Scottish Socialist Voice

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 ...

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

September 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

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 conflagrations in the ...

On Brexit, a general election and Scottish independence

September 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

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 opponents and their ‘No ...

Workers and youth unite against capitalist polluters

August 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

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 on the catastrophic ...

Illusion and reality in the world of Boris Johnson

August 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

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 Tory/DUP commons majority to ...

Building solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution: why the SSP is visiting Venezuela

August 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

by Bill Bonnar, SSP International Secretary · Later this month I will be representing the Scottish Socialist Party on a solidarity visit to the Venezuelan capital, Caracas. The SSP has been clear in ...

Voice Forum: Socialist Solutions to Climate Change

June 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

What progressive solutions to climate change can save the world and make the lives of working people better? Saturday 29th June, 11am-1pm, Grassmarket Centre, Edinburgh EH1 2QA · For tickets and ...

Free public transport: SSP day of action

June 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

by Hugh Cullen, SSP National Secretary · SSP branches and members took to bus, ferry, train, tram and subway stations on Saturday 15 June, campaigning for Free Public Transport as part of a national ...

As Trump’s pal Boris powers ahead, it’s clear there’s no good Tory choice

June 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson · As the crisis wracked Tories, for centuries the premier pillar of the British state, fall in behind proven blunderer, racist and imperial fantasist Johnson a pitiless spotlight is ...

What are the progressive class solutions in climate change debate?

June 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson · I’m looking forward to the Scottish Socialist Voice Forum on how to counter the threat climate change poses in ways that enrich and improve the lives ...