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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Finn McKenna is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). *Spoiler alert throughout* Squid Game has the entire world talking. The series based in South Korea is the most watched show on Netflix of all time; 110 million Netflix viewers have streamed the show. Considering the series was only released on September 17, […]
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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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Eljeer Hawkins is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Review Harlem, New York – In the summer of 1969, two historic musical festivals took place that would have epic proportions for the course of musical history and define one of the most politically turbulent times […]
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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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A Good War outlines a path for Canada to successfully respond to the climate emergency, and in the process tackle poverty and inequality. The title refers to World War II, when all of Canada’s resources, money and labour was mobilized for victory. By way of disclosure, I know the author, Seth Klein. I’ve worked with […]
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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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