Are Smartphones Such a Clever Idea in Schools?
by Voice special correspondent THE USE OF MOBILE PHONES in schools has been a contentious issue for a number of years. With the introduction of smartphones and their ...
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A tangled weave of corruption and profiteering… That’s Capitalism!
By Richie Venton, SSP national trade union organiser “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark”, said Marcellus in Shakespeare’s Hamlet – a play suffused ...
Minneapolis is full of lessons for Scotland’s Working Class
By Richie Venton THE UNHINGED DONALD TRUMP REGIME has unleashed racist class war on its own population whilst escalating its imperialist bullying abroad. Just days after ...
Nuclear Danger, Global Crisis as Holyrood Election Looms
by David MacKenzie, Secure Scotland THE UPCOMING ELECTION for a new Scottish Government is critical if the Scottish people and our civic institutions are to be effective ...
New Year, New Crises… and New Reasons to be Socialist!
by Richie Venton, SSP National Trade Union Organiser ON TOP of the imperialist violence unleashed by Donald Trump in Venezuela, three new reports capture some ...
As Holyrood polls grow closer, we must assert our ‘Scotland for Peace’ aspiration
By David Mackenzie, Secure Scotland THERE IS NO NEED to rehearse how bleak and dangerous the situation is. The canvas is vast and my knowledge is limited, so I want to ...
The Great War Xmas Truce, 1914: Not a miracle at Christmas, but a rebellion
by Natalie Reid, SSP Co-Spokesperson MOST OF US have heard the famous stories of the football matches played between British and German troops on Christmas Day in 1914. This ...
Privatisation is the cause of the crisis in the NHS… not the cure
By Colin Fox, SSP Co-Spokesperson IN HER RECENT BUDGET, Rachel Reeves declared that “ending the crisis in the NHS” was one of her top priorities. And well she might, ...
Class Politics: the critical antidote to the far-right virus
By Ken Ferguson AS THIS LAST VOICE of 2025 goes to press, the air is thick with claim and counter-claim on a possible pact, alliance or even merger between the Tory Party — ...
Trust, Politics, and Power: The BBC at a Crossroads
by Paul Holleran, former NUJ Scottish Organiser A THRIVING, DIVERSE broadcasting and press media — not manipulated by the rich and powerful — is essential to democracy in ...
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