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Colleges fire-and-rehire victory as McVitie’s workers fight on

June 25, 2021 // 0 Comments

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

May 24, 2021 // 0 Comments

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 ...

Poland: near-total abortion ban has become a reality

February 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

by Magdalena Grzymkowska · An objectionable near-total ban on abortion in Poland has taken effect, after a judicial government-controlled body’s decision came into force on 27 January, 2021. This ...

Care crisis: ‘The pay’s still bad, there’s still talk about cuts to food allowance’

February 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

Scottish Socilalist Party national co-spokesperson Róisín McLaren spoke to care worker Trish McLaughlin ahead of the SSP’s forum ‘When is a National Care Service not a National Care Service?’ ...

Is hydrogen a new green wonder fuel?

January 29, 2021 // 0 Comments

SSP national co-spokesperson Roisin McLaren takes a look · The science and tech news are full of hopeful stories about hydrogen being the new climate friendly future fuel. With Shell proudly ...

Jim McVicar, Rest in Power

December 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

by Colin Fox and Richie Venton · We feel enormous sorrow and a huge void at the death of our dear friend and comrade, Jim McVicar, taken from us far too young. Some people would have you believe Jim ...

Just Transition only can solve Mossmorran’s pollution and preserve jobs

November 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

by Councillor Mary Lockhart · On 5 October 2020, pilots of aircraft approaching Edinburgh Airport radioed Air Traffic Control to ask if it was safe to land. Their flight decks appeared to be full of ...

US chlorinated chicken bad for your health and stained by racism

July 31, 2020 // 0 Comments

by Roisin McLaren, SSP national co-spokesperson · We’ve heard a lot about the dangers of chlorinated chicken. Chickens in America are kept in such cramped conditions that disease spreads very ...

Surge of action essential if space warfare is to be avoided

July 31, 2020 // 0 Comments

by David Webb, chair of UK CND · The US and the UK claim that they have caught Russia making an anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon test. Testing an ASAT weapon is not unusual—the US, Russia, China and ...

VOICE EXTRA: Reaching a zero-Covid Scotland

July 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

by Mike Downham · There is now a real opportunity for elimination of Covid-19 in Scotland, but the Scottish government cannot be relied upon to ensure that it happens. A critical factor in achieving ...