Building the Socialist Movement in the US

Elan Axelbank is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. The difference between Socialist Alternative and Democratic Socialists of America Many people new to the socialist movement may wonder: What are the differences between Socialist Alternative and Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)? Do they work together? Why join one and not the other? Socialist […]

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Workers Face False Choice: Jobs or Clean Air?

Eric Jenkins is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Climate change is now an existential crisis for humanity. Forests around the world, from California to the Amazon, Siberia to Australia are enveloped by raging fires. Working-class communities in coastal cities such as Venice, Italy are seeing record levels of flooding that now call […]

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Despite Establishment Sabotage, Sanders Wins Popular Vote in Iowa

Tom Crean and Keely Mullen are members of Socialist Alternative in the US. The Democratic Party machine organized a shambles in the Iowa caucus, the first primary of the US Presidential campaign. When the votes were finally counted, several days late, Bernie Sanders had won. He had 45,826 votes, 26.6%, with Buttigieg second with 43,195 […]

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‘Phase one’ trade deal doesn’t end the US-China trade war

Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. 22 January 2020 Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info Confrontation between the two biggest powers set to escalate The ‘phase one’ trade agreement signed by the US and China on 15 January does not mark the end of their almost two-year trade war. Even as a truce this one is only partial, […]

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US Senator Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

AOC and Joe Biden Should Not Be In The Same Party

Keely Mullen is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. After months of attacks by the Democratic establishment against Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other progressives, she is firing back. Since her shock election to the House of Representatives in 2018, beating Democratic Party institution Joe Crowley, AOC has developed a following of millions because of […]

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Socialist Alternative Magazine #14

Climate Justice and Jobs Instability Rising Ontario Struggle Needed Where is Canada’s Women’s Movement? Hypocrisy to Indigenous Peoples No War on Iran 2019: A Year of Struggles Housing Victory … more from Canada and the World If you would like to order copy(ies) contact us at [email protected]

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Tax Amazon: Strike While the Iron is Hot

Kshama Sawant is a Seattle City Councilmember and a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. This article first published on CounterPunch.org. The history of American capitalism is full of corporate bullying, threats and even violence against working people when we stand up for our rights. Yet in spite of Amazon’s all-out, attempted hostile corporate takeover […]

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Iran: Trump brings region closer to war

Rob Jones is a member of Sotsialisticheskaya Alternativa (CWI in Russia). The headline and editorial in the Lebanese pro-Hezbollah newspaper “Al-Akhbar” on Friday read: “The martyrdom of Soleimani: It is war!” This is just one of the first angry reactions to the overnight US drone attack on the convoy leaving Baghdad International airport that killed […]

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Book Review: The Logistics Industry and the Case for Socialism

Kele Cable and Eli Fox are members of Socialist Alternative in the US.  People’s Republic of Walmart: How the World’s Biggest Corporations Are Laying the Foundation for Socialism By Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski Verso Books, 2019 Among the most common arguments conservatives hurl at socialism is that planned economies always fail. Typically capitalists argue […]

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Was Corbyn “Too far Left”? The real lessons of Britain’s election for the US Left

Tom Crean is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. For socialists who want to see the right and its agenda defeated, the victory of the reactionary Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party in last week’s general election in Britain is obviously a serious setback. The corporate media and the leadership of the Democratic […]

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