obituary

Danny O’Donnell: a lovely man, friend and comrade

July 31, 2021 // 0 Comments

by Richie Venton · The world has lost a chunk of its warmth and humanity with the recent death of dear friend and long time comrade, Danny O’Donnell. Anyone who ever met Danny, regardless of their ...

Wullie McGartland: farewell to a Voice legend, friend and comrade

May 10, 2021 // 1 Comment

by Simon Whittle · Wullie McGartland, one of Scottish socialism’s brightest shining stars and former Voice deputy editor, has died at the cruelly young age of 52 in Malaga, Spain, where he lived ...

Jim McVicar, Rest in Power

December 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

by Colin Fox and Richie Venton · We feel enormous sorrow and a huge void at the death of our dear friend and comrade, Jim McVicar, taken from us far too young. Some people would have you believe Jim ...

We’re told people are selfish – Roz Paterson proved otherwise

June 1, 2019 // 0 Comments

Obituary: Roz Paterson, 13 June 1966 – 6 May 2019 • by Alan McCombes, former Voice editor • A bright light has gone out in the lives of many people across Scotland and beyond. Cruelly struck ...

John Auld: a modest, sincere, dedicated socialist stalwart

June 1, 2019 // 0 Comments

Obituary: John Auld, 13 October 1940–19 May 2019 • by Richie Venton • It was with great sadness and sense of loss we said goodbye to longstanding SSP comrade and friend John Auld, who died ...

Ursula K. Le Guin: ‘Source to nourish the uncolonised mind’

February 9, 2018 // 0 Comments

by Scott Macdonald • I generally do not weep when my heroes die. I do for Ursula K. Le Guin, speculative fiction writer, poet, scholar and genius, gone at the age of 88. Tears of joy that her ...

Ali: one man who shook the world

June 9, 2016 // 0 Comments

by Simon Whittle, Scottish Socialist Voice deputy editor • If John Lennon was bigger than Jesus, then Muhammad Ali was bigger than God. He transcended 1960s racist America to become the world’s ...