Month: January 2021
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Austerity capitalism stealing years off our lives
By Matt Dobson The recent National Records of Scotland (NRS) figures on healthy life expectancy (HLE) are yet another indicator…
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Unison NEC elections: United left challenge needed to fight slaughter of jobs and services
Socialist Party members in Unison Just weeks after the general secretary election, Unison members are beginning the process of electing…
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SNP’s capitalist credentials on show over Tory freeports
By Jimmy Haddow The Scottish trade minister, Ivan McKee, reported to the Scottish parliament on January 21, 2021 the findings…
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SNP’s indyref2 ‘roadmap’ no substitute for a mass movement and socialist policies
Statement from Socialist Party Scotland’s executive committee The SNP-led Scottish government’s latest road map towards a second independence referendum has…
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Support the striking gas engineers – defeat ‘fire and rehire’ bosses
Over 1,000 Scottish Gas engineers start seven days of strike action from tomorrow, January 20. The action is part of…
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Millionaire tendency regain control of Scottish Labour
Build a new mass workers’ party Philip Stott The resignation of the nominally left Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard will,…
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Poverty, food and jobs crisis needs socialist action
Matt Dobson reports The results of the latest poverty study by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation are an utter condemnation of…
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Royal Mail bosses forced into concessions by determined CWU membership
Gary Clark, CWU Scotland No.2 branch secretary (personal capacity) The Communication Workers Union (CWU) postal executive has unanimously agreed to…
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Global capitalism at most perilous since 1930s
By Robin Clapp, Socialist Party England and Wales national committee member For over a year, the Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked…
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Engels on the origins of women’s oppression and its relevance to today’s struggles
Continuing our series of articles commemorating the 200 years since the birth of Friedrich Engels, we look at the relevance…
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