Over a year of incessant mass atrocities and the Government of Death of Netanyahu and the far-right is galloping, full of hubris, into the regional military escalation it initiated. Domestically, it does so under the guise of “security” demagoguery designed to disguise the political purpose of deploying the Israeli war machine. Along with the continuation […]
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Keep Mobilizing For A Strong Contract! After three days on strike, the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) announced it was offering 45,000 International Longshoremen of America (ILA) dockworkers 62% raises over six years after their historic strike that shut down 36 ports along the East coast. Though shy of the union’s demand of 80% raises, […]
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The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) has kicked off a strike which will see a massive disruption of the shipping industry and freight across the country. The union, with 47,000 members, saw its contracts expire for the East Coast and the Gulf Coast today, signaling the start of the strike. Major ports are shut down, at […]
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Update, November 14: Boeing workers on strike for over six weeks have accepted new contract with a pay rise of 38 percent over four years. However, they did not win the restoration of their former pensions.Many workers were unhappy with the proposed contract and only 59 percent voted to accept it. 33,000 Boeing workers organized […]
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Socialist Alternative #30 This is a bumper 20-page issue! Contents include: Subscribe to Socialist Alternative! You can now subscribe to Socialist Alternative’s magazine for a modest $2 a month or $24 a year and receive each printed issue delivered to your mailbox. With an additional donation, you can become a sustainer of our magazine and […]
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Henry Hubbard is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. The chaotic lead-up to the 2024 presidential election has taken yet another unprecedented turn. On July 21, Joe Biden announced he would be ending his re-election campaign and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic ticket. This election cycle, which originally promised an […]
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T, Shop steward at Tel Aviv University and Socialist Struggle, Israel/Palestine In April, before the start of the murderous invasion of Rafah, the international solidarity movement with the Palestinians in Gaza and beyond intensified and gained momentum. Students at Columbia University in New York set up the first encampment, in the belly of the beast […]
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We Need Mass Struggle Against the Threat of Trump 2.0 The assassination attempt on Donald Trump at one of his rallies with thousands attending was utterly shocking, but not necessarily surprising. For the millions who deeply oppose Trump’s increasingly far right politics, desperation is growing as November 5 approaches. This is particularly the case because […]
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But His Persecution Proves That No One Is Truly Free Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been released from prison and allowed to go home to his wife and children in Australia after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit espionage. His sudden release ends a legal nightmare for Assange during which he was involuntarily confined for […]
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The June 27 Presidential debate ended, and an excruciatingly pregnant pause swallowed the country. What did we just watch? And what the hell is about to happen? After Joe Biden puttered off the debate stage and the national debrief began on every major network, the chorus of Democratic operatives and media pundits concluded in harmony: […]
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