Congratulations to the organisers of yesterday’s International Women’s Day Edinburgh march and rally on an even bigger and more successful event than last year! Hundreds of people – women and men, cis and trans, from Scotland and from further afield – took part in the march, which this year focused on these important themes: In…
Author: Republican Socialist Platform
STATEMENT: No to imperialist war on Venezuela!
The United States’ military strikes on Venezuela and the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife on 3 January constitute the most flagrant act of US imperialism seen in this century. This naked act of regime change follows months of murderous war crimes across the Caribbean and Pacific, the piratical seizure of over…
Solidarity with Rockstar Games workers
The RSP has donated £100 to the IWGB’s Rockstar Fighting Fund on behalf of our members.
What we decided at our 2025 AGM
The Republican Socialist Platform’s 2025 AGM took place on Saturday 23rd August 2025, with members taking part in-person from Glasgow’s Renfield Centre and via Zoom. It began with a discussion about “Scotland, the left and the 2026 elections” which included critical assessments of the Your Party initiative launched by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana as…
Joint statement on Cornish nationhood
The Republican Socialist Platform is proud to co-sign the following statement in solidarity with Cornish left organisations campaigning for devolution in Kernow/Cornwall on par with that extended to Scotland and Cymru/Wales. We encourage people in Scotland to sign their petition. The Cornish people have the right to recognition of their nationhood and to self-determination. We…
STATEMENT: Palestine Action ban is latest UK assault on democracy
Labour’s plan to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation is a disgraceful assault on the right to protest and the latest illustration of the UK state’s authoritarianism. Palestine Action’s tactics are justified. They draw on long traditions of non-violent direct action used in the anti-war, climate justice and alter-globalisation movements, and have exposed the…
Event: Building Internationalism from Below in a Multipolar World
The Republican Socialist Platform invites friends to discuss ‘Building Internationalism from Below in a Multipolar World’ in Glasgow on Saturday 27th April 2024, 2pm-5pm.
Allan Armstrong
Allan Armstrong, who played an enormous role in the founding and development of the Republican Socialist Platform, has passed away following a period of illness.
Alan Boylan
Alan Boylan, a founding member of the Republican Socialist Platform based in Dundee, passed away last Thursday 25th January 2024.
STATEMENT: Palestine solidarity more important than ever
The RSP unequivocally condemns the Israeli bombing of homes, hospitals, schools and mosques, the shutting-off of water, electricity, food and fuel, and the closing of the Rafah border crossing both to refugees and much-needed aid.