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 ...
Environment
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 ...
‘The bottom line is that our economic system and our planetary system are now at war’
by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson Activists from across the world will join together in co-ordinated protests in their capital cities to highlight the 20th UN ...
The fruits of globalisation: a world in flames
by Ken Ferguson The unspeakable horror on the streets of Paris dramatically spotlights the world of chaos resulting from the 30 years plus economic, social and military ...
‘System change not climate change’
RISE – Scotland’s Left Alliance to join climate march, 28 Nov, Edinburgh by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson Governments from all countries will assemble in Paris ...
Where is the SNP going on fracking?
by Allan Grogan Thomas Carlyle once wrote that “the greatest of faults… is to be conscious of none”. I am often reminded of this as I see the Scottish ...
Refugee crisis is foretaste of things to come from climate change
by Jack Ferguson In 2015, Europe has begun to get a small foretaste of the human costs of climate change. There are many complex reasons why there are thousands of desperate ...
Irish anti-water charge protestors stand firm
by Francis McCafferty A widespread boycott of water charges is underway in Ireland with official figures revealing that less than half of households have paid controversial ...
A people’s manifesto
by Sandra Webster, SSP national co-spokesperson We should be proud of our manifesto which is a blueprint for our policies. Policies which present our vision of independence ...
Bairns Not Bombs – Scrap Trident action in April
by David McKenzie, Scrap Trident Coalition “A country is not only what it does, it is also what it tolerates” – Kurt Tucholsky 1933 “Nukes are so 20th century” – ...
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