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Universal provision – strike a blow against poverty and stigma

by Scott Macdonald Every once in a while, the battle between selectivity and universal provision rises. From Johann Lamont MSP’s particularly odious “Scotland cannot be the only something-for-nothing country in […]

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21 January 2020
basic income Benefits Housing Benefit means testing prescriptions univeralism Universal Credit

Taking Action on Scotland’s Drug Epidemic

by Scott Macdonald There were 1,187 Scottish drug-related deaths in 2018 – a grisly rise of 27% over 2017’s figures. It is the highest since records began in 1996. Since […]

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17 July 2019
Austerity Drugs Heroin Poverty

From Trident to Turbines

by Calum Martin Weapons Of Mass Destruction. They don’t protect us from acts of terror. They don’t shield us from infrastructural cyberattacks. Hideously expensive, morally indefensible and functionally purposeless, they […]

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22 August 2018
Climate Change Nuclear Weapons Trident

Ethical Investments: Scrap PFI and its pensions investments

by Colin Fox When Arthur Scargill took over as the President of the National Union of Mineworkers in 1980 he was astonished to find the union’s pension fund invested in […]

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8 June 2018
Pensions PFI PPP

Starbucks: An Extra Shot of Profiteering!

by Richie Venton Our SSP street stall and street meeting outside Starbucks in Glasgow’s Sauchiehall St today gained a really warm reception from shoppers. As we blasted out the message […]

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21 April 2018
£10 Now! Apprentices Jeremy Corbyn Richie Venton Wages

Free public transport can bring social justice and slash pollution

by Roz Paterson Whether or not Margaret Thatcher ever actually stated that a 26 year old man riding on a bus should consider himself a failure, taking the bus in […]

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3 April 2018
Buses Ferries Free Public Transport Public Ownership Trains Trams

Redistributive Taxation – making the most of Devolution

by Calum Martin, SSP National Co-Chair The Scottish Parliament was supposed to provide the ways and means to bring forward a new Scotland. Ours is a wealthy, productive nation, but […]

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27 March 2018
Council Tax Devolution Holyrood Scottish Service Tax

SSP Welcomes Football Act Repeal

The Scottish Socialist Party both welcomes and commends todays vote in Parliament to repeal the Offensive Behaviour at Football & Threatening Communications Act (2012). Commenting, party executive committee member and […]

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15 March 2018
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