[1] In 2016, CfS agreed to a joint membership scheme with Momentum, a UK-wide grassroots movement supportive of Jeremy Corbyn and his leadership of the Labour Party.

[2][3] CfS was originally established in 1994 to campaign against the removal of Clause IV from the Labour Party's constitution.

[8] In 2017, five CfS members won seats on the Scottish Labour Party's national executive.

[9] They called for the then Scottish Labour leader, Kezia Dugdale, to pursue a socialist agenda and work more closely with Jeremy Corbyn's team.

[10] CfS endorsed[11] Richard Leonard to be the next leader of Scottish Labour following the resignation of Kezia Dugdale in August 2017.