Scottish Socialist Voice

Working class reject fat cat rule for Yes vote

August 23, 2014 // 0 Comments

by Jonathon Shafi, Radical Independence Campaign Beneath the headlines, unknown to formal politics and certainly to Better Together, a quiet revolution is taking place. For decades people have put up ...

Get armed police off our streets

August 23, 2014 // 0 Comments

by John Finnie MSP There are those who argue that the police service in Scotland is subjected to more scrutiny than ever. There are the local committees, the Scottish Police Authority (SPA), the ...

A No vote will bring more cuts

August 23, 2014 // 0 Comments

by Sandra Webster David Cameron recently announced that future policies churned out for the ConDems will be family-friendly – £10billion will be provided to support vulnerable ones. No doubt ...

Indy benefits not currency decisive for working class

August 23, 2014 // 0 Comments

by Colin Fox With one month to go until the independence referendum the opinion polls give the No side a lead of between 4 per cent [Panelbase 17/8/14] and 14 per cent [YouGov 18/8/14] depending on ...

Parcel of rogues step up lie campaign as indyref looms

August 23, 2014 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson After days of “Plan B” pounding, with a crescendo of unionist press criticism aiming to paint the broad-based, mass Yes campaign as simply being about Alex Salmond, the latest ...

Never mind Salmond – what’s Labour’s ‘Plan B’ to halt ConDem cuts?

August 23, 2014 // 0 Comments

by John McAllion The timing of the independence referendum was always going to cause major problems for the No camp. For more than four years Scotland has suffered under a government it did not elect ...

What will an indy Scotland do for our environment?

August 23, 2014 // 0 Comments

by John Finnie MSP So, what will an independent Scotland do for Scotland’s precious environment? Launching the Scottish Government’s new paper ‘Scotland’s Future and the ...

Nail Labour’s lies to workers!

August 23, 2014 // 0 Comments

by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser The working class hold the key to the referendum vote. And the outcome of the referendum is key to the prospects of better lives for the working ...

Restless Land: a radical history that needs to be in every school and college

August 23, 2014 // 0 Comments

Book review: Restless Land – a Radical Journey Through Scotland’s History by Alan McCombes and Roz Paterson. Published by Calton Books, 2014 by Pam Currie Well, I thought when I agreed to write ...

‘A pub full of revolutionaries who want nothing to change’

August 23, 2014 // 0 Comments

Book review: The Story of Sandy Bells: Edinburgh’s World Famous Folk Bar by Gillian Ferguson. Published by Troubador by Allan Armstrong Sandy Bell’s on Forrest Road is “Edinburgh’s World ...