In the media we are bombarded with endless warnings about the “bond markets.” But despite the ominous-sounding headlines about rising yields, or Andy Burnham’s call for Britain to stop being “in hock” to them, it is rarely explained what the bond market actually is, or why it matters. The ups and downs of the markets […]
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Resistance to AI Data centres is spreading across Canada too from Hamilton, Ontario, to Olds, Alberta, and Vancouver, BC. We will have an article soon on Canadian opposition. Saline Township, Michigan has just a few thousand residents, most of whom were extremely concerned when OpenAI and Oracle announced plans to build a massive $16 billion […]
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How things have changed. The orthodox views of a few years ago are now out the window. Until recently most mainstream economists argued that governments should get out of the way to allow private capitalists to invest in major projects and that profits were the “reward” for taking risks. Now, for many construction projects, the […]
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Pride’s rallying cry is struggling to be heard amid overlapping crises. Rising militarism, affordable housing shortages, and economic precarity dominate the attention of working-class queer people who are increasingly struggling to survive. Amid news of another bombardment, another pipeline, another data centre, corporations covertly cancel Pride initiatives and legislators quietly erode hard-won queer rights. The […]
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Mark Carney’s political image is of a “responsible progressive,” a pragmatist — someone who speaks about climate change, affordability, inclusion, and protecting Canadians during economic uncertainty. He talks nice about “Canada for All” and that “the government is protecting the essential social programs — child care, dental care, and pharmacare.” But dig into the details […]
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In Kassel, Germany, at the invitation of the local chapter of Die Linke, 180 people from all over Germany gathered to discuss the current situation of militarization and rearmament and to formulate plans for the resistance we need. Ever since the federal government approved a military buildup package worth several hundred billion euros last spring, […]
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This article was originally published in early June 2026, in issue #3 of International Marxism, the international political journal of International Socialist Alternative. Click here to subscribe or to buy a copy of the full issue. Last July, the announcement that Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana would be forming a new political party sent a […]
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While workers pay through the nose for shortages stemming from Trump’s war on Iran, his billionaire friends are gambling trillions on the AI bubble. Elon Musk’s SpaceX has outraced Anthropic and OpenAI to be the first AI giant on the stock market, in the largest initial public offering (IPO) in history. Musk had restructured SpaceX […]
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This is the fourth World Perspectives statement produced by ISA since the inauguration of Donald Trump’s second presidency. This is based on a recent discussion n of ISA’s International Committee. The last, published on 12 February, commented on where his 2026 US imperialist offensive could lead to next: “Following his successful decapitation and subjugation of […]
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