Scottish Socialist Voice

Council leader Burns must go over Edinburgh schools scandal demands Colin Fox

April 11, 2016

• RISE Lothians candidate Colin Fox has demanded the resignation of Edinburgh council chief Andrew Burns over the closure of 17 city schools as too unsafe to be used. Fox ...

French Indignados and the new movement #NuitDeboutPartout in March 2016

April 6, 2016

For those who do not speak French, ‘Nuit Debout Partout’ means ‘Night (that is) Standing Everywhere’, Sophia Lycouris writes. This term started as ‘Nuit Debout’, ...

How to win an industrial dispute in three not so easy lessons

April 1, 2016

by Billy McChord, EIS-FELA Executive member, Branch Convener and RISE activist • There is much to be learned from the recent experience of the Further Education Lecturers ...

Holyrood: independence still key

April 1, 2016

by Ken Ferguson • With the unedifying shouting match of the first “leaders” TV debate the official Holyrood election campaign got under way. Hosted by a BBC ...

RISE MSPs vital to stop SNP moving right

April 1, 2016

by Colin Fox, lead RISE candidate, Lothians • Politics and public opinion are full of contradictions. Take the survey published this week showing the Scottish ...

RISE challenge London for control of indyref2

March 11, 2016

by Voice Reporter • RISE, Scotland’s Left Alliance, has published its strategy for a second referendum on Scottish independence. which directly challenges ...

Memory Lane has no answers to Scotland’s current crisis

March 11, 2016

by Ken Ferguson • They say that nostalgia isn’t what it was but there is certainly plenty of it about in today’s politics. In an uncanny echo of the dirty tricks of ...

Socialist MSPs make a profound difference

March 11, 2016

by Colin Fox, lead RISE candidate for the Lothians • With the fifth Holyrood elections now upon us and RISE carrying the left’s hopes this time it is worth reminding ...

Climate change: action is urgent

March 11, 2016

by Roz Paterson • It’s been a hell of a winter. Actually, where the hell was the winter? The official start of spring is nearly upon us, yet it seems that the season ...

Brexit or not, pro-indy left case remains essential

February 29, 2016

by Ken Ferguson With the super hyped Cameron EU “deal” already fading from memory, the real reason for the supposedly historic EU referendum is growing ever clearer. At ...