Ruth Coppinger and Laura Fitzgerald are members of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). But Church and State Are Guilty! For years, survivors and adoptees of so-called “mother and baby homes” have sought justice. Governments promised they’d get it. Sadly, all they’ve received from official Ireland this week is yet another slap in the face. […]
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Geert Cool is a member of Linkse Socialistiche Partij / Parti Socialiste de Lutte (ISA in Belgium). India’s Supreme Court has decided to suspend the BJP government’s contested agriculture laws. This is an expression of the enormous social pressure to reverse the liberalisation of agriculture. The farmers however are not fooled: suspension is not enough, […]
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Sarah Wrack is a member of Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland). Four and a half years after the vote to leave the EU, a trade deal was finally agreed at the eleventh hour before Boris Johnson’s deadline of December 31, 2020. Parliament had just days to look at the deal before ratifying it, making […]
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Sebastian Rave is a member of Sozialistische Alternative (ISA in Germany). Faded Spring? Like dominoes, the regimes fell in a huge revolutionary wave in 2011: Ben Ali in Tunisia, Mubarak in Egypt, Gaddafi in Libya, Saleh in Yemen. The occupations of squares in Egypt inspired the Occupy movement in the USA and the Indignados in […]
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This article was written by the Editorial Board of Socialist Alternative in the US. The far right threat isn’t going away after their attempted coup on January 6. Immediately, they are planning another series of armed rallies and possibly more attempts to overrun legislative buildings starting this Saturday, January 16, and culminating in a potential […]
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Marcos Ariel is a member of Alternativa Socialista (ISA in Argentina). A Triumph for the ‘Green Tide’ Movement In a historic day, the morning of December 30 and after 12 hours of debate, the archaic Argentine Senate approved the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy Act (IVE) by 38 votes in against 29. When the result of […]
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Tom Crean is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. A devastating pandemic has triggered a deep economic downturn which comes only a decade after the Great Recession that already exposed capitalism’s rot. Institutions have lost credibility and political polarization is at unprecedented levels. Beyond this, the clock is ticking towards irreversible climate change. […]
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Xi Jinping Strikes While Western Powers Are in Disarray The latest sweeping crackdown by the Chinese dictatorship (CCP) in Hong Kong effectively bans political opposition in the city. The fragile “democracy” that has existed in Hong Kong as an exception among Chinese cities is in every practical sense extinguished. 53 Hong Kong opposition activists and […]
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Keely Mullen is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Build a Movement to Defeat the Far Right First came the notification: “Pro Trump mob breaks into Capitol building.” Then, “Congressmen being told to hide beneath their chairs,” followed by, “They’ve shot into the chambers.” The storming of the Capitol shocked hundreds of millions […]
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Written by Socialist Alternative members (England, Wales & Scotland) in the National Education Union, Unite and UNISON. Trade Union Action Gets Results. We Need Real Opposition. The Tories’ plan to reopen schools was met with fierce opposition from scientists, politicians from all parties, and most importantly from the trade unions. After almost a year of […]
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