US: Workers Action Leads to Trump Retreat

Tom Crean is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. President Trump’s has been forced to retreat from his demand that the Democrats agree to fund a border wall as the price for reopening the government.But while the Democrats refused, under pressure from their base, to cave to this demand, they were in no […]

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India’s workers put Modi on notice

Jagadish G. Chandra is a member of New Socialist Alternative (CWI in India). Undoubtedly India’s recent 48 hour General Strike in January 2019, when nearly 220 million workers, peasants, agricultural labourers, street vendors etc. struck work will go down in history as a record-breaking one. Interestingly the previous record for largest general strike was also […]

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Tunisia: Public sector general strike paralyses the country

On Thursday, a reported 750,000 public sector workers went on a nationwide strike in Tunisia, called by the UGTT (General Union of Tunisian Workers, the main trade union organisation) against the pay freeze and other austerity policies imposed by the IMF, in collaboration with the current government of Youssef Chahed. Public services were largely paralysed, […]

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Socialist Alternative Magazine #11

Housing Emergency! Resist Ford! Jean Swanson’s Victory in Vancouver World Economy Climate Disaster … more news from Canada and the world If you would like to order copy(ies) contact: [email protected]

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India: General strike on January 8 and 9

On January 8 and 9, 2019, India was shaken by a massive General Strike, with between 150 and 200 million taking part. This article, written before the strike outlines the views of New Socialist Alternative (CWI in India). India’s Working Class people have a tremendous history of showing their built-up anger and collective bargaining strength […]

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Iran: Working class at forefront of wave of protests

Daryaban is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. The Iranian economy is in downfall, and Iranian working class is the main target of this slump. Prices of staples are increasing day by day. The regime has only delivered empty words, and its explanation of the situation is contradictory and deceiving. In the […]

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China: Regime escalates police terror against Jasic Support Group

A new wave of repression is sweeping China’s universities. Security forces have detained more than a dozen student activists since the start of November. All the victims are connected to a solidarity campaign for factory workers in southern China, where a fight to establish an independent trade union began in June. Their solidarity campaign, which […]

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Socialist Feminism and the New Women’s Movement

Kelly Bellin is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. A new women’s movement is emerging in the US and internationally in the context of major threats to women’s hard won gains from vicious reactionary forces. Donald Trump’s election victory drove millions to the streets, and has further radicalized a section of society on […]

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Walk-out against sexual harassment at Google

Anonymous Google worker, San Francisco Bay Area. #MeToo hit the tech world as thousands, of Google employees, led by women, organized a historic walkout from work on November 1 at 11:10 AM. Spurred by a October 25 New York Times article highlighting that Google “systemically allowed senior executives accused of sexual misconduct to leave the […]

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Student activists demanding release of detained Jasic Technology workers in Shenzhen

China: Regime crackdown and hunger strike by young detainees

At the end of August, the CCP (‘Communist’ Party) dictatorship launched a nationally coordinated crackdown against left youth activists and workers fighting for trade union rights in Shenzhen. Dozens have been arrested since police smashed down the door to the Huizhou apartment housing the Jasic Technology Workers’ Support Group, comprising dismissed workers and young left-wing […]

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