Solidarity candidate Tricia Mcleish will today be campaigning in the Glasgow East bye election raising the issue of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Tricia began her day by appearing in a live debate on Radio Scotland at 7.30 she said;

 " I shall be today highlighting how the poverty and deprivation in Glasgow East could be solved by a fraction of the money spent on illegal and unjust wars and the 100 billion Labour are spending on renewing Trident.I shall also point out that Scots troops are dying or being injured in large numbers as they make up one third of frontline troops.It is time we brought all the troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan."

In a massive show of support for the Sheridan 7 and defiance of Rupert Murdoch over 250 people packed Langside Halls on the 7th June to attend the Defend Tommy Sheridan / Defend the Sheridan 7 rally.

 Messages of support were read from Bob Crow and Riccky Tomlinson and others who were unable to attend, however, a series of impassioned speeches were heard from prominent Trade Union speakers and Misscarriages of Justice speakers amongst others including Tommy Sheridan.

Fortunately most speeches were recorded and some of these can be replayed from You Tube by clicking on the links below

Go to www.defendtommysheridan.org  for Pictures of Rally

Wilma Peters, Lanarkshire Solidarity Treasurer

R.I..P.

The Solidarity party has launched an Affordable Homes for All campaign in the Highlands, demanding that the UK government, the Scottish Government and local government now act with urgency to deal with the huge and increasing tragedy of lack of affordable housing for thousands of people in the area. Solidarity will be taking to the streets in the Highlands capital Inverness and throughout towns and villages in the region with a petition demanding that Gordon Brown and the UK government act immediately to cancel the historic housing debt of councils’ like Highland to release the cash for new housing, and work with the SNP in Holyrood and local authorities to immediately begin building new council homes at affordable rents.