Ten Years Since Egypt’s Tahrir

Igor Yasin is a member of Sotsialisticheskaya Alternativa (ISA in Russia). The Largest Movement of Workers, Youth and the Poor in Decades On January 25, 2011, around 15,000 people gathered in Tahrir Square in Cairo to demand fundamental political and social reforms. The police tried to disperse them but failed that day. And so began […]

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India: After the Tractor Parade

Mohammed Nawaz Tahir is an ISA supporter in India. Escalate Joint Workers’ and Farmers’ Protests! Every Indian child grows up singing and learning the slogan ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’ at school. It means: ‘long live the soldier, long live the farmer’. At the moment these two groups, that are said to form the backbone of […]

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Biden’s Big Promises

Rebecca Green is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. This isn’t the first time that Joe Biden has entered the White House during an economic catastrophe. It’s not his first time being sworn in while millions of Americans faced unemployment, eviction, foreclosure, and hunger. But this time is worse. On top of the […]

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Thailand: Lessons of 2020 Mass Democracy Struggle

Qiu Qing is a member of Socialist Action (ISA in Hong Kong). Qiu Qing, Socialist Action Regardless of subsequent developments, mass demonstrations in Thailand have forever changed the country’s political landscape. At the time of writing, Thailand has undergone months of magnificent protests. The government implemented extensive repression and censorship. Not only were voices criticizing […]

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GameStop: Stock Market Gambling

Conor Payne is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). The Billionaires Own the Casino The price of shares for GameStop went up 700% in the past week due to what people have called a “bloodbath” with small investors, organised through a subgroup on Reddit, going against a Wall Street hedge fund’s prediction […]

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US Pandemic Disaster Continues

Grace Fors is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Drastic Action Needed to Contain COVID As Joe Biden takes office, the state-by-state heat map of COVID transmission is a sea of red. The sheer depth of the crisis is prompting him to propose bold measures on the issue of the pandemic. No less of […]

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Widespread Protests Shakes Tunisia’s Crisis-Ridden Government

Mass protests have again rocked Tunisia in recent weeks with at least a thousand arrested. Ten years since the Tunisian revolution broke out, the Tunisian people have once again declared their rebellion against the reality of poverty, injustice and marginalization that they still live under. Despite the revolution having succeeded in uprooting the symbols of […]

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