International Pressure Helped Bring Them to the Table In a dramatic breakthrough on February 27, the multi-billion dollar Starbucks corporation agreed to national negotiations with its employees’ union Starbucks Workers United after more than two years of stalling. Union sources have reported that bargaining will start on April 24, probably in Chicago. National negotiations, as […]
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Greyson Van Arsedale is a member of of Socialist Alternative in the US. Build An Alternative! A recent poll found 59% of registered voters have little or no enthusiasm about a Biden-T Trump rematch. It’s not difficult to see why: both men have been President within the last decade, and the results have not been […]
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Danny Byrne is a member of ISA’s International Executive. End the imperialist meat-grinder! For international working-class struggle against war and imperialism The fall of the town of Avdiivka to Russian troops, who are making gains following the failure of Ukraine’s counter-offensive, quite neatly coincided with the second anniversary of this epoch-defining conflict. To fully appreciate […]
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Step Up the Protests! Palestinians are trying to find shelter in Rafah, designated a safe zone by the Israeli army. Yet the deadly bombings have been stepped up and Prime Minister Netanyahu is insisting on a ground offensive which would have catastrophic consequences. It’s up to the masses of working people to build a socialist […]
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Kailyn Nicholson and Kshama Sawant are members of Socialist Alternative in the US. Aaron Bushnell’s death by self-immolation is an extreme expression of the desperation millions of working and young people in the United States and across the globe feel as the Israeli government’s brutal assault on Gaza nears the five-month mark. Despite a global […]
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Solidarity with Gaza … and more from Canada and abroad! 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 build […]
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Tom Crean is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. As we enter a new year, it is evident that on many fronts the situation facing the human race is dire. Of course, there are commentators who insist the opposite (we’ll refer to them again later). But most people know the trendlines are bad. […]
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Bia Lacombe is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Kshama Sawant has helped workers in Canada. The victory of a $15 minimum wage in Seattle inspired struggles across Canada. Kshama has spoken in support of Jean Swanson’s election campaign in Vancouver three times. Now she is helping to win a ban on caste […]
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Bia Lacombe is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. In early January, in a near disaster in mid-air, an Alaska Airlines flight of a Boeing 737 MAX 9 was forced to make an emergency landing after a side “door plug” ripped off the plane. Passengers reported being sure they were going to die. […]
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The dictator-in-chief met the warmonger-in-chief on November 15, for long-delayed talks. The last time Xi Jinping and Joe Biden met was in Indonesia a year ago, when they pledged to put a “floor” under their worsening relationship. Then a Chinese spy balloon blew a hole in that floor. The US side cried foul and broke […]
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