Who is This Bob Dylan?

Albert Kropf is a member of Sozialistische LinksPartei (ISA in Austria). On the 80th Birthday of Robert Allen Zimmermann With his skills and fame, a Bob Dylan at the forefront of the social protest movements would have had the power to help unhinge the world. Instead, the old Dylan preferred to fish for the big […]

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The New Corporation – the Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

The 2003 film The Corporation explored the question “if a corporation is a person, what kind of person is it?” The film’s answer, in one of the best documentaries condemning corporations and capitalism, was that corporations are psychopaths. Psychopathy manifests itself in superficial charm, a grandiose sense of self-worth, a manipulative personality, pathological lying, lack […]

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Framing Britney Spears

Aislinn O’Keeffe is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). In 1992, a ten-year-old Britney Spears performed a powerful version of The Judds ‘Love Can Build a Bridge’. The host, Ed McMahon, interviewing her afterwards remarks on her ‘pretty eyes’ and asks her whether or not she has a boyfriend. A clearly uncomfortable […]

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Socialist Alternative Magazine #17

Capitalism’s COVID Disaster Women Organize Against Oppression Indigenous Struggles Continue The Struggle for Jobs and Climate US – China Cold War Will Continue Latin America: Struggle Returns Unite Here: A Fighting Local in BC Housing Crisis Ahead If you’d like to order paper copies, email us [email protected] Please make a donation towards our costs and […]

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Review: The Return of Nature

Keishia Taylor is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). Book details: The Return of Nature, John Bellamy Foster, Monthly Review Press, 2020 John Bellamy Foster’s ground-breaking Marx’s Ecology in 2000 demonstrated that Marxism, from the beginning, dealt with ecological questions. Its long-awaited sequel, The Return of Nature: Socialism and Ecology, developed these […]

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Book Review: The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins

Manus Lenihan is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). The Jarkarta Method presents a bold counter-history of the Cold War, showing how this colossal violence played an essential role in shaping the world we live in today. The beautiful Indonesian island of Bali attracts visitors from all over the world. But most […]

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Review of No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age, Jane McAlevy, Oxford University Press (2016)

Tony Wilsdon is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. The spark ignited by West Virginia teachers in 2018 has given new energy to the labor movement. The dynamic teacher strikes which spread from “red states” to big urban areas like Los Angeles and Oakland, centered around mobilization of teachers themselves with active support […]

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Billionaires Are Not Our Friends: The Limits of Planet of the Humans

Michael Barker is a member of Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland). Planet of the Humans demands our attention and most of all it demands our action Planet of the Humans demands our attention and most of all it demands our action. This widely-watched documentary, directed by Jeff Gibbs and produced by Michael Moore, presents a […]

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Why Does Little Women Still Matter?

Ginger Jentzen is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Review of Little Women (2019) — Directed by Greta Gerwig Greta Gerwig’s new adaptation of Little Women has struck a resounding chord with audiences, particularly young women. Why does this book continue to resonate with us one hundred and fifty years later, and what […]

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Socialist Alternative Magazine #14

Climate Justice and Jobs Instability Rising Ontario Struggle Needed Where is Canada’s Women’s Movement? Hypocrisy to Indigenous Peoples No War on Iran 2019: A Year of Struggles Housing Victory … more from Canada and the World If you would like to order copy(ies) contact us at [email protected]

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