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SSP Podcast: The one with more politics…
And what a happy grabbag we have for you this week! On this week’s show, we have members from Glasgow Central branch on zero-hours contracts, wages in the NHS and Don McKeen with an invite to what sounds like a really interesting talk at the Yes Bar. We also have Jenni Gunn speaking about everyday […]
West Dunbartonshire fights the council’s cuts
Earlier today, we were proud to stand side-by-side with fellow anti-cuts fighters, including Women For Independence at the Council HQ in Dumbarton to protest at the brutal cuts to public services and jobs being implemented by a Labour Council on behalf of a Tory Government in Westminster. Our West Dunbartonshire councillor Jim Bollan was present […]
Response to Women For Independence’s Five Point Pledge
We welcome the petition of Women For Independence on how the election campaign should be conducted. We will only be fielding a small number of candidates where local branches have made the decision to stand. As a party we are proud that we have a 50/50 Executive Committee and a male and female co-spokesperson and […]
Billionaires – and Buttons For Wages
by Richie Venton The crime of poverty pay is becoming even more criminal. In a cheap stunt to absorb some of the growing fury of working class people at appalling hourly wage rates, even the Tory government has been obliged to ‘name and shame’ some of the companies not even paying the legally required national […]
Podcast: Caring fracking youth and a mix-tape
On this week’s episode: party co-spokesperson, Sandra Webster on her experiences of being a carer in Tory-ruled Scotland, me on the patriotic fracking nonsense of the Labour Party, Dunfermline branch chair Lewis Akers on being a young party activist and Glasgow South’s Tommy Ball with this week’s political round up. […]
TV Appearances – Discussing Syriza
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. […]
Western leaders double standards
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 […]