Dismantling Westminster is key to socialist advance
by John McAllion, former Labour MP and MSP, now in the SSP • Most voters do not pay close attention to the detail of day to day parliamentary politics. The extent to which ...
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Smoke and spin no answer to real challenges facing people
by Ken Ferguson • If history repeats itself as Marx claimed first as tragedy and then farce nobody seems to have told Labour deputy leader Tom Watson. Right wing Watson ...
School closures further expose cost of Labour moneylenders fiasco
by Colin Fox, lead RISE candidate in the Lothians • As the Voice went to press, the Scottish Parliament elections were dominated by the closure of 17 of Edinburgh’s ...
With Labour a political corpse, Scotland needs a new left
by Jim Sillars It was little noticed at the time amid successive Blair-led Labour victories, that the ejection of Clause 4 from its constitution, and the destruction of its ...
The fruits of globalisation: a world in flames
by Ken Ferguson The unspeakable horror on the streets of Paris dramatically spotlights the world of chaos resulting from the 30 years plus economic, social and military ...
Neither Sturgeon or Corbyn have the answer
by Ken Ferguson There is an old saying “nothing is new under the sun” and nowhere is this more clearly the case as in the world of politics. With the demands and the ...
Corbyn leadership bid faces implacable hostility of Labour’s Westminster elite
by John McAllion The YouGov poll showing Jeremy Corbyn on track to become Labour’s next leader caused widespread panic across the party’s establishment and parliamentary ...
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 ...
Irish anti-water charge protestors stand firm
by Francis McCafferty A widespread boycott of water charges is underway in Ireland with official figures revealing that less than half of households have paid controversial ...
Real Co-op campaigners vow to fight on to break Labour link
by David Eyre For the last few months, I’ve been helping the Real Co-op campaign try to end the exclusive link between the Labour Party and the Co-operative ...
