Scottish Labour is now a shadow of its former self
by John McAllion, Scottish Socialist Party, former Labour MP and MSP The burden of delivering a No majority against independence was always going to fall on the shoulders of ...
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Mind the midges, mind your language, mind your feet
by John Finnie, Independent MSP for the Highlands and Islands Regardless of location, whether our densely populated urban areas or the ultimate ‘low density’ housing of ...
Economic and social realities at heart of referendum debate
by Colin Fox, Scottish Socialist Party co-spokesperon No other country in the world is so exercised by such an imminent and far-reaching political decision as Scotland today. ...
‘Cybernats’: the ongoing media furore
by Lynda Williamson, Newsnet Scotland There is a radiator salesman from Hadleigh in Suffolk named Phil Neville. Mr Neville recently received a torrent of abuse on social ...
Ructions after the referendum: workers, Labour and Scottish independence
by Richie Venton, Scottish Socialist Party national workplace organiser The Scottish referendum has added substantially to the stresses and strains between Labour and the ...
‘The only way to get the Scotland I want is to make a complete break with Westminster’
Ena McLean is a veteran socialist, a warm, lively woman in her seventies who lives in Knightswood, Glasgow. She rejoined the Scottish Socialist Party last year. She was due ...
SNP and Labour Falkirk spat mirrors national hostility
by Stephanie Pride It says a lot about the state of local politics in Falkirk that one socialist can rudely heckle another during what is ostensibly a debate about ...
The politics of separation
by Allan Grogan, Labour for Independence Other than the term nationalist, the term most commonly used by the no camp describing Yes voters is the term separatist as in to ...
Indyref gets arty
The Festival of the Common Weal, 6 July at 12-6pm at The Arches in Glasgow, celebrates left music, arts and politics and brings together various left and progressive ...
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