US China Conflict Will Continue

Tom Crean is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Biden Gets Ready to Wage A Global “Democracy Offensive” The conflict between a rising Chinese state capitalism and waning US capitalism has emerged as the defining global conflict of our time. Under Trump, the US imposed massive tariffs on China, banned the technology company […]

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Biden’s Big Promises

Rebecca Green is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. This isn’t the first time that Joe Biden has entered the White House during an economic catastrophe. It’s not his first time being sworn in while millions of Americans faced unemployment, eviction, foreclosure, and hunger. But this time is worse. On top of the […]

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GameStop: Stock Market Gambling

Conor Payne is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). The Billionaires Own the Casino The price of shares for GameStop went up 700% in the past week due to what people have called a “bloodbath” with small investors, organised through a subgroup on Reddit, going against a Wall Street hedge fund’s prediction […]

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US Pandemic Disaster Continues

Grace Fors is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Drastic Action Needed to Contain COVID As Joe Biden takes office, the state-by-state heat map of COVID transmission is a sea of red. The sheer depth of the crisis is prompting him to propose bold measures on the issue of the pandemic. No less of […]

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US Capitalism Faces Multifaceted Crisis

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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Chaos in the US Capitol

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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