referendum – Page 4 – Scottish Socialist Voice

Unions must break from Labour Tories: stop funding arsonists to torch your home!

November 7, 2014

by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser On 1 July 2014 I wrote an article for the Voice—“Ructions after the Referendum”—which included the statement: ...

Catalan left calls on Spanish state to drop opposition to indy referendum

November 7, 2014

by Voice Reporter As the Voice went to press, Catalans were due to vote in the 9 November consultative referendum on independence in the teeth of Spanish opposition. A broad ...

Upbeat SSP conference charts way ahead

November 7, 2014

by Voice Reporter The first post-referendum conference of the Scottish Socialist Party which met last month in Edinburgh was an inspirational event. Reflecting the flood of ...

Labour for Independence leader joins Scottish Socialist Party

October 22, 2014

‘Put socialism back at the forefront of political life’ by Allan Grogan For the last two and a half years I have campaigned within Labour for Independence to win a Yes ...

Demand a Scottish £10/hour minimum wage – resist Tory class war

October 22, 2014

by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”, was the memorable satirical line in George ...

Politics moves right in England – Labour faces Scottish meltdown

October 22, 2014

by John McAllion, ex-Labour MP and MSP, now an SSP member Unionist politicians have tried to spin the result of the referendum as an irrevocable defeat for the very idea of ...

SSP goes from strength to strength

October 22, 2014

by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson The SSP meets in Edinburgh for our annual conference this weekend, basking in the glow of an exhilarating independence campaign and ...

Let’s target the real scroungers

October 22, 2014

by Sandra Webster, SSP national co-spokesperson In the lead up to the referendum vote, the future of the welfare state was one of the issues referred to by the Scottish ...

The anti-fracking battle is not lost

October 22, 2014

by Roz Paterson There was a story in the Daily Mail a while back, maybe you missed it, concerning the tragic case of some affluent homeowners whose houses had suddenly ...

Can Yes candidates challenge Westminster elites?

October 2, 2014

by John Finnie MSP The votes have been counted and our tears have been shed. Yet, within hours of the result it was becoming apparent that far from the eternal triumph of the ...