Red card for Tory MP’s ‘vile rhetoric’ on travellers
by Colin Turbett • One of the unintended consequences of the Scottish Government’s welcome implementation of Road Equivalent Tariff for ferry fares (i.e. significant ...
Harvey’s havoc: a picture of a world that ignores climate change
by Roz Paterson • “I’m sick of this 100 year bullshit; this is the new norm.” So says one resident of Houston, Texas, who recently bought a family home in an affluent ...
Corbyn, confusion, socialism and indy
by Ken Ferguson • The recent general election which reduced the Tories to a minority government and put UK Labour some 50 seats behind them has caused shock waves across ...
‘Syriza: no longer a laboratory for hope but a cause for despair…’
by Colin Fox • Book review: The Syriza Wave – Surging and Crashing with the Greek Left by Helena Sheehan. Published by Monthly Review Press, £16.99 • In the decade ...
Left faces crackdown after vibrant G20 protests
by Connor Beaton, in Hamburg • We terrified the establishment at the G20 Summit in Hamburg. Now, they’re fighting back. The Scottish Socialist Party was there—a ...
False outrage of elite politicians offers no answers
by Ken Ferguson • The pitiless outrage which bombed 22 people to death in Manchester and maimed many more ignites an outrage and revulsion which is beyond words and has, ...
Social care must be a right for all
by Natalie Reid, SSP national co-spokesperson • It’s no secret that social care funding is in crisis, in Scotland and across the UK as a whole. Inevitably, this has led ...
You won’t fool the children of the revolution
Theatre review by Frances Curran • Glasgow Glam Rock Dialogues, part of the Mayfesto season at Glasgow Tron Theatre, 17 May 2017 • In this the fifth of the Glam Rock ...
Protecting the most vulnerable… Tory style
by Sandra Webster • The mantra of the caring, sharing Tory party is “We will protect the most vulnerable.” It was banged out during the last general election campaign ...
50 years after the Abortion Act – what now?
by Jenni Gunn • 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Abortion Rights Act—making abortion legal and free on the National Health Service. The passing of the Act was a ...
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