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Scottish Socialist Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Delegates to the SSP conference voted on February 13, 2005 and Fox was elected with 252 votes to McCombes' 154; 9 delegates abstained and 1 ballot paper was spoilt. As a result of his lawsuit, the minutes of the SSP executive meeting held in November 2004 in which the party executive decided, unanimously, to ask for his resignation because of the way he sought to handle the case, were subpoenad by the newspaper. On 13 June 2006, in the midst of the crisis, a new platform within the SSP was announced, Scottish Socialist Party United Left. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scottish_Socialist_Party   (1371 words)

ISG Statement on the SSP Crisis Alan McCombes, who held the minutes, was promptly ordered to hand them over or be jailed. Alan McCombes would stay in jail, and it could lead to long prison sentences for individuals and financial bankruptcy for the SSP. The idea that Alan McCombes wants a narrow party of that kind flies in the face of everything he has done and said for the last 10 years and his record of building the SSP. www.socialistresistance.net /sspcrisis.htm   (1422 words)

Weekly Worker 243 Thursday June 4 1998 Alan has, apparently, forgotten that the Third International of Lenin and Trotsky recognised, from day one, that all national sections of the International had to be subordinate to the decisions of the world organisation. Alan attempted to reassure me in precisely the manner he did Mike Waddington: there was not a shred of truth in the accusation, and I should be ashamed of myself for wasting the SP leadership's time with such scaremongering. Alan McCombes has tried in his latest document to pretend that the dictionary definition of 'independence' is not a synonym for 'separate'. www.cpgb.org.uk /worker/243/toohighprice.html   (2439 words)

Socialism Today - Socialists, the SNP, and Scottish independence Alan McCombes, the author of the article and a former member of the CWI, puts forward the idea that a central task facing the SSP is indeed a campaign to ‘break apart the UK’. Alan goes on explain his view of the benefits of the SNP electing a ‘left’ candidate to lead the SNP: "A victory for either Roseanna Cunningham or Alex Neil — both of them capable and charismatic figures — would have the effect of regenerating interest in politics generally. Indeed, in 1989 in an article in the Militant newspaper Alan McCombes argued that even the left of the SNP at that time had an "economic programme which is essentially no more radical than that of Labour’s right-wing or even sections of the Liberal Democrats" (31 March 1989). www.socialismtoday.org /86/scotland.html   (4737 words)

News Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) Alan McCombes has told Scotland Today the party should have continued to defy the court following attempts by the News of the World to gain access to documents in their defamation battle with former leader Tommy Sheridan. Alan McCombes was jailed on Friday for refusing to hand over documents to the court of session sought by the News of the World in Tommy Sheridan's defamation action. Alan McCombes said: "I believe we should have continued defiance and if somebody else had been in my shoes in that cell and I had been sitting at that meeting I would have voted with the 67 people who were not panicked by the action and who were prepared to continue defiance." www.scotlandtoday.tv /content/defaulttext.asp?page=s1_1_1&newsid=11690   (474 words)

Scottish Socialist Party leader jailed Alan McCombes, policy coordinator for the Scottish Socialist Party, was imprisoned May 26 for 12 days after refusing to surrender the minutes of a party leadership meeting to the Court of Session in Edinburgh. Cullen also argued that McCombes was entitled to a private life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, asserting that the ruling of the court was incompatible with the convention. McCombes must hand over the documents to the court so that such a determination could be made, she insisted. www.wsws.org /articles/2006/may2006/ssp-m29.shtml   (1005 words)

Scottish Independence: A Reply to Alan McCombes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) As McCombes shows, the national question has not been quelled by the creation of a Scottish parliament and I agree that there is potential for the call for independence to grow even more as the parliament is shown to be weak and inevitably comes into conflict with Westminster. McCombes and others have a tendency to dumb down their political terminology and consequently their politics by this constant philistinism and appealing to the lowest common denominator. Alan correctly identifies the forces at work in Scottish politics but comes, I believe, to fundamentally wrong conclusions on how these forces can be given a progressive nature and turned towards socialism. www.whatnextjournal.co.uk /Pages/Back/Wnext11/Scot.html   (2436 words)

Debate in the Scottish Socialist party Alan McCombes rightly emphasizes that the overall balance sheet of the SSP is overwhelmingly positive. Alan McCombes placing slightly greater emphasis on developing the SSP as an activist organization outside parliament than Colin Fox. Alan McCombes suggests a campaign around 10 basic programmatic demands, as discussed earlier, and also the development of a series of networks that allow comrades to specialize in particular areas of work, while still remaining accountable to the party. www.socialistunitynetwork.co.uk /voices/ssp_debate01.htm   (4010 words)

Another view on the SSP crisis | Workers' Liberty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) The letter made a nod in the direction of Alan McCombes’ "courage and determination to resist the undemocratic power of unelected judges." But the same letter also spoke of a "cabal of members" who were leading the party into "serious decay". McCombes "and a core group of seven or eight other leading comrades" had "misled the party into their current quandary". McCombes was released from prison, having been fined for his refusal to hand over the minutes of the 9th November meeting, and with the costs of the preceding weekend’s searches added to the SSP’s legal bill. www.workersliberty.org /node/6438   (2335 words)

ePolitix.com - SSP hit by 'tensions'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) Senior party official Alan McCombes was last week jailed for 12 days after his refusal to hand over the documents to the courts. The papers are being sought by the News of the World as part of its defence against a libel case brought by former SSP leader Tommy Sheridan. McCombes had refused to make available the minutes from a meeting which had discussed Sheridan's resignation in 2004 from the post of party convener. www.epolitix.com /EN/News/200605/e89ecaaa-68ad-4f9a-b321-6c82eb0107b0.htm   (274 words)

The CWI platform welcomes the discussion in the SSP that has begun on a strategy for the party following the setbacks ... In that light the strategy paper produced by Alan McCombes and the other contributions from platforms, branches and individuals within the SSP are all to be welcomed. Alan falls into this trap when he argues: “In the 1990’s, capitalism, at least in the developed West, appeared to offer stability and tranquillity.” This was not the experience of millions of workers and young people both in Alan’s reluctance to identify this key point is unfortunate as Alan McCombes himself played a central role in the work of the Militant and SML at that time which we have always recognised. publications.cwiscotland.org /CWISSPstrategy.htm   (6688 words)

Socialist View (Spring 05) - SSP: The battle for socialist ideas McCombes opposed amendments that called for the SSP to stand for a socialist Europe and for the nationalisation of the monopolies that dominate the economy to be brought under workers' control. Alan McCombes defence was that he wanted it to have as broad an appeal as possible. Alan McCombes, the national policy coordinator threw his name into the hat at the 11th hour. www.socialistparty.net /pub/pages/viewspring2005/6.htm   (2561 words)

News Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) Alan McCombes would not surrender paperwork which the News of the World hoped to use in defending a defamation action against former Leader Tommy Sheridan. Alan McCombes said: "It looks like she means business, quite frankly. McCombes returned to court, refused to comply and was jailed. scotlandtoday.scottishtv.co.uk /content/?page=s1_1_1&newsid=11663   (401 words)

Sunday Herald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) But McCombes, SSP policy co-ordinator and regarded as the party’s brains, is not about to squander all they have achieved for the sake of one man. “We did what we had to do,” he says, leaning forward to drive home the point. McCombes agrees, saying it’s a source of regret that no woman candidate was forthcoming, a fact he attributes to the obstacles women face in politics and society generally. McCombes hails from Priesthill, a depressed Glasgow estate where “a dog with two ears was regarded as a tourist”. www.sundayherald.com /print47366   (1268 words)

Alan McCombes: For Socialism & Independence Alan McCombes has been active in socialist politics since the 1970s. During the 1990s, Alan challenged the traditional ‘British Road to Socialism’, fighting for the left to champion the idea of an independent Scottish socialist republic. In 2002- 2003 Alan was co-ordinator of the SSP’s election campaign which saw the return of 6 MSP’s. socialismandindependence.blogspot.com   (958 words)

LETTERS Alan McCombes's contribution to the debate between the Scottish Socialist Party and the SWP at last November's Socialism in Scotland(reprinted in January SR) highlights the weaknesses of the SSP's argument both in relation to the question of Scottish independence and also the kind of party that socialists need to build. Alan appears to accept that the oppression of Scotland is not comparable to the oppression of Ireland or East Timor but argues that there are 'degrees of exploitation and oppression'. Alan's strategy of 'stamping a socialist coloration on the national movement' was more accurately described by Lenin as 'painting nationalism red'--in other words, creating illusions that nationalism can solve the problems which workers face. pubs.socialistreviewindex.org.uk /sr227/letters.htm   (1954 words)

ZoomInfo Web Summary: Alan McCombes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) Alan McCombes, national policy co-ordinator of the SSP, has produced a 5000-word policy document - to be debated on Sunday at the SSP's national council - outlining the socialists' proposed strategy for hastening independence. Mr McCombes argues the most obvious vehicle is a convention based on the Scottish constitutional convention of the 1990s which heralded devolution. Mr McCombes wants the convention to promote independence by highlighting issues including Dungavel, Faslane, the war on Iraq, closing nuclear power stations and expanding alternative sources of generating power, pensions, the "disgracefully low" minimum wage, and anti-trade union law. www.zoominfo.com /directory/McCombes_Alan_52868880.htm   (347 words)

Weekly Worker 627 - Thursday June 1 2006 Last month comrade Alan McCombes spent a long weekend in Saughton jail for refusing to hand over minutes of the November 9 2004 SSP executive meeting which forced Tommy Sheridan to resign as convenor. Comrade McCombes and the EC majority refused to comply with the decision of the Edinburgh court of sessions that the minutes must be handed over on the grounds of their confidentiality. While the EC was prepared to let comrade McCombes languish in jail in order to shame Sheridan into dropping his action, the latter was equally determined to deny McCombes his martyrdom. www.cpgb.org.uk /worker/628/ssp.htm   (828 words)

International Socialist Voice (08/06/03): Review: Imagine by Alan McCombes & Tommy Sheridan But the elimination of class qualifications means that McCombes and Sheridan also include the SNP in their positive characterisation of nationalism in Scotland as the fight against greed and inequality. McCombes and Sheridan know that any struggle for change will lead to hard class contradictions, described in their characteristic proverbs like ”the battle for the future is not like a game of cricket”. Tommy Sheridan and Alan McCombes, having left the CWI, the international socialist organisation of which Rättvisepartiet is the Swedish section, and lead the small, politically broad, socialist party SSP. www.socialistparty.net /pub/pages/intervoice08-06-03/7.htm   (3660 words)

Socialism Today - How can capitalism be successfully overthrown? Unfortunately, the evolution of Tommy Sheridan and Alan McCombes, on the evidence of this book alone, is in the opposite direction, away from a clear Marxist/Trotskyist perspective and programme which they once advocated. Tommy Sheridan and Alan McCombes, as well as being talented individuals, received their training and education within the ranks of the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI). In their concluding comments, Alan McCombes and Tommy Sheridan write: "Some of the detailed arguments set out here will no doubt be picked over like fishbones and criticised". www.socialismtoday.org /54/imagine.html   (5811 words)

BBC NEWS | Scotland | SSP official jailed over papers The normal rule in such circumstances is for documents to be submitted in a sealed envelope and for arguments about confidentiality to be made then. When a deadline of 1430 BST passed, Lady Smith ordered Mr McCombes to be held in custody until a week on Tuesday to consider his position. The QC for the News of the World has claimed that Mr Sheridan's local branch of the party was about to consider a motion, which had already been put forward, to destroy the minutes in question. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/5014452.stm   (575 words)

i-Newswire.com - Press Release And News Distribution - Bill Wilson (SNP) & Alan McCombes (SSP) say "support ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) Scottish political activists Alan McCombes and Bill Wilson have both called for support for Independence First, the campaign for a referendum on Scottish Independence. Mr McCombes and Mr Wilson are leading members of their respective parties. Alan McCombes and Bill Wilson have both called for support for Independence First, the campaign for a referendum on Scottish Independence. i-newswire.com /pr50272.html   (484 words)

The Scotsman - SSP official jailed for defying court ALAN McCombes, the ideological driving force behind the far-left Scottish Socialist Party, was jailed yesterday for refusing to hand over internal party documents to the Court of Session. Mr McCombes, the SSP's press and policy co-ordinator, gave a clenched-fist salute before he was taken away to begin more than a week in jail for defying orders to surrender papers relating to a defamation case involving Tommy Sheridan, the party's former leader. The paper had asked the court to compel Mr McCombes to produce documents which relate to a meeting of the SSP executive in November 2004 after which Mr Sheridan had stood down. thescotsman.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=783312006   (782 words)

A socialist world is possible: History of the cwi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) This development, led by individuals who had played an important role in the CWI in the past, such as Tommy Sheridan, Alan McCombes and others, was not at all accidental. After all, it was the leadership of the CWI not the leadership of the Scottish section, Tommy Sheridan and Alan McCombes, who initially called for a new mass workers’ party. Despite the attempts of Alan McCombes and Tommy Sheridan to try and picture the CWI majority as rejecting the idea of forming a broad party, such arguments cut no ice with the majority of the CWI membership. www.socialistworld.net /publications/history2/p06.html   (1059 words)

Scotsman.com Election - Scottish Socialist Party - SSP in race to replace Tommy Sheridan BATTLE was joined yesterday in the contest to become the next leader of the Scottish Socialist Party, with Alan McCombes, a senior party official, entering the race to replace Tommy Sheridan. Mr McCombes, the SSP’s head of policy, announced his intention to run for the leadership of the party that was put on the electoral map by Mr Sheridan. Mr McCombes is not an MSP and he may have difficulty convincing SSP activists that he can lead the party from outside the parliament. election.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=811&id=70382005   (601 words)

SSP official fined for contempt Mr Alan McCombes the co-founder of the Scottish Socialist Party who was jailed for failing to hand over documents has been found guilty of contempt of court. Mr McCombes said: "I certainly don't have any assets or resources and it may be a case that you have to get blood out of stone. Alan McCombes statement prior to the NC's decision (which Alan could not attend for obvious reasons) www.socialistunitynetwork.co.uk /news/sspcourt05.htm   (529 words)

The Socialist Issue 192 Alan and Tommy's bending to this pressure means that, while they argue an impassioned case for socialism, it is a far more confused, contradictory, and often mistaken case, than they themselves would have argued in the past. Alan and Tommy obviously also believe that socialist ideas will become increasingly popular - but the implication in their book is that a high-quality socialist daily newspaper is impossible to achieve. Nor do Tommy and Alan agree that it was fundamentally the lack of a clear revolutionary party that led to the defeat of the struggle for socialism in the 20th century. www.socialistparty.org.uk /TheSocialistIssue192.htm   (5427 words)

Scotland's new socialist party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) ALAN McCOMBES is editor of Scottish Socialist Voice and an executive committee member of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP). McCombes told Green Left Weekly that the SSP may make an electoral breakthrough in May and the party may have one or more MPs elected to the Scottish parliament. McCombes expects the party to finalise its program on the economy and the environment, as well as a manifesto for the local, Scottish and European elections due this year. www.greenleft.org.au /back/1999/348/348p17.htm   (1471 words)

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