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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