Socialist Alternative Magazine #21

No to War! Build an Anti-War Movement Revolutionary Youth Ontario: Kick out Ford Workers Need a Real Pay Raise Polarization Comes to Canada Quality Childcare Needed … and much more from Canada and abroad! For printed copies, please send us an e-mail to [email protected] Please consider making a donation to help with our costs and […]

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Amazon’s Union Busting at LDJ5

Chris Gray is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Right-Wing Tropes, Gaslighting, and High-Paid Spies Following the historic union victory at the JFK8 fulfillment center on Staten Island, Amazon Labor Union (ALU) is gearing up for the next election at LDJ5, the 1,500 worker sort center across the street. Following the historic union […]

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Starbucks Has Busted Unions Since 1987

Em Smith is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. How Can We Win This Time? The most important unionization campaign in recent memory is sweeping the country. Workers at more than 65 Starbucks stores in at least 20 states have formed rank-and-file organizing committees and filed for union elections. Two stores in Buffalo, […]

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Starbucks Workers Have a Golden Opportunity

Kshama Sawant is a Seattle City Councilmember and a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. This article was originally published with Jacobin. Starbucks workers in Buffalo, New York, voted in December to become the first recognized union at the coffee giant in the country. Inspired by the victory, workers have launched a national wave of organizing […]

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Socialist Alternative Magazine #20

Socialist Answer to Climate Chaos Youth: Fighting for Our Future Doug Ford Hypocrisy Alberta’s Woes Continue Indigenous Struggles Against Environmental Racism Precarious Renters: Berlin Victory Life of a Precarious University Teacher Socialist Sawant Defeats Right Wing Page from History: Japanese Internment Book review: Five Little Indians by Michelle Good Workers Fight Back … and more […]

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“Nothing Short of an Earthquake”

Greyson Van Arsdale is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Starbucks Workers United Fight for Fair Union Elections With more than 30 stores fighting to unionize nationwide, the Starbucks stores in Buffalo are no longer an outlier — they’re the spark to a growing flame. Starbucks workers from Buffalo, who have won their […]

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South Africa: Clover Strike is a Fight Against the Capitalist System

Workers and Socialist Party (WASP) reaffirms our solidarity with the 5,000 Clover workers on strike since November 22, 2021. We fully support the workers’ demands and are calling for the escalation of demonstrations to kick off this year of struggle, both by the workers as well as those forces who stand in solidarity with them […]

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2021: Age of Disorder, Year 2

Danny Byrne is a member of ISA’s International Executive. From beginning to end, 2021 was a year of perfect storm for world capitalism. This rotten and decadent system has rarely, if ever before, faced such deep simultaneous crises on so many fronts. It has never been more over-ripe for replacement, and the 2020s are only […]

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Socialist Alternative Magazine #19

Socialism for a green future Youth: The Soundtrack of Late Capitalism Ontario Alberta: Drive Kenny Out! Protect Indigenous Land COVID Vaccine Nationalism = Misery Interview with Kshama Sawant Canada’s Role in Haiti’s Misery Socialism Needed … and more from Canada and the World! For printed copy(ies) send an e-mail to [email protected] Please consider making a […]

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Union carpenter Nina Wurz at the Sept. 18, 2021 “Rent Control Now” rall

Washington Carpenters’ Strike

Nina Wurz is a union Carpenter in Seattle. “We Need a Good Contract AND Rent Control” Below is the text of a speech delivered by union carpenter Nina Wurz at the Sept. 18, 2021 “Rent Control Now” rally! I’m a 33 year old queer journeyman carpenter out of Local 30, but my number one title […]

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