Indy benefits not currency decisive for working class
by Colin Fox With one month to go until the independence referendum the opinion polls give the No side a lead of between 4 per cent [Panelbase 17/8/14] and 14 per cent ...
referendum
Parcel of rogues step up lie campaign as indyref looms
by Ken Ferguson After days of “Plan B” pounding, with a crescendo of unionist press criticism aiming to paint the broad-based, mass Yes campaign as simply being about ...
Nail Labour’s lies to workers!
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser The working class hold the key to the referendum vote. And the outcome of the referendum is key to the prospects of better ...
Tide is turning: workers have the most to gain from Scottish independence
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser Huge swathes of working class people in Scotland, including many who cling onto their Labour voting habits despite years of ...
Scottish independence can show the world a new model for the 21st century, writes Hue and Cry’s Pat Kane
by Pat Kane There are parts of Scotland where the past, the present and the future gets rolled up in one. I’m often to be found in and about Spiers Wharf in Glasgow. The ...
Restless Land: A people’s narrative of Scottish history
Book launch: Restless Land by Alan McCombes and Roz Paterson, published by Calton Books and distributed by AK Press by Frances Curran It was a book launch but not as we know ...
Voices for Yes: politicians, trade unionists, comedians, even Faslane nuclear base-workers speak up for independence
Faslane worker on Yes by Chris, a Faslane worker As a socialist, I have nothing to vote for when it comes to a general election. The choice is Tory or Labour, a Labour Party ...
‘To vote Yes is to play our part in the global struggle of working people. Just as in the UCS, our victory will be their victory’
by Tam Brotherston, UCS veteran and former John Brown’s shop steward Before presenting my point of view as a veteran of the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders struggle let me make ...
Think big and vote Yes!
by Colin Fox, SSP co-spokesperson With six weeks to go until the referendum the Yes side still has it all to do. The opinion polls suggest the gap between the two sides has ...
Why Scotland must vote Yes – the case for women
by Pam Currie “Oh, I don’t know what to think…” … “What if…” … “We’ll never manage it…” Sound familiar? It does to me. In recent months ...
Scottish Socialist Voice 