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The Scotland we are living in now was inconceivable three short years ago

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by Alan Bissett The No vote in the referendum in September was truly devastating to those of us who voted Yes. We felt it as yet another blow to social justice—to the new, mass alliance of ...

A people before profit Scotland is the spearhead of change

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by Ken Ferguson At the heart of the broad vibrant Yes campaign, which culminated with a massive 45 per cent vote in September’s independence referendum, was the clear belief that ...

No more business as usual politics post-referendum

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by John McAllion, former Labour MP and MSP, now an SSP member As commentators variously try to make sense of Scotland’s post-referendum landscape, it is becoming ever clearer that we are now in ...

Defy all cuts: set No Cuts budgets, axe the Council Tax, tax the rich

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by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser Councils across Scotland are poised to wield the knife to jobs and local services in a renewed round of municipal butchery. Councillors of ...

Independence alliance or SNP dalliance

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by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson The Radical Independence Campaign conference this weekend takes place within earshot of Nicola Sturgeon’s coronation ‘gig’ at the Glasgow ...

More care charities face the cuts cosh

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by Sandra Webster, SSP national co-spokesperson Recently we saw the extravaganza that is Children in Need, where a plenitude of celebrities urge us to donate to a charity which funds many projects ...

The political awakening is here to stay

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by Jonathon Shafi, Radical Independence Campaign Everyone remembers those exciting days and weeks on the lead up the referendum. For most of us this was the most exciting political period we had ever ...

Nothing can be the same for Scotland’s media

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by Paul Holleran, Scottish Organiser, NUJ It has been said by many people in Scotland since the independence referendum that “things will never be the same again”. Nothing could be truer ...

Yes parties and campaigners need common set of principles

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by John Finnie MSP In issue 445 of the Voice, I commended the idea of collaborative working between the parties and individuals of the Yes campaign for the UK General Election next May. Identities, ...

Can Trident still be stopped?

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by Isobel Lindsay The referendum result was painful for all of us but the outlook for the left on defence and international affairs issues was particularly bleak. On domestic policy there were very ...