scotland have the right to implement BDS. The petitions committee could bury it…