Citizen’s Income right policy to unify reds and greens
by Jack Ferguson To many people in places as diverse as Switzerland, Finland, the Dutch city of Utrecht and the Canadian province of Alberta, a Universal Basic Income (UBI) ...
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Holyrood 2016 needs mandate for second indyref
by Jim Sillars To know why the Scottish Parliament, after the 2016 election, must command a majority for a second independence mandate, look not only at the present but at ...
Energy of mass independence campaign creates need for RISE
by Jonathon Shafi We live in a historical moment marked by deep and profound ideological and social flux. If you are unconvinced by this, just think back ten years from now: ...
Can the left stem the rising tide of Tory barbarism?
by Ken Ferguson It seems that with each passing day, the hard nosed Tory Etonians—running the UK on a minority of votes cast in May—land further blows on the poor, ...
SNP in power: anti-austerity or let’s not rock the boat?
Colin Turbett reports Until earlier this year, I was involved as a UNISON activist in responding each year to my council employer’s budget proposals. In 2012, as elsewhere ...
From Athens to London: elites entrench rich minority rule
by Ken Ferguson The brutal crushing of the Greek people by the unelected Troika heaps further economic misery on them in order to sustain a neoliberal economic order whose ...
Without power we are left with protest
JIM SILLARS on why independence and a left Holyrood challenge is essential Austerity is a socioeconomic envelope which, for those in it, means low wages, zero hours ...
Standing up for Scotland needs more than parliamentary soundbites
by Ken Ferguson The hopes raised by May’s stunning election result are set to come under increasing pressure as the Tories scent the blood of majority power and move ...
Mass action central to defeat Tory brutality
by Ken Ferguson First of all, there is no doubt that the election result in Scotland is quite simply historic, sweeping away a Labour dominance which lasted for over half a ...
Now defy Tory class war
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser Words fail to adequately convey the enormity of the ‘ballot box revolution’ witnessed in the General Election. But an ...
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