Trust, Politics, and Power: The BBC at a Crossroads
by Paul Holleran, former NUJ Scottish Organiser A THRIVING, DIVERSE broadcasting and press media — not manipulated by the rich and powerful — is essential to democracy in ...
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Spin, Neglect, and Anger: How Labour’s Failures Fuel the Far Right
By Ken Ferguson AS THE VOICE goes to press, the grumbling volcano of fear and resentment sparked among Labour MPs by the party’s opinion poll plunge to all-time historic ...
Education is in a special class of crisis
(Photo: Craig Maclean) Lecturers and other staff at the University of Edinburgh are beginning a further three days of strike action in a dispute over the university’s plans ...
Wildfires shine a light on fire and rescue service cuts
The outbreak of numerous wildfires in Scotland has been news headlines in recent weeks. SSP national trade union organiser Richie Venton spoke about this to Colin Brown, the ...
40-year free market fairytale exposed, as public ownership returns centre stage
by Ken Ferguson • Leave aside the panicky Saturday recall of parliament amidst a welter of sub Churchillian guff about the ‘national interest’. The real story in the ...
Miners’ strike book is a lesson in class war
• Class War on Workers: the great miners’ strike 1984-85 and its aftermath by Richie Venton. A Scottish Socialist Party publication, available here If we know our ...
Save our NHS from privatisation, under-funding and poor leadership
Colin Fox: “We want our NHS to be owned by, and accountable to the people of Scotland, not profiteering private companies…” (Pic: Craig Maclean) by Colin ...
Past time for the Left to ‘see it, say it, sort it’
Pic: Craig Maclean EDITORIAL by Ken Ferguson • Chancellor Reeves’ much hyped dash for growth which would take the UK in a new direction leading to sunny uplands of ...
Not lovin’ it: abuse and sexual harassment at McDonald’s
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser • The multinational McDonald’s has been accused of allowing ongoing sexual abuse and harassment by managers against its ...
Trump hoggs the headlines but Burns points the way ahead
EDITORIAL by Ken Ferguson • As 2025 unfolds and the era of Trump 2.0 begins crisis confronts us on every hand with the now openly flaunted power of the likes of Musk thrown ...
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