FAT: a Social(ist) Issue

For years now, the observation that media representations of body sizes andshapes do not represent the range of bodies actually present in society, has been a regular part of everyday discourse. The media and the fashion industry’s culpability in building false body-norms no longer passes without comment, and the advent of Size Zero in particular [...]

Another one bites the dust…

Another scalp for the pro-democracy and workers movement that’s sweeping the middle east – Tunisian Prime Minister Ghannouchi has resigned after thousands took to the street demanding he quit. It’s the second bastard deposed from office by Tunisa’s people, Ghannouchi took over after corrupt President Ben Ali was kicked out a couple of months ago. [...]

Police defy dictatorial regime and side with protesters.

Is it Libya? Egypt? Tunisia? No, it’s the USA. It may have been overlooked amongst rioting and protests of a much bigger scale in the middle east, but there’s been a battle raging in Wisconsin between the State Government and its own people. Police were ordered to force demonstrators out of the State Capitol building [...]

Aaron Porter gone, Bill Aitken resigns, Gaddafi on his way out…

It’s been a bad day for the enemies of SSY.ORG.UK – and today we take part in our ritual of revelling in the demise of BASTARDS. Top of the list (although probably not the most evil, Gaddafi still just squeezes by) is sellout Blairite careerist Aaron Porter. Porty’s announced he will not stand for another [...]

Algeria, Bahrain, Libya, Iran, Yemen…

If you’ve just booked a holiday in the middle east, you’re a bit fucked. That’s one way of interpreting the news coverage from across the Arab world. Another, slightly more upbeat way to interpret it is that we are witnessing the resurgence of workers rights all across the middle east in revolts which aren’t about [...]

Big Society: A Society Based on Investment Opportunity (not your vote)

Privitisation and attacking democratic freedoms, the Tories are it again, but this time they have had to come up with a new PR campaign: The Big Society. In the eighties the Torys’ free market arguments were used as the reason to attack unions and privitise industries all with the promise of what is good for [...]

Being Young Is Shite.

It has emerged that youth unemployment has risen to it’s highest levels since 1992. Officially 20.5% young people are unemployed in the UK as a whole. That’s just over 1 in 5 of us! Not only is this statistic worrying for young people it is the blunt, grotesque truth that young socialists have known for [...]

Tories continue to roll about in Money like Scrooge McDuck

Now that the Tories have got past their honeymoon period in government – if they ever actually had it – they’ve decided to get down to the important work of being totally despicable, nakedly evil bastards. Last week they announced plans to replace trade union and labour holiday Mayday with “Trafalgar Day”. SSY has heard [...]

ABORTIONORAMA!

Today, in what can only be described as an ABORTION EXTRAVAGANZA, we bring to you not one, not two, but THREE news stories that should cause sighs of woe from all sensible (i.e. pro-choice) people. First and most stupidly of all, is the worrying news that pre-teen hearthrob and Leftfield laughing stock Justin Bieber is [...]

Being in a trade union isn't the same as being working class.

Last week, local authorities across Scotland unveiled their budgets for the next year. The councils put on a united front of horrific cuts for all. Hopefully comrades from across the country can update us on what their council’s budget will mean for them – let’s have a little look at Glasgow first of all. Glasgow [...]

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