Land reform: much remains to be done
by Roz Paterson • “I have described the Grampians as a great faunal region—and so, according to our twentieth-century standards, it is. I ought rather to have ...
Articles by Scottish Socialist Voice
Unions must take action for £10NOW
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser • The season of major trade union conferences is kicking off, amidst the cacophony of barefaced lies about the ...
Council leader Burns must go over Edinburgh schools scandal demands Colin Fox
• RISE Lothians candidate Colin Fox has demanded the resignation of Edinburgh council chief Andrew Burns over the closure of 17 city schools as too unsafe to be used. Fox ...
French Indignados and the new movement #NuitDeboutPartout in March 2016
For those who do not speak French, ‘Nuit Debout Partout’ means ‘Night (that is) Standing Everywhere’, Sophia Lycouris writes. This term started as ‘Nuit Debout’, ...
How to win an industrial dispute in three not so easy lessons
by Billy McChord, EIS-FELA Executive member, Branch Convener and RISE activist • There is much to be learned from the recent experience of the Further Education Lecturers ...
Holyrood: independence still key
by Ken Ferguson • With the unedifying shouting match of the first “leaders” TV debate the official Holyrood election campaign got under way. Hosted by a BBC ...
RISE MSPs vital to stop SNP moving right
by Colin Fox, lead RISE candidate, Lothians • Politics and public opinion are full of contradictions. Take the survey published this week showing the Scottish ...
RISE challenge London for control of indyref2
by Voice Reporter • RISE, Scotland’s Left Alliance, has published its strategy for a second referendum on Scottish independence. which directly challenges ...
Memory Lane has no answers to Scotland’s current crisis
by Ken Ferguson • They say that nostalgia isn’t what it was but there is certainly plenty of it about in today’s politics. In an uncanny echo of the dirty tricks of ...
Socialist MSPs make a profound difference
by Colin Fox, lead RISE candidate for the Lothians • With the fifth Holyrood elections now upon us and RISE carrying the left’s hopes this time it is worth reminding ...
