[4] Bryan is part of the Red Paper Collective, a group of Labour activists who aim to provide an alternative from the perspective of the Labour movement to the "sterile nationalist v unionist debate" around the Scottish independence referendums.

[5] Bryan reviewed Neil Findlay's book about his bid for the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party, Socialism & Hope: A Journey Through Turbulent Times, for the Morning Star in 2017.

In her review Bryan wrote that the election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party "was a lifeline for the left.

[8] In October 2023, Bryan and eight others resigned from the executive board of the Glasgow Kelvin Constituency Labour Party following the comments of Keir Starmer on the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.

[10] This was after "Labour Officials" wrote CLP's stating that "any motions" about Gaza would be "out of order and should not be debated at party meetings".