Appetite for deconstruction
Album review: The Ultra Vivid Lament Manic Street Preachers Released on 10 September Sony/Columbia ★★★★ by Simon Whittle · “Words wage war, meanings being missed,” sings James Dean ...
Articles by Scottish Socialist Voice
‘Liar’ Johnson’s government in chaos and confusion
by Ken Ferguson · You couldn’t make it up when commenting on the current Johnson gang but then, amidst U-turns, blunders and clearly unplanned policies you don’t have to. In just the last few ...
Danny O’Donnell: a lovely man, friend and comrade
by Richie Venton · The world has lost a chunk of its warmth and humanity with the recent death of dear friend and long time comrade, Danny O’Donnell. Anyone who ever met Danny, regardless of their ...
Colleges fire-and-rehire victory as McVitie’s workers fight on
An outright victory against fire-and-rehire at Forth Valley College by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · Strike action and solidarity has won an outright, astonishing victory for ...
Stop the Tollcross massacre: fight to save every job at McVitie’s
We need decisive action to halt devastation • by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · Nearly 500 workers and their families at the last major manufacturing site in Glasgow’s ...
Wullie McGartland: farewell to a Voice legend, friend and comrade
by Simon Whittle · Wullie McGartland, one of Scottish socialism’s brightest shining stars and former Voice deputy editor, has died at the cruelly young age of 52 in Malaga, Spain, where he lived ...
A victory for strikes and solidarity
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · Lecturers in Scotland’s Further Education colleges have won an important victory that should boost the fighting morale of all workers, as we ...
Fight on for fair pay: reject the offers in NHS and local government
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · Workers in both the NHS and local authorities are balloting on pay offers from the Scottish Government and COSLA, the local government ...
Shame on O’Shea and the British Gas boardroom thugs!
Demand industrial action to reinstate workers and their contracts – nationalise under workers’ control! by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · Within 3 short months of being ...
Workers need socialist Gordon Martin as RMT General Secretary
As the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers’ Union RMT holds elections for its new General Secretary, SSP national workplace organiser Richie Venton spoke to one of the candidates, socialist Gordon ...
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