Militant celebration marks abortion act anniversary
by Norman Lockhart In Edinburgh on Saturday 25 April there was an international militant celebration of the 47 years since the passing of the Abortion Act which started to ...
Why has the US blockade on Cuba been lifted?
by Bill Bonnar It will come as a relief to the peoples of the world that Cuba has now been removed from the list of ‘rogue nations sponsoring international terrorism’. ...
SSP councillor’s Israeli arms boycott backed
West Dunbartonshire Council has unanimously backed a motion from SSP councillor for the Leven ward, Jim Bollan, opposing council pension funds investing in firms supplying ...
The cruelty and greed of Westminster’s elite
by Ken Ferguson As hundreds perish in coffin ships in the Mediterranean, fleeing poverty and war, the elites running the EU call a meeting. These are the same elites who ...
What awaits new SNP MPs – if the polls are correct?
former MP and MSP John McAllion sounds a warning… Labour’s left wing icon Nye Bevan was first elected as a MP in 1929 shortly before the Wall Street crash that led to ...
The more Cameron vilifies the SNP, the more Scots voters flock to the nationalists
by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson This General Election appears to be a foregone conclusion. The polls all predict another hung Parliament. And the more David ...
A people’s manifesto
by Sandra Webster, SSP national co-spokesperson We should be proud of our manifesto which is a blueprint for our policies. Policies which present our vision of independence ...
For workers’ action – not pleas to politicians
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser The woman serving me a coffee at the STUC Conference spoke volumes in a short chat. After asking where I was from, and me ...
Homeless caseworkers’ strike
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser Seventy caseworkers in Glasgow city council’s Homeless Service have been staging an indefinite strike since 31 March. ...
How can alliances for socialism be built?
Antonio Gramsci – A Great and Terrible World: The Pre-Prison Letters, 1908-1926 edited and translated by Derek Boothman. Published by Lawrence & Wishart by Bill Bonnar ...
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