Zombie Better Together staggers into election
by Ken Ferguson, editor, Scottish Socialist Voice The British state and its political class have a centuries-old, well deserved reputation for lying and duplicity which ...
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Nasty party gets nastier
by Sandra Webster, SSP national co-spokesperson The press is full of pictures and interviews of ordinary everyday life in Number 10. Sam and Dave posed with their family. ...
Real Co-op campaign aims to break Labour monopoly on political fund
by David Eyre Like many socialists, I’m a strong supporter of The Co-operative movement. Our household does its big grocery shop at The Co-operative Food stores in Dunbar. ...
SSP backs One in Five campaign
by Scott McDonald I’m pleased to support the One in Five campaign—a campaign to encourage, empower and increase political participation amongst disabled people in ...
SSP 2015 – candidate microblogs
The Scottish Socialist Party is standing in four seats for the 7 May 2015 General Election. Here are our candidates’ latest updates: Glasgow South West – Bill Bonnar ...
Does the SNP offer semi-skimmed change?
by Andrew Kinnell The Slovenian philosopher, psychoanalyst and cultural critic Slavoj Zizek makes the point that in today’s neoliberal society contradiction is the norm, ...
Don’t believe Murphy hype
by Allan Grogan, formerly of Labour for Independence, now an SSP member Another week, another Ashcroft poll, another bad news story for the Labour Party. With the latest ...
Soundbite Labour still signed up for austerity
by John McAllion The reception given to the Coalition’s pre-election budget was universally hostile among what remains of left of centre newspapers in Britain. An Observer ...
Can Westminster poll open the way for revitalised Scottish left?
by Jonathon Shafi Much has been made in recent months about the depth of the crisis of the British state. The UK state is used to crisis of course. It has withstood wars, ...
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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