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The New Victorians: tinned tuna and Tory grandees

December 7, 2018 // 0 Comments

by Sandra Webster • At our branch last night, we had a discussion about Dickens and his reasons for writing A Christmas Carol. This book was written just at the time Queen Victoria’s marriage to ...

Action against benefit sanctions must increase

November 10, 2016 // 0 Comments

by Jack Ferguson • The release of Ken Loach’s new film I, Daniel Blake marks a cultural landmark, and is destined to be the defining way in which the injustice of modern so-called “welfare ...

Without power we are left with protest

July 7, 2015 // 3 Comments

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 contracts, constant anxiety about ...

Greeks choose democracy over bankers’ barbarism

January 31, 2015 // 1 Comment

by Ken Ferguson, editor, Scottish Socialist Voice Will the needs of people be able to prevail over the extortion of the bankers and moneylenders driving austerity and misery across Europe? This is ...

‘Hope is coming. Greece is advancing. Europe is changing’

January 31, 2015 // 0 Comments

Greece elects first radical left wing government in Europe since 1930s by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson, reporting from Athens “Citizens of Athens, tonight’s success is not only a ...