SSP leader on Tories’ gender bill attack
Commenting on the use of the ’nuclear option’ against the gender recognition act, Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) spokesperson Colin Fox said: “Had I still been an MSP, I would have voted for ...
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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 ...
Poland: near-total abortion ban has become a reality
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’
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?
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
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
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
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
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 ...
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