Climate change: action is urgent
by Roz Paterson • It’s been a hell of a winter. Actually, where the hell was the winter? The official start of spring is nearly upon us, yet it seems that the season ...
Articles by Scottish Socialist Voice
Brexit or not, pro-indy left case remains essential
by Ken Ferguson With the super hyped Cameron EU “deal” already fading from memory, the real reason for the supposedly historic EU referendum is growing ever clearer. At ...
Cornton Vale protestors demand radical change
by Jenni Gunn, lead RISE candidate, Mid Scotland & Fife The Russian novelist Fydor Dostoyevsky famously said; “The degree of civilisation in a society can be judged by ...
Sturgeon Brexit indyref claims challenged
by Colin Fox, RISE lead candidate for the Lothians “A second referendum on independence will almost certainly be demanded if the UK votes to leave the EU against ...
New mobilisation tactics for an alternative Europe
by Sophia Lycouris, RISE Lothians list candidate As mentioned in a previous Voice, the Transnational Social Strike Platform is a group of European organisations and ...
Roosh V protests galvanise anti-rape culture campaigners
by Jenni Gunn, lead RISE candidate Mid Scotland & Fife The demonstrations in Glasgow and Edinburgh against rape-advocate Roosh V were about so much more than one ...
Left needs womens’ voices at every level
by Suki Sangha, RISE Glasgow candidate We’re trying to do things a little differently in RISE. We’re addressing issues which, far too often, have been deemed ...
Fracking fight at heart of campaign to break with fossil fuels
by Kevin McVey, lead RISE candidate, Central Scotland Across the globe on 31 January, people took to the streets to demonstrate their opposition to fracking. Action took ...
Concern grows over North East oil transfer risks
by Roz Paterson In recent years, the North East coast has become as well-known for its Bottlenose dolphins as for its fishing industry, attracting tens of thousands of ...
Solving the environmental crisis can not be left to the Greens
by Roz Paterson We are experiencing “a step change from one world to another…the changes are as big as those that happened at the end of the last ice age.” So says ...
