Will Women’s Equality Party put gender at the heart of politics?
by Jenni Gunn The Women’s Equality Party (WEP), launched late this October, aims to further the goals of gender equality in the UK and intends to stand in next year’s ...
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The fruits of globalisation: a world in flames
by Ken Ferguson The unspeakable horror on the streets of Paris dramatically spotlights the world of chaos resulting from the 30 years plus economic, social and military ...
‘System change not climate change’
RISE – Scotland’s Left Alliance to join climate march, 28 Nov, Edinburgh by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson Governments from all countries will assemble in Paris ...
For people and for planet, Scotland needs real change
Editorial by Ken Ferguson If we are to believe the media pundits, Scottish politics is about to be a battle between a leftward moving Scottish Labour squaring up to take on ...
Brutality of Tory cuts swells the opposition
by Sandra Webster, SSP national co-spokesperson As the Voice has been reporting, the cuts are getting worse. The Tories pledged to make £12billion in benefit cuts and voted ...
Failed demolition a symbol for housing policy failure
by Jack Ferguson Last year, Glasgow City Council and their partners announced the bizarre plan of demolishing Glasgow’s Red Road flats during the opening ceremony of the ...
Second indyref cannot be won by a one-party campaign
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 ...
Where is the SNP going on fracking?
by Allan Grogan Thomas Carlyle once wrote that “the greatest of faults… is to be conscious of none”. I am often reminded of this as I see the Scottish ...
Benefit cuts link to deaths
by Sandra Webster, SSP national co-spokesperson All deaths impact on the family and friends of the person who has died. Especially so when it is by someone’s own ...
Refugee crisis is foretaste of things to come from climate change
by Jack Ferguson In 2015, Europe has begun to get a small foretaste of the human costs of climate change. There are many complex reasons why there are thousands of desperate ...
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