Socialists must prepare for next war, not the last one
by Ken Ferguson · It is often said that politicians, diplomats and generals prepare to fight their battles with plans based on what happened during the last war they fought ...
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‘They don’t even see us as human!’
by Scott Macdonald · LGBT+ friends and comrades have taken to the streets across Scotland, calling on the Scottish Government, the Polish Embassy and local authorities to ...
VOICE EXTRA: Reaching a zero-Covid Scotland
by Mike Downham · There is now a real opportunity for elimination of Covid-19 in Scotland, but the Scottish government cannot be relied upon to ensure that it happens. A ...
VOICE EXTRA: Union membership – questions of life and death
International Workers’ Memorial Day, 28 April · Every year more people are killed at work than in wars. Most don’t die of mystery ailments, or in tragic ...
VOICE EXTRA: Demand an immediate £12-an-hour minimum for the ‘Minimum Wage Heroes’
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · As even the BBC’s Panorama was obliged to express it, “millions of minimum wage heroes are putting their ...
VOICE EXTRA: Defy all cuts – there IS an alternative to capitulation!
As Scotland’s councils meet to set their budgets, the reality is that we face yet another round of cuts, job losses and Council Tax hikes. Scottish Socialists say that it ...
Menaced by multi-headed crisis – flight or fight?
by Ken Ferguson · Amidst the dizzying series of dramatic developments in the Brexit saga, creating a historic crisis in UK politics, it needs to be understood that it is ...
We’re told people are selfish – Roz Paterson proved otherwise
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 ...
In a world of spin, the facts will set you free
by Ken Ferguson · The cheering which met the supposedly stunning defeat of the SNP leadership on a Scottish currency had barely died down when the party’s legendary spin ...
SSP indy call: back real change
by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson · Last weekend’s SNP Conference voted to endorse the Sustainable Growth Commission’s case for independence. Or did it? For ...
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