Chris Gray is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. How Amazon is Fighting Tooth-and-Nail to Stop Workers From Unionizing Its Biggest Air Hub To Amazon’s corporate suits at their headquarters in Seattle, the KCVG Air Hub in Northern Kentucky is often referred to as the “Death Star.” The massive $1.5 billion facility already […]
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Per-Åke Westerlund is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (ISA in Sweden). The expected Ukrainian spring offensive against Russian occupation forces is getting closer. Preparations have been underway since November. Since last autumn, tens of thousands of soldiers have died in World War I style fighting, especially around the city of Bakhmut. Russian forces have captured […]
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Elin Gauffin is a member of ISA’s International Women’s Bureau. “Our Resistance is Not Made of Sand” There is hope in the youthful socialist feminism around the world, which, in conjunction with the workers’ struggle, is sowing the seeds of a new society. The first international ROSA conference Women Life Freedom took place on 18 […]
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This article is republished from the archives of ISA. It is 20 years since the Bush and Blair governments launched the full-scale assault on Iraq, justified by the now discredited claim about the existence of Weapons of Mass destruction which led to an 8-year occupation and left the whole region in chaos. To mark the […]
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Tom Crean is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. The collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank last week has opened up a significant financial crisis for US capitalism which now appears to be spreading to Europe. It is too early to say whether this is the beginning of a more full-blown crisis that […]
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As the US-China inter-imperialist conflict escalates, Taiwan is its most dangerous flashpoint. A Taiwan war could be even more catastrophic than the war in Ukraine, drawing in the US, Japan, Australia, several NATO armies, and possibly India, against China. It has long been a tenet of China’s so-called Communist dictatorship (CCP) to “reunify” Taiwan with […]
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Kshama Sawant is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Originally published by the Nation Standing in the Seattle City Council chambers on February 21, an Indian-American tech worker named Naresh recalled the caste discrimination he has faced beginning at age 5 in India. His voice quivered with anger as he thought about the […]
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On 4 February the US air force shot down a Chinese high-altitude balloon that had passed over its territory and the “balloon crisis” became a fact. The Chinese government admitted the balloon belonged to it, saying it was a civilian weather balloon that had been blown off course and mistakenly entered US airspace. The Biden […]
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Report of the discussion on World Perspectives at ISA’s 2023 World Congress Climate disasters, raging inflation and the threat of a world recession. A brutal war in Ukraine and rising global tensions. Three years of COVID with health systems teetering on the breaking points. Political polarization and unstable governments. The ruling class looks to the […]
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Tom Crean is a member of ISA’s International Executive Committee. Russian Offensive Begins as Ukraine War Escalates One year on, not only is the war far from over, it is clearly escalating with the possibility of becoming a much wider conflict. The horrific war in Ukraine, which began nearly a year ago, is by far […]
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