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Help the Voice’s Roz Paterson get the lifesaving treatment she needs

January 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

· See update, ‘Roz’s treatment to be NHS-funded’ by Ken Ferguson and Simon Whittle • As many of you will know by now, long-time Scottish Socialist Voice journalist Roz Paterson was ...

The Tories made this Brexit crisis: we refuse to pay for it

January 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson • Amidst the smoke of the Brexit battle and May’s defeat with the rejection of her EU deal by a stunning 230 votes, the official media endorsed hand wringing about the process is ...

The New Victorians: tinned tuna and Tory grandees

December 7, 2018 // 0 Comments

by Sandra Webster • At our branch last night, we had a discussion about Dickens and his reasons for writing A Christmas Carol. This book was written just at the time Queen Victoria’s marriage to ...

Military bases in the spotlight

December 7, 2018 // 0 Comments

David Mackenzie reports • Several hundred folk from at least 35 countries gathered in Dublin on 16-18 November for a conference about US and NATO military bases worldwide. Over the two days there ...

Record numbers swindled out of statutory minimum wage

October 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson • One million people in Scotland live in poverty today according to Government figures and most of them are working. It used to be the case that work was ...

The shine comes off both Nicola and Corbyn-mania

September 7, 2018 // 0 Comments

by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson • Jeremy Corbyn was in Scotland last week. He told listeners to Radio Four’s World at One that, “Scottish Socialist Party members should join Labour ...

Class challenges not liberalism can halt Trump and his populist allies

July 6, 2018 // 0 Comments

by Hugh Cullen • Plenty has been said to characterise Trump as a slimy sociopathic predator. His persistent lies and disregard for human life sparks protest around the world and in liberal ...

As SNP put NorthLink ferries out to tender, RMT pledge to continue nationalisation fight

June 8, 2018 // 0 Comments

by Gordon Martin, Scottish Regional Organiser, RMT • Following several months of will-they-or-won’t-they, the SNP Scottish Government delivered the news on Thursday 24 May that they wouldn’t ...

As BGT winner’s inspiration is hailed, attacks on disabled rights must end

June 8, 2018 // 0 Comments

by Sandra Webster • I have to admit to not being a fan of the X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent. I saw the result show after reading that two people with disabilities one with autism and one ...

Growth Report ignores working class

June 8, 2018 // 0 Comments

by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson • Andrew Wilson’s long awaited Sustainable Growth Commission Report was finally published last week, and it has gone down like the proverbial lead ...

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