The Jimmy Reid Foundation 2025 Annual Lecture: Deepening Solidarity with Palestine: The Jimmy Reid Foundation (JRF), a Scottish think tank rooted in the values of economic, environmental, political, and social justice, continues to build on the legacy of legendary trade unionist and activist Jimmy Reid. Best known for leading the historic Upper Clyde Shipbuilders’ “work-in,”…
Ethnic cleansing continues across the whole of Palestine SPSC Statement, 9 October 2025 SPSC welcomes any immediate halt to the bombardment of Gaza and the mass killing of entire families. A ceasefire is urgently needed to save lives and allow humanitarian relief — but it is the very minimum of what is required. A temporary…
Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) are joining a UK wide call to take action in workplaces on Thursday 9 October. Actions may be big or small — what matters is making our solidarity impossible to ignore. Some ideas – Organise a demo — bring pots and pans & make a noiseWork-to-rule / walkout as appropriateOrganise…
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The UK government’s talk of recognising a Palestinian state is nothing but a cruel deception from a historic enemy of the Palestinian people. Far from an act of justice, this gesture is a calculated response to the rising opposition in Britain and worldwide to Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.Only two weeks after officially denying that…
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SPSC Statement, 6th September 2025 On Saturday 6th of September SPSC members were arrested in Edinburgh following a peaceful action outside Queen Elizabeth House that SPSC jointly organised with Defend Our Juries. Defend Our Juries participants held placards reading “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” whilst SPSC organised the wearing of t-shirts that read “Genocide…
3 September 2025 We welcome the Scottish Government’s announcement of a pause on public funding to arms companies linked to Israel and restrictions on the facilitation of trade with the apartheid and genocidal state of Israel. We look forward to greater detail around what this will look like in practice. John Swinney’s statement is…