Philip Locker is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Campaign Needs to Build Independent Political Power Boldly calling for a “political revolution” against the “billionaires and oligarchs” who have hijacked the political system, Bernie Sanders has launched an insurgent campaign for President. The only self-described socialist in Congress, Sanders explained his decision to […]
Continue ReadingTony Saunois is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Historic handshake between Barack Obama and Raúl Castro, turmoil in Venezuela, and stalled reforms in Bolivia – as well as crises in Brazil – symbolize a new turn in Latin America and the Caribbean The historic handshake between Barack Obama and Raúl Castro, […]
Continue ReadingNicos Anastasiades is a member of Xekinima (CWI in Greece). Q: What was the initial effect of Syriza’s election victory? Syriza’s victory was an historic event for Greece and the whole of Europe. After four years of harsh austerity and big workers’ struggle that failed to stop huge cuts, largely due to the role of […]
Continue ReadingInterview with Andros Payiatsos, from Xekinima (CWI Greece). Left parties fail to form government – Syriza goes into coalition with populist right Independent Greeks What is the importance of the Greek election results? We can describe the result as of historical significance because it represented the collapse of the old forces that ruled the Greek […]
Continue ReadingKshama Sawant is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. On January 20, 2015 Socialist Alternative member and Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant gave the #SocialistResponse to President Obama’s 2015 State of the Union Address. Watch here. The transcript is below. Sisters and Brothers, Six years ago, Obama was elected on the hope that he […]
Continue ReadingAndros Payiatsos is a member of Xekinima (CWI in Greece). Mass intervention of working class to struggle for socialist policies is vital Last time we spoke you told us of the campaign of fear by the establishment to try and prevent people voting for Syriza. How has this developed? The circus of the ruling class […]
Continue ReadingUnity against racism and capitalism! Nearly four million people marched in the streets of France this weekend to express their disgust and their grief against the attacks in Paris which killed seventeen people last week. This is an unprecedented mobilization on this kind of issue. It is clear that a large majority wanted to be […]
Continue ReadingTu Senan is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Period of uncertainty opens In the presidential election held yesterday in Sri Lanka the incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa has suffered a fatal blow. The opposition candidate, Maithripala Sirisena, won with 6,217,162 votes (51.3%) against Rajapaksa’s 5,768,090 votes(47.6%). Mahinda has become one of the most […]
Continue ReadingInterview with Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima (CWI in Greece). At the end of last year a constitutional crisis arose in austerity-ridden Greece with the failure to elect a president. This triggered an early general election to be called for 25 January. Much to the panic of the capitalist class internationally, Syriza (the left party) leads the […]
Continue ReadingA fighting democratic movement must be created to continue and build upon this historic “first round” After almost three months that transformed the outlook of hundreds of thousands if not millions in Hong Kong, the ‘Umbrella Revolution’ withdrew from the streets. The movement demanding free elections, as opposed to a rigged Iran-style election model as […]
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