Gabriela Sánchez is a member of Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Venezuela). At the end of October, in a national address to the nation, Maduro announced the discovery of two enormous warehouses of medical goods in Aragua state. While speaking, images were shown of row after row of towering shelves with everything from wheelchairs to needles […]
Continue ReadingRob Jones is a member of Sotsialisticheskaya Alternativa (CWI in Russia). Working people need socialist alternative to warring oligarchs and outside powers It is just over one year since protestors gathered in Kiev’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti in protest at the Mykola Azarov government’s decision not to sign an ‘Association agreement’ between Ukraine and the EU. Since […]
Continue ReadingToby Dite is a member of the Socialist Party in Australia. We are told that capitalism drives innovation and progress but the truth is production for profit mostly hampers the ability of science and technique to advance. All throughout the world people needing medical attention for diseases, curable or otherwise, are often neglected on the […]
Continue ReadingJon Dale is a member of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales). In November 2013 there were no reports of the Ebola disease anywhere in the world. On 6 December a two-year-old boy died in Meliandou, a village in the forests of Guinea. His sister, mother and grandmother died in the following four […]
Continue ReadingLatest US-backed ‘drugs war’ horror sends shock waves throughout Mexico When it comes to student protests, the recent movement in Hong Kong has claimed the international headlines. Receiving scant media attention has been the wave of protests in Mexico, following the “disappearances” of 43 student teachers in the southern state of Guerrero. It is a […]
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Challenging Corporate Politicians Requires Stamina – But It’s Worth It With 18% of the votes for Jess Spear, Socialist Alternative evaluates its campaign which had a major impact in advancing the discussion on rent control, taxing the rich, and corporate politics. Socialist Alternative candidate Jess Spear’s campaign against Frank Chopp — the most powerful legislator […]
Continue ReadingTom Crean is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Big Gains for Republicans while Voters Support Progressive Ballot Measures The significant gains made by Republicans in the mid-term elections, in particular taking control of the U.S. Senate, have caused alarm for working-class and progressive people across the country. The Republicans also solidified their […]
Continue ReadingEddie McCabe is a member of the Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland). Paul Murphy wins parliamentary seat as 100,000 march against water charges 12 October 2014 will be a day that’s remembered for years to come in Ireland. An estimated 100,000 marched in Dublin against the hated water charges. And on the same day, Paul […]
Continue ReadingJudy Beishon is a member of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales). The dust is still settling on the most recent war in Gaza, which included the massacre of over 2,000 Palestinian civilians at the hands of the Israeli state terror machine. It is the latest bloody chapter in the Israeli occupation, as […]
Continue ReadingWilliam Blueher is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Upwards of 400,000 people participated in the People’s Climate March in New York City on Sunday. Billed as the largest climate change march in U.S. history, it far surpassed organizers’ original estimate of a 100,000 person turnout. The march was not only massive in […]
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