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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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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Dan Kavanaugh is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Why we should unite against the corporate, right-wing recall campaign Big business, corporate Democrats and the right wing are once again going after Seattle’s socialist councilmember, Kshama Sawant, this time with a right-wing recall campaign. After Amazon and big business failed to defeat her […]
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Rebecca Green is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Millions and millions of ordinary people are experiencing a tornado of escalating crises: from COVID-19, social isolation, unemployment and evictions, to the climate meltdown and food insecurity. It is no wonder people are struggling to cope. In August, the Center for Disease Control released […]
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Erin Brightwell is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. With Democratic Party hopes for a bigger majority in the House dashed by a combination of anti-Trump voters who went with Republicans down ticket and 71 million Trump voters, it didn’t take long for the fireworks in the Democratic House caucus to start going […]
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Bia Lacombe is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Big business and the right wing are furious about the impact of socialist politics in Seattle and are going all-out to try to remove Councilmember Kshama Sawant from City Hall with a recall campaign. This recall effort to remove Kshama Sawant from office comes […]
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Tom Crean is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. What should a new party of the left based on the interests of working people look like? Working people in the U.S. are facing a crisis of massive proportions. Decades of neoliberal attacks on unions and the gains of working people have created the […]
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The celebrations have begun. Trump has clearly lost, and he will be out of the White House early next year. A massive sigh of relief is being exhaled by tens of millions of people across the country and hundreds of millions across the world. Yet we should recognize that the pandemic, climate change, economic crisis, […]
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Bryan Koulouris is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Take Action to Stop Trump from Stealing the Election This election shows that the Democrats can’t decisively defeat the far right. Socialist Alternative thinks we need a new party based on the working class, which stands for seizing the wealth of the top corporations […]
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Tony Wilsdon is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. The events surrounding the 2000 election, while greatly misunderstood, still cast a huge shadow over the 2020 election. Until now, the 2000 election was known as one of the most contested in U.S. history. It was the first presidential election since 1888 where the […]
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