Scottish Socialist Voice

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

July 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

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

July 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

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. ...

Exhibition on Glasgow’s links to slave trade

July 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

How Glasgow Flourished 1714–1837. A temporary exhibition on show at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow until 17 August by Dominic Bascombe, Assistant Organiser, National Union of ...

Indyref gets arty

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The Festival of the Common Weal, 6 July at 12-6pm at The Arches in Glasgow, celebrates left music, arts and politics and brings together various left and progressive organisations and campaigns to ...

Manics declare war on the obvious

July 5, 2014 // 1 Comment

Album review: Futurology by Manic Street Preachers, out now on Sony/Columbia by Simon Whittle When the Manics released their magnificent laid back, acoustic-tinged album Rewind the Film last ...