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They Will Steal Your Dreams

By McMegaphone, a member of the Scottish Socialist Party and a teacher of English. Originally written for friends. Plutocracy (pl -t k r -s ) n. pl. plu•toc•ra•cies 1. Government by the wealthy. 2. A wealthy class that controls a government. 3. A government or state in which the wealthy rule. Martin Luther King once [...]

Multimillionaire ministers announce their bullshit budget

At the same time as Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Gideon Osborne, was announcing the pile of rancid shite that forms his Emergency Budget, it was also revealed that at least 23 out of the 29 coalition cabinet members are millionaires. So while Osborne and Cameron and Clegg and their other filthy rich pals are [...]

Emergency Budget: ConDems declare war

It’s started: finally secure in their position of power, the Tories, with the support of the sell out Lib Dems, have declared war on the working class. Today, the government announced it will hold an emergency budget on June 22nd. But, in an attempt to pre-empt the fightback, the ConDems are to announce £6 billion [...]

What's the cradle of Western Civilisation worth to capitalism? "Junk"

Greece is known throughout the world as the birthplace of democracy, the cradle of western art, science, literature, drama and philosophy. It’s a beautiful country, with a healthy and delicious cuisine. What does capitalism think of Greece? “Junk”. Yesterday Greece’s credit rating was downgraded to “junk” status, meaning that international markets think the government will [...]

Good news for Belgian Muslims as government collapses

The government of Belgium has collapsed as part of a row between Dutch speaking and French speaking politicians. This is good news for Belgian Muslims, who were facing the possibility of a racist legal attack, as Belgium was poised to become the first European country to ban Muslim women from covering their faces. However, the [...]

Vote Labour, for a Britain of beheadings fair for all.

If your a regular reader of SSY you might wonder what the difference is between the three mainstream parties. Cameron says he wants cuts now, and calls for an emergency budget to do so and Labour says they will enact cuts “deeper than Thatchers. Even St Nick Clegg says he wants “savage cuts”. Cuts, deep [...]

The Chancellors' views on the economy in brief.

Missed this week’s earlier and thrilling debate between the Chancellors? Sure you could watch it on the internet, and perhaps do several years at a major university or business school to understand 30 years of neo-liberalism…. OR you could just helpfully take a look at this cartoon SSY has found, which helpfully and briefly outlines [...]

Labour – building an unfairer Britain

This time last year it looked almost certain that Labour would not only lose the election, but be absolutely humiliated by the Tories. They had not only dropped in the polls, but actually came third in the European Elections. Within the past month however, Labour’s electoral fortunes have resurged, Lazarus like. It is not an [...]

Come strike with me, lets strike, lets strike BA

Cancel your weekend jaunt to the Maldives SSY readers, those mindless militants have only gone and ruined everyone’s holiday – British Airways cabin crew are going ahead with strike action after the collapse of talks. The strike by BA workers was originally called last year, and was due to occur during Christmas/New Year. That strike [...]

Greeks explain why they're on strike

As Leftfield reported a couple of days ago, Greece right now is the frontline of the European wide assault on the working class. The bankers who fucked up the economy royally are now determined to make ordinary people pay through wage cuts, job losses and slashing public spending. In Greece, the government is trying to [...]