South Africa: Build for Continued Action Against the Bosses’ Budget!

24 February: Protest and Stay-Away against the bosses’ budget! Build for continued mass action! The Workers and Socialist Party (WASP) supports South African Federation of Trade Union’s call for a National Stay-Away on February 24, when finance minister Mboweni is set to deliver another dose of brutal austerity in his budget speech. It’s #TimeToFightBack — as […]

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GameStop: Stock Market Gambling

Conor Payne is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). The Billionaires Own the Casino The price of shares for GameStop went up 700% in the past week due to what people have called a “bloodbath” with small investors, organised through a subgroup on Reddit, going against a Wall Street hedge fund’s prediction […]

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US Pandemic Disaster Continues

Grace Fors is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Drastic Action Needed to Contain COVID As Joe Biden takes office, the state-by-state heat map of COVID transmission is a sea of red. The sheer depth of the crisis is prompting him to propose bold measures on the issue of the pandemic. No less of […]

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Argentina Abortion Legalised!

Marcos Ariel is a member of Alternativa Socialista (ISA in Argentina). A Triumph for the ‘Green Tide’ Movement In a historic day, the morning of December 30 and after 12 hours of debate, the archaic Argentine Senate approved the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy Act (IVE) by 38 votes in against 29. When the result of […]

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British Education Workers Force Government Retreat

Written by Socialist Alternative members (England, Wales & Scotland) in the National Education Union, Unite and UNISON. Trade Union Action Gets Results. We Need Real Opposition. The Tories’ plan to reopen schools was met with fierce opposition from scientists, politicians from all parties, and most importantly from the trade unions. After almost a year of […]

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