President Obama delivered his annual State of the Union address January 28th, 2014 to an audience of millions of Americans looking for signs of relief from consistently deteriorating living standards. Obama commented on the ever expanding gap between the very rich and the rest of us, and he spoke about raising the federal minimum wage from […]
Continue ReadingHundreds attend launch of campaign to fight for decent minimum wage Below we publish two videos covering the successful launch of the 15 now campaign in Seattle, which hundreds of people attended. The first is a short press report and the second a long video including speeches to the rally by Kshama Sawant, newly-elected Socialist […]
Continue ReadingHundreds gather to witness socialist’s historic inauguration Below we publish the text of today’s speech by Kshama Sawant, newly elected Seattle city councillor from Socialist Alternative (CWI in USA). A video of the speech can be see here (starting 29 minutes in). My brothers and sisters, Thank you for your presence here today. This city […]
Continue ReadingAn interview with Kshama Sawant from The Socialist (weekly newspaper of the Socialist Party, England & Wales). The evening of 15 November will go down as marking an historic step in re-building a socialist movement in the US, the world’s leading capitalist nation. Kshama Sawant, candidate of Socialist Alternative (co-thinkers of the CWI in the […]
Continue ReadingRobert Bechert is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Millions routinely spied upon by state agencies Widespread anger across the world and embarrassment in Washington has greeted the news that the US security services and its closest allies, particularly Britain, have been spying both on their supposed allies and tens of millions […]
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Eljeer Hawkins is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Martin Luther King moved from a position for a gradual reform of capitalism towards an understanding that more radical ideas were needed. The 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington for jobs and freedom falls on 28 August 2013. It was on this […]
Continue ReadingCalvin Priest is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. 35%, over 44,000 votes – Kshama Sawant’s stunning result in Seattle primary Final numbers: Kshama Sawant: 35.06% (44,458 votes) Brian Carver: 16.64% (21,107 votes) Richard Conlin: 47.74% (60,537 votes) Write-in: 0.56% (712 votes) In the August primary election for Seattle City Council, Socialist Alternative […]
Continue ReadingJess Spear is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. This is the text of a flier Socialist Alternative handed out at a public hearing in Seattle. A consortium of corporations want to build the Gateway Pacific Terminal – North America’s largest coal export terminal north of Seattle in Bellingham, WA. These corporations seek […]
Continue ReadingPhilip Locker is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. “This is just the beginning!” Kshama Sawant promised supporters and voters on behalf of Socialist Alternative at an excited election night party on November 6 in Seattle, WA. While the presidential race was mainly about what to vote against (see article Right Wing Rejected […]
Continue ReadingThe disaster caused by the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig was a human disaster but not of the workforce’s making. It is due to decisions of the oil companies and the government. A year previously, BP, the oil company leasing the rig, did an environmental study of the operation. This study claimed there […]
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