Scottish Socialist Voice

Mind the midges, mind your language, mind your feet

July 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

by John Finnie, Independent MSP for the Highlands and Islands Regardless of location, whether our densely populated urban areas or the ultimate ‘low density’ housing of the Highlands and Islands, ...

Economic and social realities at heart of referendum debate

July 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

by Colin Fox, Scottish Socialist Party co-spokesperon No other country in the world is so exercised by such an imminent and far-reaching political decision as Scotland today. Politics has been ...

‘Cybernats’: the ongoing media furore

July 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

by Lynda Williamson, Newsnet Scotland There is a radiator salesman from Hadleigh in Suffolk named Phil Neville. Mr Neville recently received a torrent of abuse on social media – some comments ...

Ructions after the referendum: workers, Labour and Scottish independence

July 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

by Richie Venton, Scottish Socialist Party national workplace organiser The Scottish referendum has added substantially to the stresses and strains between Labour and the trade unions. On one side ...

Scottish Gypsy Travellers face continued discrimination

July 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

by Roseanna McPhee and Colin Turbett Scotland’s longest standing ethnic minority, the Scottish Gypsy Traveller community, face continued discrimination despite the recognition in recent years of ...

A sporting chance?

July 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

Preview: Endurance by Catrin Evans and The Women’s Creative Company. The Arches, Argyle Street, Glasgow, 24–27 July, various times Endurance is a theatre project which has brought together over a ...

‘The only way to get the Scotland I want is to make a complete break with Westminster’

July 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

Ena McLean is a veteran socialist, a warm, lively woman in her seventies who lives in Knightswood, Glasgow. She rejoined the Scottish Socialist Party last year. She was due to speak at a recent SSP ...

SNP and Labour Falkirk spat mirrors national hostility

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by Stephanie Pride It says a lot about the state of local politics in Falkirk that one socialist can rudely heckle another during what is ostensibly a debate about ...

Bush and Blair’s war underpins Iraq crisis

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by Bill Bonnar Despite Tony Blair’s pleas to the contrary, the current crisis in Iraq is a direct consequence of the American war against that country and its subsequent destruction. It is worth ...

The politics of separation

July 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

by Allan Grogan, Labour for Independence Other than the term nationalist, the term most commonly used by the no camp describing Yes voters is the term separatist as in to separate or create division. ...