It needs more than SNP to deliver indy dream
The Dream Shall Never Die: 100 Days that Changed Scotland Forever by Alex Salmond. Published by William Collins by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesman and Yes Scotland ...
Does the SNP offer semi-skimmed change?
by Andrew Kinnell The Slovenian philosopher, psychoanalyst and cultural critic Slavoj Zizek makes the point that in today’s neoliberal society contradiction is the norm, ...
What’s the reality behind the Iran nuclear ‘deal’?
by Bill Bonnar Iran does not have nuclear weapons. There is no evidence anywhere that it has ambitions to develop such weapons. Even if it did it would not have the capacity ...
Don’t believe Murphy hype
by Allan Grogan, formerly of Labour for Independence, now an SSP member Another week, another Ashcroft poll, another bad news story for the Labour Party. With the latest ...
Soundbite Labour still signed up for austerity
by John McAllion The reception given to the Coalition’s pre-election budget was universally hostile among what remains of left of centre newspapers in Britain. An Observer ...
Can Westminster poll open the way for revitalised Scottish left?
by Jonathon Shafi Much has been made in recent months about the depth of the crisis of the British state. The UK state is used to crisis of course. It has withstood wars, ...
Bairns Not Bombs – Scrap Trident action in April
by David McKenzie, Scrap Trident Coalition “A country is not only what it does, it is also what it tolerates” – Kurt Tucholsky 1933 “Nukes are so 20th century” – ...
Will unionist woes open door to real change?
by Ken Ferguson Nick Clegg makes a desperate bid to rally about to be eclipsed Scottish Lib Dems and makes fantasy world claims about his party defeating the SNP. In the ...
‘It’s the economy, stupid’
by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson George Osborne’s Budget acclaimed UK economic growth of 2.5 per cent last year, record employment levels and low interest rates. ...
Workers ask: Whose side are the parties on?
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser You could be forgiven for forgetting that the working class make up the vast majority of the population, judging by how our ...
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