1.5 million on the streets! On the weekend of 19–21 January, 1.5 million people protested against the far right in the largest wave of demonstrations in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany. 350,000 in Berlin, 130,000 in Hamburg, 200,000 in Munich, plus well over 100 demonstrations in smaller towns such as Eitorf, Buxtehude […]
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Bia Lacombe is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. In early January, in a near disaster in mid-air, an Alaska Airlines flight of a Boeing 737 MAX 9 was forced to make an emergency landing after a side “door plug” ripped off the plane. Passengers reported being sure they were going to die. […]
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Hong Liuxing and Adam N. Lee are contributors to chinaworker.info. Recent months have seen a sharp escalation of the dispute between the Philippines and China for sovereignty over islands and ‘features’ — often no more than rocks — in the South China Sea, which is called the West Philippines Sea by the Manila government. Coast […]
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Andy Moxley is a member of Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland). The current slaughter carried out by the Israeli state in Gaza has posed the question of the genesis of the situation in Israel-Palestine. This is needed to seek a fundamental solution resulting in peace for all, the liberation of the Palestinian people and […]
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David Rhoades is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. 2023 demonstrated harshly and clearly what life would be like if we surpass the 1.5-degree Celsius threshold. Europe saw record-setting temperatures yet again, after heatwaves contributed to 61,000 deaths in 2022. Wildfires in Canada, Greece, and Hawaii covered a significant portion of the world […]
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This article was written by the Editorial Board of Socialist Alternative in the US. The Gaza Strip is an area roughly the size of the city of Philadelphia where over two million Palestinians live. It’s been occupied since 1967 and has lived under blockade conditions since 2007. It has been described with justification as the […]
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The dictator-in-chief met the warmonger-in-chief on November 15, for long-delayed talks. The last time Xi Jinping and Joe Biden met was in Indonesia a year ago, when they pledged to put a “floor” under their worsening relationship. Then a Chinese spy balloon blew a hole in that floor. The US side cried foul and broke […]
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Jonas Brännberg is a member of Socialistiskt Alternativ (ISA in Sweden). After just over a month of strike action at Tesla, the stakes in the dispute have been raised considerably. Predictably, the right and capitalists are trying to use the conflict to further restrict the right to strike. Tesla is going even further — in […]
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Socialist Struggle Movement, Israel-Palestine The following Political report was discussed and adopted by an extraordinary membership meeting of Socialist Struggle Movement on November 24 and updated on November 26. Socialist Struggle Movement bows its head in grief and rage, and stands in solidarity with ordinary people from all national communities on both sides of the […]
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Ty Moore is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. “We lost everything on one contract [in 2009]. There’s no reason why they can’t give this stuff back to us in one contract.” – Jerry Coleman, five-year temporary worker at the Stellantis Jeep plant in Toledo (NPR) Millions of workers watched the auto workers […]
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