Category: Politics

The Commies are coming!

According to Donald Trump, he was brilliantly accurate when he predicted in 2019 that “America will never be a socialist country”....

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Low-traffic neighbourhoods: A class perspective

Last month, on 18 February, a large demonstration of around 2,000 protesters descended on Oxford to oppose the local council’s ‘15...

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RMT young members’ conference 2023: Determined to win

This year’s RMT young members conference, held in Hastings from 24-25 February, brought together 50 activists – the highest attend...

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Appetite for deconstruction

Album review: The Ultra Vivid Lament Manic Street Preachers Released on 10 September Sony/Columbia ★★★★ by Simon Whittle · “Words ...

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Colleges fire-and-rehire victory as McVitie’s workers f...

An outright victory against fire-and-rehire at Forth Valley College by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · Strike ac...

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Stop the Tollcross massacre: fight to save every job at...

We need decisive action to halt devastation • by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · Nearly 500 workers and their fa...

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‘Liar’ Johnson’s government in chaos and confusion...

by Ken Ferguson · You couldn’t make it up when commenting on the current Johnson gang but then, amidst U-turns, blunders and clear...

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Danny O’Donnell: a lovely man, friend and comrade

by Richie Venton · The world has lost a chunk of its warmth and humanity with the recent death of dear friend and long time comrad...

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Wullie McGartland: farewell to a Voice legend, friend a...

by Simon Whittle · Wullie McGartland, one of Scottish socialism’s brightest shining stars and former Voice deputy editor, has died...

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A victory for strikes and solidarity

by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · Lecturers in Scotland’s Further Education colleges have won an important vict...

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Fight on for fair pay: reject the offers in NHS and loc...

by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser  · Workers in both the NHS and local authorities are balloting on pay offers fr...

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Refuse to be slaves – defend the right to strike!

The Tories are hellbent on turning workers into slaves. They are rushing through legislation on so-called Minimum Service Levels t...

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Hunt’s big business Budget: “This is class war”

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt received whoops and cheers in Parliament yesterday, as Tory backbenchers applauded his latest billionaires’...

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140 years after the death of Marx – The communists are ...

Today, 14 March, marks the 140th anniversary of the death of Karl Marx, the greatest thinker and revolutionary who has ever lived....

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Lineker, the BBC, and Tory culture wars: Establishment ...

The recent row between the BBC and footballer-turned-TV-presenter Gary Lineker has exposed the real role of the national broadcast...

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