"You've pierced us. You've killed our children's future."

Romanian television engineer Adrian Sobaru today made an impressive stand against austerity measures in his country – by leaping from a balcony into the main chamber of the Romanian parliament, where politicians were debating nearly 25ft below. His protest took place the day after the 21st anniversary of the revolution which overthrew faux-communist dictator Nicolae [...]

The truth about Tommy Sheridan

Today marked the end of 6 years of hell for members of the SSP. The jury in the perjury trial of Tommy Sheridan was able to see through his web of lies, and has vindicated the actions of our party in telling the truth. He won’t be sentenced until the New Year, but we have [...]

Capitalism: Bringing Your Family Together This Christmas (To Avoid Freezing to Death)

When international charities illustrate the immensity of poverty and deprivation in areas of the ‘Third World’, they often use a statistic of how many children die per minute from preventable diseases due to a lack of cleaning drinking water and sanitation. A common response to the brutal realities of capitalist production, distribution and consumption on [...]

2010: a year in protest

It’s that time of year again: a moment where we pause for sombre reflection, overblown self-congratulation and making stupid lists in a bid to fill up space as no one can be arsed writing anything proper anymore. While the last of these couldn’t be further from the truth here at SSY (trust me, there’s some [...]

That's Limerick City kid.

At long long last, SSY’s favourite comedy hip hop outfit The Rubberbandits are getting the recognition beyond their Limerick empire that they deserve. Their single Horse Outside looks set to beat boring X Factor winner Lazy Decorator to the Irish Christmas number 1 spot.  They’ve earned the support of Fianna Fail politician and erstwhile hash dealer Willie [...]

Jingle Bells, Vodafone Smells

Saturday 19th marked another landmark in the now epic battle against corporate tax evasion. Dubbed “pay day” by UK uncut the day saw around 55 different actions in towns and cities across the UK targeting big business fraudsters including Vodafone, the Arcadia Group (Topshop, Dorothy Perkins, BHS etc), Boots and HSBC. In Glasgow around 25 [...]

Forty trillion weans – when wan is enough, mate.

The National Post recently ran a story on the reduction of multiple births. I hadn’t really thought of the concept before, if I’m honest. Of course, I always have been Pro-Choice as far as I can remember, without thinking. When I was little, I didn’t even know that people would object to the notion. (And [...]

The story of a wasteful chump and his unloved deputy.

Prime Minister David Cameron is a man who talks a lot of shit. He is insistent that we need to cut public expenditure. He claims that he wants the Con Dem coalition to be the greenest government ever. And yet in June, he spent £303,006 of our money on a four day trip to Canada. [...]

Incredibly boring man supports ending of drug war.

In the past year and a bit or so, there’s been a real momentum challenging the establishment view on drugs –  that drugs are all bad and that a civilised society has to keep them prohibited. The head of the Royal College of Physicians, former Police chiefs and of course SSY favourite former ACMD chair [...]

Déjà vu all over again for asylum seeking children…

The government has announced that they will no longer lock up asylum seeking kids. Coincidentally, I have the strangest sense of déjà vu… We’ll have to wait and see if they’re got their fingers crossed behind their backs this time, too, or whether they’re actually capable of doing what they say they will. Nick Clegg [...]

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