Scottish Socialist Voice

Whoever wins UK poll, people’s action is key to winning indyref 2 and changing Scotland

November 1, 2019

by Ken Ferguson · As the Voice goes to press, the Brexit extension has been agreed by the EU and Johnson has got his desired general election, amidst much ducking and diving ...

Brexit or not, colossal battles lie ahead

October 11, 2019

by Ken Ferguson · Deal or no deal, Leave or Remain, whatever finally emerges from the Brexit drama, the sea of challenges facing working people will still offer poverty pay, ...

Menaced by multi-headed crisis – flight or fight?

September 20, 2019

by Ken Ferguson · Amidst the dizzying series of dramatic developments in the Brexit saga, creating a historic crisis in UK politics, it needs to be understood that it is ...

Support the Strike for Climate

September 20, 2019

by Róisín McLaren, SSP national co-spokesperson · The Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) sent our support to the school strikers taking part in the Friday 20th Strike for ...

On Brexit and socialist advance

September 20, 2019

by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson · With Parliament prorogued for five weeks, the prospect of a General Election has receded temporarily. The Party Conference ...

US waging an economic war on Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution

September 6, 2019

SSP International Secretary Bill Bonnar reports back from his visit to Caracas in Venezuela · In April, the Scottish Socialist Party released a statement in support of the ...

With a world in flames, working class action for change essential

September 6, 2019

by Ken Ferguson · Both literally and metaphorically, the world is in flames, with fires largely lit by human greed, inspired by the market madness of neoliberalism. Real ...

On Brexit, a general election and Scottish independence

September 6, 2019

by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson · It looks like Britain will leave the EU on 31 October without a deal after all. In order to ‘trump’ his Parliamentary ...

Workers and youth unite against capitalist polluters

August 16, 2019

by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · As we live through the molten heat, thunder and lightning, floods and general climate chaos of recent weeks, new reports ...

Illusion and reality in the world of Boris Johnson

August 16, 2019

by Ken Ferguson · Nearly a month into the reign of the new Tory leader, the torrent of right wing media praise for Boris Johnson is unabated. Even the reduction of the ...