Tony Wilsdon is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. The threat posed by COVID-19 was not a secret. The devastating spread of the virus in China, and the fact that it could be transmitted person-to-person was world news by the middle of January. The science of virus transmission and the steps to minimize […]
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Bryan Koulouris is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. If it wasn’t obvious before, it is clear as day now: working people make this economy run. While billionaire hoarders and corporations get bailed out and millions of us are laid off, workers on the frontlines have been risking everything to deliver essential goods […]
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Harper Cleves is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). In the last weekend of March, images of a parking lot converted into a homeless shelter in Las Vegas, Nevada sparked outrage. The images of the make-shift shelter are stark and are illustrative of the grotesque inequalities that lie at the heart of […]
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Kshama Sawant is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. On Wednesday, Bernie Sanders announced that he was suspending his campaign for the presidency, effectively bringing it to an end. He was 300 delegates behind Biden and had a very difficult path to winning the nomination, but pulling out at this point has left […]
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Kshama Sawant is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Join Us for a Mass Protest and Conference in Milwaukee The Coronavirus is spreading, global markets are in chaos, and we need a political revolution now more than ever. Now is the time to deepen our fight for Medicare for All, a Green New […]
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Keely Mullen is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. As the dust settles after a frenzied Super Tuesday, one thing is crystal clear: the race is now narrowed to bumbling, billionaire backed Joe Biden and movement-based, “organizer in chief” Bernie Sanders The most startling news out of Super Tuesday is that the Democratic […]
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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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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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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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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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