Socialist Alternative Magazine #1

Stop Harper, Turn Left! Build a Voice for 99% Healthy Environment and Good Jobs Canada’s Unions: A Powerful force for Change Strengthen Public Services for All Canadians Education – A Basic Right Idle No More Calls for Action … and more For printed copies, please send us an e-mail to [email protected] Please consider making a […]

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52% for Kshama Sawant: All Out to win in November

Patrick Ayers is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Keep the Voice for Working People on the City Council! Follow Kshama Sawant’s campaign in Seattle at KshamaSawant.org facebook.com/VoteSawant @votesawant Socialist Alternative City Councilmember Kshama Sawant won more than 52 percent of Seattle’s District 3 August primary vote, putting her in a strong position […]

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Reflections on the Movement for Black Lives Convening in Cleveland

Eljeer Hawkins is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. The Movement for Black Lives Convening in Cleveland, Ohio July 24-26 took place at a crucial junction in the struggle against police violence in communities of color nationally, and in a period of crisis for U. S. capitalism whose fate is tied to institutional […]

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Fight for Black Freedom!

Domino LaMarr is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. The one year anniversary of the murder of Mike Brown, killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, is right around the corner. His death, like that of 14-year-old Emmett Till at the hands of racists in Mississippi in 1955, helped spark a mass […]

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Bernie Sanders Calls for Political Revolution Against Billionaires

Philip Locker is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Campaign Needs to Build Independent Political Power Boldly calling for a “political revolution” against the “billionaires and oligarchs” who have hijacked the political system, Bernie Sanders has launched an insurgent campaign for President. The only self-described socialist in Congress, Sanders explained his decision to […]

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US: Kshama Sawant Gives #SocialistResponse to Obama’s State of the Union Address

Kshama Sawant is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. On January 20, 2015 Socialist Alternative member and Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant gave the #SocialistResponse to President Obama’s 2015 State of the Union Address. Watch here. The transcript is below. Sisters and Brothers, Six years ago, Obama was elected on the hope that he […]

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US: CIA Torture Report Exposes Brutality of U.S. Foreign Policy

Joshua Kortiz is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. The shock from the official Senate Intelligence Committee report revealing the torture by the CIA of more than 100 people is reverberating across the country and around the world. The report details sickening torture practices such as waterboarding, rectal feeding, sleep deprivation of up […]

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US: An Uprising Against Police Violence

Eljeer Hawkins is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. From Ferguson to Staten Island A Staten Island, New York, grand jury announced last week that it will not indict police officer Daniel Pantaleo for the illegal chokehold death of father of six and Staten Island resident, Eric Garner. This stunning announcement comes on […]

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US: The Coming Wave of Struggle

Bryan Koulouris is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. After Right Wing Gains, Working People Search For Way Forward The coming year could very well see increased struggle, on par with the explosive movements of 2011 around Wisconsin and Occupy. In 2015, the movements will have a higher consciousness and more openness to […]

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Ferguson, US: Build a New Black Freedom Movement

Chris Gray is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. The prospect of a new Black freedom movement has been raised through nearly three months of heroic protests by the youth of Ferguson. Like the murder of Emmett Till in 1955, which helped spark the Civil Rights Movement, Mike Brown’s murder symbolizes the systematic […]

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