School closures further expose cost of Labour moneylenders fiasco
by Colin Fox, lead RISE candidate in the Lothians • As the Voice went to press, the Scottish Parliament elections were dominated by the closure of 17 of Edinburgh’s ...
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Land reform: much remains to be done
by Roz Paterson • “I have described the Grampians as a great faunal region—and so, according to our twentieth-century standards, it is. I ought rather to have ...
Unions must take action for £10NOW
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser • The season of major trade union conferences is kicking off, amidst the cacophony of barefaced lies about the ...
Council leader Burns must go over Edinburgh schools scandal demands Colin Fox
• RISE Lothians candidate Colin Fox has demanded the resignation of Edinburgh council chief Andrew Burns over the closure of 17 city schools as too unsafe to be used. Fox ...
French Indignados and the new movement #NuitDeboutPartout in March 2016
For those who do not speak French, ‘Nuit Debout Partout’ means ‘Night (that is) Standing Everywhere’, Sophia Lycouris writes. This term started as ‘Nuit Debout’, ...
How to win an industrial dispute in three not so easy lessons
by Billy McChord, EIS-FELA Executive member, Branch Convener and RISE activist • There is much to be learned from the recent experience of the Further Education Lecturers ...
RISE challenge London for control of indyref2
by Voice Reporter • RISE, Scotland’s Left Alliance, has published its strategy for a second referendum on Scottish independence. which directly challenges ...
Cornton Vale protestors demand radical change
by Jenni Gunn, lead RISE candidate, Mid Scotland & Fife The Russian novelist Fydor Dostoyevsky famously said; “The degree of civilisation in a society can be judged by ...
New mobilisation tactics for an alternative Europe
by Sophia Lycouris, RISE Lothians list candidate As mentioned in a previous Voice, the Transnational Social Strike Platform is a group of European organisations and ...
Roosh V protests galvanise anti-rape culture campaigners
by Jenni Gunn, lead RISE candidate Mid Scotland & Fife The demonstrations in Glasgow and Edinburgh against rape-advocate Roosh V were about so much more than one ...
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