[1] Established in November 1996, the Voice started life as the newspaper of Scottish Militant Labour, before being handed over to the Scottish Socialist Party on its formation in 1998.

It was originally launched as a fortnightly publication, and moved to a weekly format in May 2001[5] at great financial cost,[6] before returning to fortnightly production in 2007.

It is primarily distributed through subscription and street sales.

Since at least 2013, the Voice has hosted a number of cross-party discussion events called "Forums".

In December 2013, figures from the pro-independence left were invited to a Forum to discuss Scotland's Future, which was chaired by John Finnie and featured Jim Sillars, John McAllion, Isobel Lindsay, Prof Mike Danson, Maggie Chapman, and Colin Fox on its panel.