The Scottish Socialist Voice, the only socialist newspaper written and edited in Scotland, is holding a Voice Forum on “From Crisis to Change” – exploring how to defend, and grow, workers’ rights in challenging times while building a future that puts people and planet before profit. […]
Those on Labour’s Right who conspired against Corbyn have triumphed. And they plan to erase all reference to the Corbyn era from Labour’s history. They blame Corbyn for their worst defeat in a century and deny any responsibility for the debilitating civil war they waged over the past five years. […]
The Scottish Socialist Party sends its warmest congratulations to new elected President Luis Arce and the Movement Towards Socialism on their tremendous election victory in Bolivia. […]
The latest blow to the BiFab yards, which not only imperils jobs but also underlines the abject failure of market economics to deliver benefits from what was described by then First Minister Salmond as a “Saudi Arabia of renewables” – lies a failure to take ownership of this key future-facing industry. […]
The failure to protect both public health and jobs will lead to a self-perpetuating downturn in both. Britain’s precarious economy of low-pay, low-security, hand-to-mouth living has left us with a country held up by lollipop sticks – and it is collapsing. […]
With the wave of solidarity from across the UK and beyond, and the ongoing demonstrations at a growing number of IKEA stores, the pressure on the arrogant bosses to change course is growing daily. […]
Scottish Socialist Party National Cospokespeople Colin Fox and Róisín McLaren today condemned IKEA’s sacking of Richie Venton and attacks on workers’ sick pay. […]
By Hugh CullenSSP National Secretary and EIS Branch Secretary (speaking on behalf of the SSP) The Scottish Socialist Party shares the frustrations of the EIS and other teaching unions who have been sidelined by the Scottish Government throughout the lockdown. Union representatives have found consultations to be largely tokenistic with the government making repeated announcements […]