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) ...
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 ...
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: ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...