Where is the SNP going on fracking?
by Allan Grogan Thomas Carlyle once wrote that “the greatest of faults… is to be conscious of none”. I am often reminded of this as I see the Scottish ...
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Refugee crisis is foretaste of things to come from climate change
by Jack Ferguson In 2015, Europe has begun to get a small foretaste of the human costs of climate change. There are many complex reasons why there are thousands of desperate ...
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: ...
Battle for a socialist Scotland needs unity
by Alan Bissett I write this the morning after the Scotland Bill was debated in the House of Commons and am still shocked at how nakedly the Unionist parties showed their ...
A Red/Green bloc is needed at Holyrood
by Pat Kane As they used to say about Frank Sinatra: it’s a SNP world—we just live in it. Or at least it sometimes seems that way, in terms of the Scottish National ...
GM salmon to be let loose
Roz Paterson reports Q: When is a fish not a fish? A: When it’s a commodity. OK, not exactly side-splitting, but then the introduction of Genetically Engineered (GE) salmon ...
Is Holyrood investing in arms and fossil fuels?
Highlands and Islands MSP John Finnie lifts the lid In these hard times it’s vital that the public are able to understand where their hard-earned money is ‘invested’ ...
Hope is coming – Scotland’s left needs to be part of it
by Jonathon Shafi Hope has returned to Europe. After years of brutal austerity measures, the people of Greece have delivered a body blow to the bankers and technocrats. The ...
Scotland’s socialist party enjoys year like no other
by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson 2014 was a year the Scottish Socialist Party will not forget. It went so fast it is easy to forget all that happened in twelve ...
The Scotland that helped return Blair’s landslide no longer exists
by John McAllion, ex-Labour MP and MSP, now with the Scottish Socialist Party At the time of writing, the most recent opinion poll in Scotland gave the SNP a 15 point lead ...
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