Scottish Labour Young Socialists

A very exciting project by Scottish Young Labour - make sure to apply!

Applications for Scottish Young Labour's first ever Summer Camp close on Saturday 4th August.

Want to get involved? Apply yourself, with friends, or as part of a group here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfRTruQUvOnJ6rhB8ZPnyDtXpX-NQbgBEyMRUWdKXX5rC2puA/viewform

Only 10 days to go...

See you there: https://www.facebook.com/events/628616174183456/

Get out to Parliament Square tomorrow at 1pm to protest against FOSTA-SESTA inspired laws being introduced into the UK!
https://www.facebook.com/events/604646959904003/

Sarah Champion MP will be holding a debate in Parliament on Wednesday to promote and encourage legislation similar to the SESTA/FOSTA legislation signed into law by Donald Trump. This legislation increases hostile working environments for s*x workers by reducing their autonomy and agency, removing screening processes which allow them increased security and ultimately forcing many of them into street work and kerb-crawling, which opens them up to significantly more violence and harassment by the state.

It’s imperative that socialists and the labour movement stand by s*x workers – please fill out this simple form to encourage your MP to stand on the right side of history.

Safety Not Criminalisation

As Socialists in the Labour Party, we cannot support a coalition with the Conservatives at any level.

Sign the Petition Luke Stronach: No to the Aberdeen Labour/Tory Coalition

POTUS visits the U.K. next month and will be assured of a warm welcome. Here's details of the protest planned for Edinburgh. Banners and flags please.

We're very proud to be supporting Navendu Mishra's campaign for Labour's NEC, along with his eight CLGA/Momentum-supported colleagues. You can find out more information about why they're standing below:

Navendu Mishra: Why I'm standing for Labour's NEC | LabourList "Our members are sovereign." This is what John McDonnell said during the last leadership contest, and he was right. Our members are the party, and I am standing for the NEC to reflect the views of the membership in all our diversity. It was our members who made a decisive break with the slow decline...

This graph shows what's been happening to rent over the last decade. There is no way anyone could look at this and then seriously argue against rent controls.

"Rents double in a decade and could eclipse entire sum paid for mortgages by homeowners."

Read more here, if you can stomach it: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/feb/12/uk-tenants-paid-record-50bn-in-rents-in-2017

The efficiency myth Heard the one about the private sector always doing things better? Nick Dowson interrogates the evidence and wonders why it still has believers.

“Labour has the chance to debunk the lie that migration is to blame for the problems facing working people, and to change the debate on immigration. Our mass membership party under Jeremy Corbyn has shown it can win hearts and minds to positive new ideas. We can only do so if we abandon the old, discredited strategy of triangulation. Labour has real solutions to the problems facing workers: taking on the entrenched power of the rich, investing in homes, jobs and services, and bringing migrant and British-born workers together in strong unions to drive up wages and improve our lives at work.

“We must set these against Theresa May’s aggressive anti-migrant regime that does nothing to improve life for British workers, and against attempts to withhold the social safety net from migrants. Denying recourse to public funds led to the recent scandal which snatched away children’s school meals, and risks undermining all workers by placing migrant workers at the mercy of unscrupulous, hyper-exploiting employers.”

Refugee rights campaigners welcome Labour's break from its 'Blairite record' on hostile environment Labour’s shadow home secretary announced this week that the party would end the so-called ‘hostile environment’ and close down the infamous Yarl’s Wood detention centre MIGRANT RIGHTS campaigners have welcomed a pledge by Labour’s shadow home secretary to end the ‘hostile environment’ ...