by Colin Fox Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Government for 5 months faces the same dilemma over and over and over. Greece owes 330bn Euro’s to the IMF/ECB/EU and has no way of paying it back. For the umpteenth time he stood on the precipice again this week, looked over and backed down. If […]
by Dick Nichols, in Barcelona Well before the polling stations closed we knew that something special was happening in the May 24 Spanish elections for local councils and for 13 of the country’s 17 regional governments. Working people, people on welfare, young people without a future were coming out to have their say. They were […]
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Scotland Tonight: 26/01/15 A discussion on the challenges and opportunities facing Greece after the landslide victory by radical left party Syriza. Dr. George Karyotis, John Edward and Colin Fox provide their perspectives. […]
by Bill Bonnar This month scores of world leaders gathered to pay respects at the funerals of French journalists murdered by Islamic fundamentalists. It was a striking show of solidarity with the ideals of freedom and democracy. On Friday many of the same leaders gathered in Ryadh for the funeral of the Islamic fundamentalist king […]
With just three days to go until the Greek General Election Athens is buzzing. The stage is literally set for Syriza’s final election rally tonight in Omonia Square in the centre of the city. […]
by Bill Bonnar The Scottish Socialist Party utterly condemns the current Israeli aggression against the people of Gaza; an aggression which has killed more than 1000 people and inflicted severe damage of the vital infrastructure of this region. We condemn as lies the Israeli argument that they are simply defending themselves against Palestinian attacks. […]
The naked aggression against the people of Gaza by the Israeli state has been exposed once again in another despicable, murderous act against unarmed people. The unprovoked attack on the peace and humanitarian aid convoy in international waters is akin to the anti racism attacks on activists in the southern states of America in the […]