Ruth Coppinger and Laura Fitzgerald are members of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). But Church and State Are Guilty! For years, survivors and adoptees of so-called “mother and baby homes” have sought justice. Governments promised they’d get it. Sadly, all they’ve received from official Ireland this week is yet another slap in the face. […]
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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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Affordable Child Care Now! COVID-19, and the economic recession it triggered, has made it clear just how terrible the capitalist system is, particularly for working-class women and women-aligned folk. Women have been hit especially hard by the pandemic with the double-sucker punch of massive job losses and the ongoing lack of adequate childcare. There have […]
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This is a statement by ISA’ International Women’s Bureau. November 25 (25N) is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, founded in 1981 after the murder of the Mirabal sisters by the military dictatorship of Trujillo in the Dominican Republic. For us socialist feminists, the fight for an end to violence against […]
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Emma Quinn is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). Socialist Feminism Now More Than Ever Whenever there is a crisis, be it war, climate catastrophe or a pandemic, it is women, people of colour, indigenous populations; the most oppressed and exploited sections of the poor and working class who are worst affected. […]
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Paweł Nowak is a member of Alternatywa Socjalistyczna (CWI in Poland). Covid Can’t Stop Mass Anger! Following last Thursday’s ruling of the Constitutional Court that abortion in the case of foetal defects is unconstitutional, protests and mass demonstrations have swept the country, gaining in numbers each day. After the ruling was announced on Thursday, a […]
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Rose Lichtenstein is a member of the Workers’ and Socialist Party (ISA in South Africa). How neo-colonial capitalism underscores abuse by imperialist institutions Rose Lichtenstein, Workers and Socialist Party — ISA in South Africa The World Health Organisation (WHO) has featured heavily on our radars lately, often painted in a positive light for its ‘expert’ […]
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Among the many failings of our economic and political realities revealed by COVID-19, the most visible one is the fact that the pandemic is accentuating all the pre-existing inequalities. In fact, it has a much more devastating impact on oppressed sections of society who are already in fragile financial positions and living off precarious jobs. […]
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After a pause due to COVID restrictions, Socialist Alternative has produced a new 20-page bumper issue. For Socialist Reconstruction Canada “Reopens” to Uncertain Future For Climate and Jobs The Pandemic for Women’s Oppression The Dire State of Canadian Youth Police: A Tool of the Capitalist State Against Indigenous Peoples Capitalism Made COVID Disaster Kenny’s Attack […]
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Canada’s deadliest mass shooting started after the gunman assaulted his partner. The shooting rampage on April 18 and 19 left 22 people dead. His partner was tied up and escaped into the woods. “This means that three of the deadliest mass killings in modern Canadian history – the 2018 Toronto van attack and the 1989 […]
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