Bakers’ union leads fight for £10/hr minimum wage
SSP national workplace organiser Richie Venton spoke to the Regional Officer of the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers’ Union, Alan Milne Richie asked Alan about the ...
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Will Westminster’s indy nightmare return after May?
by John McAllion Westminster politics has long been haunted by the spectre of Scottish independence. Since the SNP’s Winnie Ewing sensationally captured the previously rock ...
Capitalist corruption in breadline Britain
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser There’s a stink of corruption arising from the body of capitalism. The world’s second-biggest bank, HSBC, has hit the ...
Is Holyrood investing in arms and fossil fuels?
Highlands and Islands MSP John Finnie lifts the lid In these hard times it’s vital that the public are able to understand where their hard-earned money is ‘invested’ ...
Independent women
by Sandra Webster, SSP national co-spokesperson One of the greatest strengths of the Yes campaign was a positive vision of a different kind of politics. One where more voices ...
Greeks choose democracy over bankers’ barbarism
by Ken Ferguson, editor, Scottish Socialist Voice Will the needs of people be able to prevail over the extortion of the bankers and moneylenders driving austerity and misery ...
Behind Murphy’s tartan paint job, has anything changed?
by John McAllion, ex-Labour MP/MSP, now with the SSP Almost from the moment he was elected Scottish leader, Jim Murphy sought to emulate his political hero Tony Blair. One of ...
Defy all cuts: there is an alternative
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser The contrast could not be starker. As the people of Greece give a resounding NO! to austerity, the councillors of Scotland ...
SSP puts living wage at centre of general election campaign
by Colin Fox, SSP co-spokesperson Next week the Scottish Socialist Party will announce the seats we will contest in May’s General Election. Each of our candidates will be ...
£10 NOW! For a Scottish minimum wage to outlaw poverty pay
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser Poverty scars the face of Scotland. Poverty pay is at the heart of it. And the only thing more ugly than the national ...
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