March 8 has become a day where liberal feminists acknowledge women’s progress over the past few decades. They gather at celebratory breakfasts or dinners to acknowledge the achievements of women who have pushed past boundaries (legal, professional or social) and made significant differences in their communities. But for most ordinary women, this day goes unnoticed. […]
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Tom Crean is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. As we enter a new year, it is evident that on many fronts the situation facing the human race is dire. Of course, there are commentators who insist the opposite (we’ll refer to them again later). But most people know the trendlines are bad. […]
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Per Olsson is a member of Socialistiskt Alternativ (ISA in Sweden). On Thursday and Friday (February 1 and 2), 290,000 Finnish workers held two days of strike, in the largest ever trade union mobilisation to protest against the draconian attacks on welfare, job security, the right to strike and collective bargaining by the country’s right-wing […]
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After two months of rolling public sector strikes, starting on November 6, involving up to568,000 workers, the government of Québec has put forward an improved offer to the Common Front and another union, which the unions are putting to their members for a vote. There were two million strike days in November alone. The Common […]
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They say that money makes the world go round. But does it? Surely, it’s workers who keep the lights on, the trains running and the factories producing. However, few will deny that money is important for greasing the wheels. Both corporate and government money, to varying degrees, are involved in the lubrication process. Concerning climate […]
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David Rhoades is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. 2023 demonstrated harshly and clearly what life would be like if we surpass the 1.5-degree Celsius threshold. Europe saw record-setting temperatures yet again, after heatwaves contributed to 61,000 deaths in 2022. Wildfires in Canada, Greece, and Hawaii covered a significant portion of the world […]
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Jonas Brännberg is a member of Socialistiskt Alternativ (ISA in Sweden). After just over a month of strike action at Tesla, the stakes in the dispute have been raised considerably. Predictably, the right and capitalists are trying to use the conflict to further restrict the right to strike. Tesla is going even further — in […]
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Jonathon Diebold is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). From luxury yachts and private jets, to trips to space that can release 200 – 300 tonnes of carbon into the upper atmosphere in a single go, it’s no secret that the super wealthy are also super polluters. A recent Oxfam report put […]
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Arne Johansson is a member of Socialistiskt Alternativ (ISA in Sweden). “I cannot emphasise enough that time is running out. Irreversible climate tipping points are alarmingly close. We can either save our world or condemn humanity to a hellish future”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has summarised the scientific message ahead of the 28th UN Climate […]
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Women can never be free until the threat of violence is lifted from their lives. Whether violence stems from the brutality of war, from political activism or from their everyday lives — at work, in schools, on the streets or at home — violence is pervasive in the lives of many women. The International Day […]
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