Author: International Socialist Alternative
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
This is a statement by ISA’ International Women’s Bureau and ROSA International. 2021 has been another year of struggle against sexism, LGBTQ-phobia and racism, including mass protests and strikes, inspiring examples of solidarity being built amongst workers of all genders. At the Mercedes plant in the Basque Country, there was a strike of 3500 workers […]
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Belarus-Polish Border
Written by ISA members from Poland, Belarus, Syria and Russia. Refugees Treated Like Animals as Imperialist Tensions Increase Joint statement by ISA members from Poland, Belarus, Syria and Russia about the crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border as thousands of refugees have been caught in a no-man’s land between the two countries on the edge of […]
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COP 26 and the ISA — How We Are Fighting to End Climate Change
COP 26 — a summit of World leaders and 30,000 politicians, businessmen, bankers, “green investors” and “green lobbyists” and many other hangers on are expected to be in Glasgow this week to attend the event which is sponsored by an array of multinational corporations in the energy, car, chemical, pharmaceutical and IT sectors. These are […]
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The Collapse of Evergrande
Chinese Regime on Horns of a Dilemma Evergrande, the Chinese property company, is missing one payment deadline after another. If it collapses the consequences could be huge for China’s economy, its authoritarian regime and for global capitalism. ISA talks to Vincent Kolo of chinaworker.info about what could happen. ISA: The name Evergrande has suddenly entered […]
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July Virtual Marxist University
Another Powerful Stride Forward More than 1,400 ISA members and supporters from 36 countries on all continents attended our third “Virtual Marxist University’ between 19 and 25 July. This included comrades from “countries which are crucial to the global class struggle and who had not been represented in previous VMUs, including Chile and Egypt. “Zoom […]
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Solidarity with the Cuban People Against Imperialism and Capitalist Restoration
Defend the Gains of the Cuban Revolution! The shortage of medicines, as well as the growing economic crisis which has been aggravated by the pandemic, has generated a growing discontent among Cuban working people, who took to the streets on July 11. The ruling Communist Party (CP) bureaucracy described the demonstrations as counter-revolutionary and pro-imperialist. […]
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Interview with Khaing Zar, Leader of Myanmar Trade Union
Workers across the world have been inspired by the determined resistance in Myanmar to the military takeover and widespread repression that has followed. The working class has played a central role. International Socialist Alternative discussed the situation with Khaing Zar, a leader of the textile workers union and national treasurer of the Confederation of Trade […]
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Israeli State Acts Against Palestinian Youth
Fighting for international solidarity and a socialist solution The uprising of Palestinian youth on both sides of the ‘Green Line’ (pre-1967 border) in the West Bank and in Israel, the massacre in Gaza and solidarity demonstrations in Israel, have put the oppression of the Palestinians at the centre of international attention. This will not disappear […]
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China/Hong Kong: ISA Launches New Solidarity Campaign
Solidarity Against Repression in China & Hong Kong. Free ‘Long Hair’ Leung Kwok-hung! Since the Hong Kong mass struggles in 2019, the situation has changed completely. The dictatorship of Xi Jinping and the misnamed Communist Party (CCP) has answered with massive and unprecedented repression of democratic rights aimed at destroying the movement and preventing any […]
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