Scottish Socialist Voice

Editorial: The Rising Tide of Protest Must Form a Real ‘People and Planet’ Alternative

November 10, 2026

By Ken Ferguson The millions across the US and the planet rejoicing at the stunning defeat inflicted on Trump and his MAGA acolytes by voters across the republic are right to ...

Why No One Believes John Swinney Will Deliver Independence

November 2, 2026

By Colin Fox, SSP National Co-Spokesperson Andy Burnham was in Motherwell this week [article originally published mid-October] on a visit designed to overshadow the SNP ...

France Protests: An On-the-Ground Report

October 28, 2026

By Roy Doig in Carcassonne Despite desperate attempts by right wing politicians and media to portray the French protests as violent riots, hundreds of thousands of students, ...

Editorial: Illusion and Reality – What Do Leaders’ Speeches Actually Mean?

October 21, 2026

By Ken Ferguson This Voice is publishing only a matter of days before the contents of the Burnham Labour government’s budget is due to be revealed in the House of Commons . ...

Ravenscraig, Data Centres and the UK Steel Industry

October 8, 2026

By Colin Fox, SSP National Co-Spokesperson I was born in Craigneuk, Wishaw under the shadow of the giant Ravenscraig steelworks. And I remember as a child how my mother would ...

Fighting Data Centres Near You

October 3, 2026

By Owain Jones, Inverclyde SSP It’s inspiring to see a community standing up and opposing things that will damage and diminish its quality of life, asserting itself against ...

Editorial: Another Week of Posturing as Multiple Crises Deepen

September 30, 2026

By Ken Ferguson If we believe what the increasingly insipid Scots media tell us we have just witnessed a historic vote at Holyrood in which fast dissolving Scottish ...

Solidarity with Cameron Bridge Strikers!

September 29, 2026

By Jack Reekie The SSP stands in solidarity with the Cameron Bridge distillery strikers in their dispute against Diageo. On Monday (28th September) the SSP joined workers ...

‘Tax the Rich’ to provide jobs for our young people, to end the worst crisis the NHS has ever faced, and to build the council houses we have been promised for the past 25 years

September 27, 2026

By Colin Fox With the NHS facing the worst crisis in its history, Scotland trapped in a cost-of-living crisis and a chronic shortage of affordable housing, there is much John ...

Glasgow Silent March for Palestine as World Approaches Three Years of Genocide

September 23, 2026

By Voice Reporter Comrades from the Scottish Socialist Party attended the National Silent March for Palestine on Saturday. The march – organised by the Gaza Genocide ...