Tony Wilsdon is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. The events surrounding the 2000 election, while greatly misunderstood, still cast a huge shadow over the 2020 election. Until now, the 2000 election was known as one of the most contested in U.S. history. It was the first presidential election since 1888 where the […]
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Lester Rodriguez is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. UPDATE ON Nov 2: Since the publishing of this article, further attacks from conservatives and Republicans in Texas have further jeopardized hundreds of thousands of votes. Nearly 127,000 people voted early in Harris County (basically Houston), one of the largest counties in Texas, using a […]
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Time for a new Left Party to fight the Tories Condemn Corbyn’s suspension Organise now for socialist change, and to build a political voice that can be a real opposition to the Tories Jeremy Corbyn is not antisemitic. He has a lifelong history of fighting racism in all its forms. It is a disgrace that […]
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Max Toynbee is a member of Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland). Review of The Black Jacobins by C.L.R. James (published 1938) Most schools teach pupils that the Atlantic slave trade went against European “enlightenment” principles of rationality, equality and democracy; a horror perpetrated against docile and simple Africans that was abolished by high minded powerful European […]
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Camilla Shoosmith is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. As we head into a contentious presidential election, Florida finds itself in a decisive position in the electoral landscape. If Trump is unable to win Florida next week, his chances at a second term in office are abysmal. However, working in Trump’s favour are […]
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Paweł Nowak is a member of Alternatywa Socjalistyczna (CWI in Poland). Covid Can’t Stop Mass Anger! Following last Thursday’s ruling of the Constitutional Court that abortion in the case of foetal defects is unconstitutional, protests and mass demonstrations have swept the country, gaining in numbers each day. After the ruling was announced on Thursday, a […]
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André Ferrari is a member of Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução (ISA in Brazil). The Battle is Just Beginning The Chilean people gave another example of consciousness and strength this Sunday, 25 October. The Constitution inherited from Pinochet’s dictatorship was rejected by 78% of voters in the plebiscite that turned out 7.5 million people, the highest […]
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Marcos Ariel is a member of Alternativa Socialista (ISA in Argentina). It has been one year since the election of Alberto and Cristina Fernández, which generated positive expectations in large sectors of Argentinean society, fundamentally among the working class, the youth and the women’s movement. But during the last few months, as the economic crisis […]
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Per-Åke Westerlund is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (ISA in Sweden). This article deals with the second wave in Europe but in Canada, too, government failings have pushed new COVID cases to the highest level ever. Germany is experiencing a “very serious rise,” Czechia faces an “enormous surge” while Spain needs “drastic measures” while countries […]
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Protests against police brutality in Nigeria have taken a violent turn as the police have opened fire on peaceful demonstrators, killing, according to Amnesty International, at least twelve people. We publish here an Press statement issued by the Movement for a Socialist Alternative. Lekki Massacre: Kick out the Killer Buhari-led Regime Now! We hold Lagos […]
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