False outrage of elite politicians offers no answers
by Ken Ferguson • The pitiless outrage which bombed 22 people to death in Manchester and maimed many more ignites an outrage and revulsion which is beyond words and has, ...
Scottish Socialist Party
Social care must be a right for all
by Natalie Reid, SSP national co-spokesperson • It’s no secret that social care funding is in crisis, in Scotland and across the UK as a whole. Inevitably, this has led ...
Protecting the most vulnerable… Tory style
by Sandra Webster • The mantra of the caring, sharing Tory party is “We will protect the most vulnerable.” It was banged out during the last general election campaign ...
Politics of fear can be beaten
by Ken Ferguson • Seldom has radical socialist change been more urgently needed but apparently more difficult to achieve than today. In Scotland, tens of thousands exist on ...
Dismantling Westminster is key to socialist advance
by John McAllion, former Labour MP and MSP, now in the SSP • Most voters do not pay close attention to the detail of day to day parliamentary politics. The extent to which ...
Standing Rock ‘victory’ far from certain
by Roz Paterson • On Sunday 4 December, the Army Corps of Engineers—on behalf of the US government—refused a permit for the builders of the North Dakota Access ...
Meeting people’s priorities is key to winning indyref 2
by Ken Ferguson • Amidst the all enveloping fog of Brexit claim and counter claim, the outline of what lies ahead appears with growing clarity. In the run up to the June ...
Action against benefit sanctions must increase
by Jack Ferguson • The release of Ken Loach’s new film I, Daniel Blake marks a cultural landmark, and is destined to be the defining way in which the injustice of ...
Brexit battles smokescreen as Tory hard right show teeth
by Ken Ferguson • The conventional media wisdom that the British state is in confusion post the Brexit vote is a best lazy thinking and in some respects dangerous nonsense. ...
Brexit puts EU-based environmental controls at risk
by Roz Paterson • In the wake of almost certain Brexit, the pariah that is the UK may well have to prostrate itself at the feet of anyone willing to do business, even ...
Scottish Socialist Voice 