Scottish Socialist Voice

Why Mum’s gone to Iceland

Iceland perches stoically on the very north western edge of Europe. It’s…

Fighting fuel poverty

Over the past year the Scottish Socialist Party has been…

Rejected Tories can’t impose will on Scotland

As part of the independence movement, one of the challenges…

Ironing out the politics

Phyllida Lloyd’s Thatcher biopic The Iron Lady seems to have…

Workers show power in action

“I’LL remember this day for the rest of my life!”…

We are the millions and we can win

‘Historic’ is a word often over-used, and thereby devalued. But…

International

Libyan liberation one year on

Last April, two months after the conflict in Libya started, a delegation from the African Union attempted to negotiate a peaceful settlement. Its proposal was for an immediate…

February 24, 2012 / Comments Off / Read More

Cold war in the South Atlantic?

As the 30th anniversary of Britain’s imperial adventure in the Falkland Islands approaches things are starting to hot up in the cold South Atlantic. Britain has engaged in…

February 10, 2012 / Comments Off / Read More

News

For an independent socialist Scotland

The Scottish Government’s consultation period on its Referendum Bill closes on Friday 11 May. Their…

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Vote for a local fighter

The Scottish Socialist Party will be standing candidates at the council elections. Below is a…

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Jim Bollan; “Vote SSP on May 3rd”

The Scottish Socialist Party is the only party that has consistently organised and campaigned in the streets, workplaces and communities against all…

April 13, 2012 / Comments Off / Read More

A new voice for Socialism

“The end of March saw a change in the weather for most of Scotland. We…

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Vote SSP on May 3rd

For the first time in 40 years the Labour Party does not have a majority…

March 23, 2012 / Comments Off / Read More

Workplace News

Victory for the sparks!

The construction site electrical and mechanical trades workers have won a magnificent breakthrough in their battle against pay cuts of up to 35 per cent. For months, the…

February 24, 2012 / Comments Off / Read More

No to another lost generation!

The Tories are returning to the scene of their many crimes against the working class! Westminster’s Butcher-in-Chief, David Cameron, hopes to breeze into Troon on Saturday 24th March…

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Nothing new on offer to workers

Nothing has changed for these workers who overwhelmingly voted to strike on N30, so why should they now accept and capitulate? The fight for a recall local government…

January 27, 2012 / Comments Off / Read More

Cultural Resistance

Jarama Valley – battle hymn of the International Brigade

An estimated 50,000 volunteers from fifty-five countries served in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. Amongst those who volunteered…

January 27, 2012 / Comments Off / Read More

Ironing out the politics

Phyllida Lloyd’s Thatcher biopic The Iron Lady seems to have divided opinion amongst film critics and appears to have been met…

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A forgotten class hero

The subject of Labour of Love is Robert Smillie, a pioneering Socialist, miners’ leader and close associate of James Keir Hardie.…

November 25, 2011 / Comments Off / Read More

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The pensions fight is still on

The outcome of the showdown between public sector workers…

No retreat on cuts fight

The experiences of 2011 and prospects in 2012 for…

Youth build against the cuts

It’s been a pretty grim year for youth in…

Standing against cuts

The Local Council Elections on 3 May will be…

Activists launch fuel poverty group

A proposal to establish a city wide Anti-Fuel Poverty…

Fighting fuel poverty

Over the past year the Scottish Socialist Party has…

Action needed now to stop fuel poverty deaths

Millions of pensioners would have been baffled last week…

Uniting to fight fuel poverty

A lively community and trade union conference took place…

Time For Peace

With the Iraq war inquiry underway the evidence heard…

Afghan war grinds towards defeat

Despite shed loads of evidence of vote rigging and…

Afghanistan – how many more will die ?

All the news agencies bring us the same story…

Afghan surge signposts disaster

Amidst dire predictions of slaughter and death the US…

For an independent socialist Scotland

The Scottish Government’s consultation period on its Referendum Bill…

Submission to Scottish Government’s ‘Your Scotland, Your Referendum’ Consultation from the SSP

The Scottish Socialist Party was founded in 1998 and…

Fight for real independence

As the Scottish Socialist Party prepares to meet in…

Forget coalition label – this is a Tory government

It is said that a wounded lion is the…

Britain’s break-up opens way to socialism

In 1987, the SNP annual conference was held in…

Labour leaders in ‘head down’ strategy

In her acceptance speech after being elected to lead…

A Yes vote would just be the begining

Shortly before launching his Government’s plans for an independence…

With the Iraq war inquiry underway the evidence heard confirms that it was based on lies and deception. Even the most naïve voter must now understand that…

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