Kyle Rittenhouse Acquitted: A Travesty of Justice

This verdict should put the final nail in the coffin that the courts can save us from the far right. THE SYSTEM IS GUILTY. The far-right, the police that shot Jacob Blake and celebrated Rittenhouse, and the courts that protect them both all represent the same racist system: capitalism. If we’re going to defeat the […]

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Global Supply Chain Chaos Worsens

Tom Crean is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. As International Socialist Alternative stated earlier this year, the predictions for a roaring economic recovery by capitalist institutions like the IMF were based on overly optimistic assumptions. The latest crisis affects the supply chains. Over 100 container ships unable to unload in the Port […]

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All Eyes on Seattle: Kshama Sawant Faces Off Against Right-Wing Recall Election

Greyson Van Arsdale is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. This winter, Seattle will hold its first-ever December election in recorded history. The ballot question will be on the recall of Seattle’s only socialist councilmember, Kshama Sawant, as the culmination of a year-long effort by big business and the right wing to unseat […]

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Ten Years Later – The Importance of Occupy Wall Street

Leon Pinsky is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. September saw the 10th anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, the movement which opened a new chapter in the history of social struggle in the US. A decade later, we can appreciate the importance of Occupy as the first step in developing a new left, […]

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Class Struggle: How is Change Won?

Grace Fors is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Is it possible to win a better future? The answer to that question is an unequivocal yes, but only if we fight for it. Today’s generation is growing up surrounded by crises. As they come of age, dead-end jobs, crushing debt, and climate destruction […]

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Socialist Alternative Magazine #19

Socialism for a green future Youth: The Soundtrack of Late Capitalism Ontario Alberta: Drive Kenny Out! Protect Indigenous Land COVID Vaccine Nationalism = Misery Interview with Kshama Sawant Canada’s Role in Haiti’s Misery Socialism Needed … and more from Canada and the World! For printed copy(ies) send an e-mail to [email protected] Please consider making a […]

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Union carpenter Nina Wurz at the Sept. 18, 2021 “Rent Control Now” rall

Washington Carpenters’ Strike

Nina Wurz is a union Carpenter in Seattle. “We Need a Good Contract AND Rent Control” Below is the text of a speech delivered by union carpenter Nina Wurz at the Sept. 18, 2021 “Rent Control Now” rally! I’m a 33 year old queer journeyman carpenter out of Local 30, but my number one title […]

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Military and Climate Change: A Double Threat to Humanity

“The twenty year occupation of Afghanistan by US and allied forces has been a disaster for those living in the country. At least a quarter of a million people, both combatants and civilians, have been killed, probably many more. Corruption is rife from the head of government down through the police, the army and courts. […]

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9/11 Terror — 20 Years On, Imperialism’s Bloody Cycle Continues

Jason Toynbee is a member of Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland). The world changed twenty years ago. It’s rare that a single event like the 9/11 terrorist attack in the USA can have that much impact. But of course it wasn’t just an act of terror which altered the course of history. Rather it […]

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A group of women protesting the new attack on abortions

Abortion Rights Slashed in Texas

Grace Fors is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Free, Safe, and Legal Abortion Now! Virtually overnight, abortion is banned in Texas. Every one of the already-scarce clinics in the state has halted abortion services. Neighboring states like Louisiana and Arkansas are already seeing an increase in abortion patients from Texas. Millions of women are […]

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