PFI: the infection at the heart of Scotland’s gravest NHS crisis
by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson · Scotland’s NHS is in the grip of its worst crisis in 75 years. Waiting times and waiting lists are at record levels. Staff ...
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Mainstream middle ground politics ignores the urgent realities of people and planet
Editorial by Ken Ferguson On every hand — Tory, Starmer Labour and the increasingly divided SNP — mainstream politicians share one key characteristic, in that they claim ...
Scrap the Council Tax: find out how much you’d save under the SSP’s alternative
by Natalie Reid, SSP national co-spokesperson Last month, the Scottish Government announced an increase in Council Tax bands E-H. The SNP claim this is a bid to make taxation ...
‘I’ve never seen the Left reaching out to people this way’
Sennaya Swami Naickar moved to Scotland recently with his work as a statistician and risk assessor in a major bank. He was determined to join the Scottish Socialist Party ...
Refuse to be slaves – defend the right to strike!
The Tories are hellbent on turning workers into slaves. They are rushing through legislation on so-called Minimum Service Levels that would effectively ban the right to strike for countless workers... writes RICHIE VENTON ...
Danny O’Donnell: a lovely man, friend and comrade
by Richie Venton · The world has lost a chunk of its warmth and humanity with the recent death of dear friend and long time comrade, Danny O’Donnell. Anyone who ever met ...
Fight on for fair pay: reject the offers in NHS and local government
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · Workers in both the NHS and local authorities are balloting on pay offers from the Scottish Government and COSLA, the ...
Shame on O’Shea and the British Gas boardroom thugs!
Demand industrial action to reinstate workers and their contracts – nationalise under workers’ control! by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · Within 3 ...
Poland: near-total abortion ban has become a reality
by Magdalena Grzymkowska · An objectionable near-total ban on abortion in Poland has taken effect, after a judicial government-controlled body’s decision came into force ...
Defend today to win a different tomorrow
by Ken Ferguson · The soothing slogan of last summer of “we’re all in it together” is an increasingly fading memory as the bosses offensive of fire and rehire, pay ...
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