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Labour’s budget won’t deliver for workers – socialist policies would
Editorial from the Socialist – the paper of Socialist Party Scotland – Nov-Dec edition Behind the rhetoric of a Labour…
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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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New lockdown – Capitalism still can’t protect us – Fight for socialism
Workers’ movement must take the lead and organise mass struggle Philip Stott, Socialist Party Scotland The decision to place mainland…
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Scotland’s drug death pandemic, an indictment of capitalist inaction
By Lynda McEwan 18 months after the SNP government declared a public health emergency to tackle shocking drug deaths in Scotland,…
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Fighting Austerity
Step forward in ending period poverty – now fight all austerity
By Lynda McEwan In a first of its kind globally, The Period Products (Free Provision) Scotland Act was enshrined into…
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End the pandemic of gender-based violence – Fight for socialism
By Lynda McEwan, Socialist Party Scotland November 25 marked the beginning of the annual international 16 Days of Activism Against…
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Elections
Scottish TUSC to stand in May 2021
A well attended and inspiring online Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) conference took place on Saturday 7 November.…
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Mercy Baguma: Fight to end this horrific system
Lynda McEwan reports “My name is Mercy Baguma. I am an asylum seeker with a baby and I am not…
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Highland NHS and council bosses attack workers amidst the pandemic
Sean Robertson, Highland branch Socialist Party Scotland In yet another display of complete ineptitude by NHS Highland management, NHS staff…
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Coronavirus: Capitalism and austerity are major obstacles to recovery
Statement from Socialist Party Scotland The devastating Covid-19 pandemic is exposing the failures of capitalist governments and the profiteering system…
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