Till Ruster is a member of Sozialistische LinksPartei (ISA in Austria). Sixty-five years ago, on 23 October about 20,000 Hungarians protested in Budapest in support of a manifesto which called for Hungarian independence, democratic socialism based on land reform, public ownership and democratic rights. The Hungarian revolution had started. A captured Soviet tank is rolling […]
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Leon Pinsky is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. September saw the 10th anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, the movement which opened a new chapter in the history of social struggle in the US. A decade later, we can appreciate the importance of Occupy as the first step in developing a new left, […]
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Grace Fors is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Is it possible to win a better future? The answer to that question is an unequivocal yes, but only if we fight for it. Today’s generation is growing up surrounded by crises. As they come of age, dead-end jobs, crushing debt, and climate destruction […]
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Socialism for a green future Youth: The Soundtrack of Late Capitalism Ontario Alberta: Drive Kenny Out! Protect Indigenous Land COVID Vaccine Nationalism = Misery Interview with Kshama Sawant Canada’s Role in Haiti’s Misery Socialism Needed … and more from Canada and the World! For printed copy(ies) send an e-mail to [email protected] Please consider making a […]
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Rob Jones is a member of Sotsialisticheskaya Alternativa (CWI in Russia). The impression of the press conference on August 19, 1991 as eight aged generals, KGB officers and Stalinist bureaucrats announced “emergency rule” could not have filled those who hoped they would save the Soviet Union with confidence. Nothing could demonstrate better how the junta […]
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The newest issue of our magazine Socialist Alternative is now published. Stolen Lives Stolen Land Alberta’s Misery Continues Slashing Cuts in Newfoundland and Labrador Ontario Education Shambles UniteHere! The Struggle Continues Fight For Sick Pay: Join a Union! Life of a Grocery Worker “Can’t Have Capitalism without Racism” The Road to Peace in Israel/Palestine … […]
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Tom Costello is a member of Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland). “Every social movement, every real advance in England on behalf of the workers links itself on to the name of Robert Owen.” Friedrich Engels This month marks 250 years since the birth of a legendary utopian socialist. While today many of his ideas […]
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Amy Ferguson is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Northern Ireland). Tragic Consequence of Missed Opportunity for Socialist Change May 3 is 100 years since Ireland was partitioned under the “Government of Ireland Act” to leave the largely Catholic Republic of Ireland as an independent state and Northern Ireland with its part Protestant, […]
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Harper Cleves is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). 150 years ago this month, history was made when working-class Parisians established the Paris Commune on March 18, 1871. This represented the first example of a society run by and for the working class – a workers’ state. While the Commune lasted for […]
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Sarah Moayeri, Flo Klabacher, and Brettros are members of Sozialistische LinksPartei (ISA in Austria). One hundred and fifty years ago, Rosa Luxemburg (Rozalia Luksenburg) was born in what is now Poland, the daughter of a Jewish timber merchant. The young Rosa became politically active at an early age; at 16 she joined the revolutionary circle […]
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