Awakening a giant: the mighty working class is on the march Workers from all major union federations turned up in the thousands for the 7 October #CosatuNationalStrike. SAFTU, NACTU and FEDUSA called on their members to support this action, marking an end to the long paralysis in the labour movement and a historic moment of working […]
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Danny Byrne is a member of International Socialist Alternative. “Remember Brexit?”, was the title of the New York Times’ main editorial on 11 September. It summed up a sensation that was palpable during the Spring and Summer months of 2020, in Britain and elsewhere. It reflected both a certain bemusement, and an acknowledgement of the […]
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Conor Payne is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). Reject false choice between ‘economy’ and public health The last days saw the development of an open split between the Fianna Fáil / Fine Gael / Green Party coalition government and the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) which has offered public health […]
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Andros Payiatsos is a member of Xekinima (ISA in Greece). Verdict a Victory for the Anti-Fascist Movement and Working Class October 7 is a day of historical importance for the working class, the anti-fascist movement and the social movements in Greece. The trial of Golden Dawn (GD) came to its conclusion and the neo-Nazi organization […]
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Tom Crean is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. With less than a month to go until election day, the presidential election has begun to turn in the Democrats’ favor after a disastrous debate performance by Donald Trump. This was followed by Trump testing positive for Covid-19 which most people – two thirds according to […]
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ISA spoke to Petr Pechkurov, Belaruskali Strike Committee. One of the most effective strikes in Belarus took place at Belaruskali, where miners produce one fifth of the world’s supply of potash. Following this, five members of the strike committee were arrested and have since been in jail. The Strike committee has sent an Appeal for […]
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Wole Olubanji is a member of Movement for a Socialist Alternative (ISA in Nigeria). President Buhari has unleashed blow after blow on the working masses of this country as a means of saving the profits and luxurious lifestyles of the country’s capitalist elite in the face of a recession which the Covid-19 pandemic has worsened. […]
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Bryan Koulouris is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. 2020 isn’t over yet, and it could get even more turbulent. The deeply rooted injustices of capitalism are coming to the fore across the world. Climate change and budget cuts are leading to unprecedented wildfires and hurricanes. The pandemic’s effects are made worse by […]
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Rob Jones is a member of Sotsialisticheskaya Alternativa (ISA in Russia). War has once again broken out on the territory of the former Soviet Union. A long-term unresolved argument over the Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh between the Caucasian republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan has escalated into a conflict, in which Russia and Turkey are backing […]
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David Sanz Villamil is a member of Sozialistische Alternative (ISA in Germany). At the end of the article is a letter Socialist Alternative Canada sent to the Canadian government. Feel free to use as a draft for your own letter of protest. On the evening of 8 September, police murdered Bogotá resident, Javier Ordoñez. A video of […]
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