referendum

Catalonia’s referendum: a triumph for democracy built on people’s power

October 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

by Dick Nichols, in Barcelona • Is it possible to have a successful referendum when your country is effectively occupied by 10,000 police and paramilitaries with orders to stop it? The holding of ...

Democracy: the people’s weapon elites fear

October 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson • That one image of a heavily armoured baton wielding Spanish riot cop attacking Catalan voters tells us more about the fragile nature of democracy than a thousand weighty books. In ...

Brexit rocks politics and unleashes multiple crises

July 1, 2016 // 0 Comments

EDITORIAL by Ken Ferguson • The victory for Brexit in the European referendum has unleashed a multiplicity of crises which poses the greatest threat to Westminster system since the Second World ...

Nicola plays a blinder and plays for time

July 1, 2016 // 0 Comments

by Voice Reporter • Since the Brexit victory First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has, by common consent, played a blinder in sharp contrast with Tory and Labour disarray. She is also playing for time. ...

Squalid system is the heart of the problem

June 9, 2016 // 0 Comments

EDITORIAL by Ken Ferguson • It is pretty rare for the Voice to find itself in agreement with a leading Tory but it is hard to disagree with former Prime Minister John Major when he describes the ...

Only a left alternative can halt the populist right

May 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson • The narrow defeat inflicted on far right Austrian presidential candidate Norbert Hofer by Green pro-EU Alexander Van der Bellen represents both a close call for democrats across ...

With Labour a political corpse, Scotland needs a new left

December 4, 2015 // 0 Comments

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 institutional structures, ...

Second indyref cannot be won by a one-party campaign

October 20, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Jenni Gunn The Yes campaign and the referendum as a whole served as an intense political education for many Scots—myself included. The experience is one that many campaigners will never forget: ...

Mass action central to defeat Tory brutality

May 22, 2015 // 1 Comment

by Ken Ferguson First of all, there is no doubt that the election result in Scotland is quite simply historic, sweeping away a Labour dominance which lasted for over half a century. From pretend ...

Labour’s hegemony in Scotland is over

March 13, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson With the General Election two months away, the polls predict a hung Parliament at Westminster and Labour being routed in Scotland. David Cameron is ...