Report of the discussion on World Perspectives at ISA’s 2023 World Congress Climate disasters, raging inflation and the threat of a world recession. A brutal war in Ukraine and rising global tensions. Three years of COVID with health systems teetering on the breaking points. Political polarization and unstable governments. The ruling class looks to the […]
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Danny Byrne is a member of ISA’s International Executive. Report from International Socialist Alternative’s World Congress — further reports to follow Between January 30 and February 5, over 100 delegates and visitors participated in International Socialist Alternative’s 13th World Congress. Participants hailed from over 30 countries, across all continents. Most delegates participated in person, gathering […]
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This is a statement of ISA’s International Editorial Board. Workers of the World Unite Against Decaying Capitalism A revolutionary socialist alternative is needed. We call on all workers, women, youth and those who agree with us to join us in building International Socialist Alternative. International Editorial Board “The burdens of war will consume the best […]
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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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Anna Barnett is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Bright signs of a growing world organization Over 1,500 International Socialist Alternative (ISA, of which Socialist Alternative Canada is part) members and supporters from 39 countries attended the second ever Virtual Marxist University (VMU) last weekend. The event focused on political education, with dozens […]
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Danny Byrne is a member of ISA’s International Executive. Socialists from 37 countries attended the largest ever international gathering of International Socialist Alternative (formerly the CWI) between 18 and 25 July The first ever ISA Virtual Marxist University was an incredible success. It was full of vibrancy and enthusiasm, and at the same time, was […]
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Five Reasons to Fight for a Socialist World in 2020 Five reasons to join the ISA. May Day – International Workers’ Day this year has a special significance at a time when the world is in the grip of the Coronavirus and facing perhaps the worst economic crisis for a hundred years. Even before the […]
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This is a statement of ISA’s International Editorial Board. International Socialist Alternative is the new name of the Committee for a Workers International CWI). The recent World Congress decided unanimously to change our name, a decision which reflects the new era of world politics – of upheaval, protest and struggle. Socialist Alternative Canada is a […]
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This is a statement by the CWI Women’s Commission. “We are not silent. We are not scared. We are not obeying.” — Istanbul, Turkey — chants from protest against gender violence International Women’s Day 2019 in defiance of a state ban on the demonstration and police use of tear gas “My life is not your […]
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This is a statement by the Provisional Committee of the CWI and Socialist Alternative (England, Wales and Scotland). As many of our readers are aware, the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI), the socialist international organization, which Socialist Alternative Canada is a member of, has been through a serious internal crisis since the end of […]
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