The nukes of hazard
by David Mackenzie • Once again people worldwide will be commemorated the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Some gathered at spots committed to peaceful reflection, like the ...
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Nae nukes!
David McKenzie reports on the peace movement in the run up to September’s Faslane demo • “International”—a funny word. In one common parlance it’s about connections between and among ...
Indyref can’t be Nicola’s Trident
by Ken Ferguson • First Minister Sturgeon’s confirmation—amidst cheers from SNP conference delegates—of a draft Bill on Indyref 2 both ups the ante while buying time on the issue. While ...
Glare of war illuminates Westminster power play
Editorial by Ken Ferguson As the Voice went to press 66 Labour MPs voted with the Tories to send a handful of RAF bombers into action in Syria once again showing that the lessons of recent history ...
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 an already left wing ...
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 campaigners will never forget: ...
Neither Sturgeon or Corbyn have the answer
by Ken Ferguson There is an old saying “nothing is new under the sun” and nowhere is this more clearly the case as in the world of politics. With the demands and the pressures of a 24/7 news ...
Corbyn leadership bid faces implacable hostility of Labour’s Westminster elite
by John McAllion The YouGov poll showing Jeremy Corbyn on track to become Labour’s next leader caused widespread panic across the party’s establishment and parliamentary leadership. The three ...
SSP councillor’s Israeli arms boycott backed
West Dunbartonshire Council has unanimously backed a motion from SSP councillor for the Leven ward, Jim Bollan, opposing council pension funds investing in firms supplying arms to Israel. West ...
Bairns Not Bombs – Scrap Trident action in April
by David McKenzie, Scrap Trident Coalition “A country is not only what it does, it is also what it tolerates” – Kurt Tucholsky 1933 “Nukes are so 20th century” – Anon. The Scottish Stir ...
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