Scottish Socialist Voice

Today the choice is still ‘socialism or barbarism’

January 16, 2020 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson · A century after Rosa Luxemburg coined, amidst the mechanised slaughter of the great imperialist war, the slogan “Socialism or Barbarism” if anything it is more relevant than ...

Yes campaign must secure majority support in 2020

January 16, 2020 // 0 Comments

by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson · Tens of thousands of independence supporters marched through Glasgow last weekend—in appalling weather—to protest against the fact Scotland is once ...

For democracy, for people and for planet, oppose Tory minority rule

December 17, 2019 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson · Yet again, the bitter fruits of the supposed caring British union are visited on Scotland in the form of Tory minority rule, rejected overwhelmingly by Scottish voters. Sadly this ...

Powerful disdain democracy across the planet

November 22, 2019 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson · We live in a planet dominated by the pitiless forces of giant corporations, big money and a handful of mega rich individuals backed by saturation propaganda and, ultimately brute ...

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

November 1, 2019 // 0 Comments

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 on dates and ...

Brexit or not, colossal battles lie ahead

October 11, 2019 // 0 Comments

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, housing shortages, ...

Menaced by multi-headed crisis – flight or fight?

September 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

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 also located in a much wider ...

Support the Strike for Climate

September 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

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 Climate and subsequent ...

On Brexit and socialist advance

September 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

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 season is traditionally a time ...

US waging an economic war on Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution

September 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

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 Venezuelan Revolution and ...