Scottish Socialist Voice

Unions must break from Labour Tories: stop funding arsonists to torch your home!

November 7, 2014

by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser On 1 July 2014 I wrote an article for the Voice—“Ructions after the Referendum”—which included the statement: ...

Why the SSP backs a ‘Citizen’s Income’

November 7, 2014

by Gerry McCartney and Wendy Macdonald At its annual conference in Edinburgh last month the SSP decided to campaign for the introduction of a Citizen’s Income (CI) and to ...

TTIP: a threat to democracy

November 7, 2014

by Bill Newman The innocent-sounding US-EU Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is currently being prepared behind closed doors by overpaid corporate lawyers ...

As Britain pulls out of Afghanistan, what has it left behind?

November 7, 2014

by Bill Bonnar It’s not the winning that’s important, it’s the taking part. This might be a good summation of the government’s overview of Britain’s war in ...

Catalan left calls on Spanish state to drop opposition to indy referendum

November 7, 2014

by Voice Reporter As the Voice went to press, Catalans were due to vote in the 9 November consultative referendum on independence in the teeth of Spanish opposition. A broad ...

Upbeat SSP conference charts way ahead

November 7, 2014

by Voice Reporter The first post-referendum conference of the Scottish Socialist Party which met last month in Edinburgh was an inspirational event. Reflecting the flood of ...

Labour for Independence leader joins Scottish Socialist Party

October 22, 2014

‘Put socialism back at the forefront of political life’ by Allan Grogan For the last two and a half years I have campaigned within Labour for Independence to win a Yes ...

Demand a Scottish £10/hour minimum wage – resist Tory class war

October 22, 2014

by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”, was the memorable satirical line in George ...

Politics moves right in England – Labour faces Scottish meltdown

October 22, 2014

by John McAllion, ex-Labour MP and MSP, now an SSP member Unionist politicians have tried to spin the result of the referendum as an irrevocable defeat for the very idea of ...

Fat cat rule under pressure as No camp’s lies are unmasked

October 22, 2014

by Ken Ferguson, editor, Scottish Socialist Voice Just weeks from the No vote, the bitter reality behind the cynical promises of the Westminster parties about caring and ...