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 ...
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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 ...
VOICE EXTRA: Reaching a zero-Covid Scotland
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 ...
VOICE EXTRA: Rishi Sunak’s menu – old wine in new bottles
by Ken Ferguson · Chancellor Sunak’s mini-budget uses smart spin about cheap meals for diners—at a time when tens of thousands rely on food banks—to dress up what is largely reheated soup ...
How useful the internet is depends on who’s using it
by Scott Macdonald · Covid-19 (C-19) has exposed the contradictions inherent in 21st century capitalism. While Richard Branson brings his billionaire begging bowl to the public purse for a handout, ...
VOICE EXTRA: Unison backs National Care Service plan
Calls are growing in support of the SSP’S demand for a publicly owned and regulated National Care Service. The UK’s biggest union UNISON has called for a replacement to the existing “broken” ...
VOICE EXTRA: Union membership – questions of life and death
International Workers’ Memorial Day, 28 April · Every year more people are killed at work than in wars. Most don’t die of mystery ailments, or in tragic “accidents”. They die ...
VOICE EXTRA: Covid-19, poverty and the climate emergency – the global crises that only socialists can solve
by Graeme Cullen and Hugh Cullen · If the COP26 conference takes place in Glasgow next year, world leaders must discuss the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic on the struggle to reduce global ...
