Scottish Socialist Party

Wave of solidarity for Richie signposts fightback we need

September 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson · The brutally engineered sacking by furniture giant IKEA of USDAW Shop Steward and Convener Richie Venton must serve both as a warning and a rallying cry to us all. The trumped up ...

VOICE EXTRA: Corporate thuggery at British Airways

August 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · British Airways bosses have given us a toxic taste of the jobs slaughter and wage-slashing that millions of workers face as capitalists and their ...

VOICE EXTRA: Reaching a zero-Covid Scotland

July 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

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 critical factor in achieving ...

VOICE EXTRA: Rishi Sunak’s menu – old wine in new bottles

July 9, 2020 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson · Chancellor Sunak’s mini-budget uses smart spin about cheap meals for diners—at a time when tens of thousands rely on food banks—to dress up what is largely reheated soup ...

VOICE EXTRA: Unison backs National Care Service plan

June 25, 2020 // 0 Comments

Calls are growing in support of the SSP’S demand for a publicly owned and regulated National Care Service. The UK’s biggest union UNISON has called for a replacement to the existing “broken” ...

VOICE EXTRA: Demand an immediate £12-an-hour minimum for the ‘Minimum Wage Heroes’

April 1, 2020 // 0 Comments

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 lives on the line.” ...

Council Tax is Scotland’s #1 debt issue: axe it now!

March 6, 2020 // 0 Comments

by Voice Reporter · As Scotland’s councils met to set their budget for the new financial year Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) revealed that amidst the tax hikes, cuts and job losses Council Tax ...

VOICE EXTRA: Four fights – one struggle!

February 18, 2020 // 0 Comments

As University and College Union (UCU) members at 74 universities stage an escalating 14 days’ strike action, SSP national workplace organiser Richie Venton spoke to David McKee, UCU member at ...

Alasdair Gray: art, literature should represent ‘the most necessary and typical people’

February 14, 2020 // 0 Comments

Writer and artist Alasdair Gray died in December. Here, Andrew Givan offers a tribute and a recollection · It was a cosy wee pub in Glasgow that was hosting a special event of writers doing ...

Brexit and Boris indyref 2 veto are both fruits of 2014 No vote

February 14, 2020 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson · However much Voice readers may want not to the 55 per cent No vote in 2014 means we currently live in a Britain firmly governed by a reactionary right wing populist Tory ...