Steve Falconer

Steve Falconer (born 20th January 1984, Edinburgh) is a former model turned left wing activist.

Born into a relatively impoverished family with strong left wing revolutionary tendencies, he initially rejected these in favour of Thatcherite philosophy. However, his experiences of the extant working class movements in Eastern Europe and Russia coupled with his work in deprived communities in Scotland (most notably in the Gorbals area of Glasgow and the Craigmillar area of Edinburgh) led to a dramatic change in thinking and the formation of the Scottish Social Democratic Party. The party itself stands for Leninism but is considered a reactionary splinter of the Socialist Workers Party and Solidarity.

He intends to stand as a candidate for the party in the upcoming Edinburgh Forth local by election triggered by the sudden death of previous Labour incumbent Elizabeth Maginnis.

External Links

* [http://www.marxists.org]

Select Publications and Pamphlets

Falconer, S. (2008). "The Burning Questions." Avaliable in pdf format from Marxists.org
Falconer, S. (2008). "An insoluble contradiction? Reformism and Revoultionary activity according to Lenin, " NLR, 23(4), 127.
Falconer, S. (2007). "Transgender Agency and the Binary Gender Divide," Paper Presented at European conference of Gender Dysmorphia. 8/8/2007
Falconer, S. (2007). "How Organisations Grow," e-Sociology Compass, 1, 77-89
Falconer, S., Koberova, Z. & Hadjuski, K. (Mar, 2007). "Dlaczego robi Zachód widzą my jak zużyty, "Czas Kultury, 55-60.
Watson, A. & Falconer, S. (2006). "No More Heroes: Where are the left intellectuals," Socialist Worker, January 2006