Keely Mullen is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. In late May, the Republican-controlled Alabama Legislature passed, and the governor signed, a near complete ban on abortion. This is now the most restrictive state law on abortion in the country since the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision in 1973. This Alabama bill […]
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Build Social Housing Alberta’s Election Ontario Education Rebellion Canada: Looking Ahead Youth Climate Strikes Resisting the White Paper Winnipeg General Strike … more from Canada and the world If you would like to order copy(ies) contact: [email protected]
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Elin Gauffin is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI in Sweden). International Women’s Day 2019 once again became a day of struggle around the world. In some countries, the movement has declined somewhat, while at the same time new movements have emerged in other countries, and in others it was bigger than ever. In Spain, the […]
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Clare Doyle is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. On Friday, 8th March, women across the globe are striking, marching, protesting and celebrating International Women’s Day in unprecedented numbers. In a welcome development, they will be accompanied by more men than in the past who see the need to fight the special […]
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On January 19, when all over the world women, and men, march for women’s rights, Socialist Alternative Canada launched our new banner, “Women Rising: for Socialist Feminism.” Around the world a new women’s movement is emerging. We recognize that it needs to have a clear class analysis and be rooted in the everyday experiences of […]
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Peter Taaffe is a member of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales). On 15 January 1919, Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, the finest brains of the German working class and its most heroic figures, were brutally murdered by the bloodthirsty, defeated German military, backed to the hilt by the cowardly social-democratic leaders. The […]
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Global opposition to victim blaming in Irish rape trial On Tuesday, 13 November Solidarity TD (member of parliament) and Socialist Party member Ruth Coppinger held up a thong in Ireland’s national parliament, the Dáil, while questioning Taoiseach Leo Varadkar about the outrageous victim blaming of a 17-year old young woman in a rape trial in […]
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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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1.5 million students join strike and 100,000 take to the streets! The general student strike called by the Sindicato de Estudiantes (SE – students union) and Libres y Combativas (free and combative, socialist feminist platform of SE and Izquierda Revolucionaria – CWI in the Spanish state) has been a powerful success. More than 1.5 million […]
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Kshama Sawant is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Letter from Kshama Sawant to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Julian Salazar Dear Sisters, I am writing to congratulate you, and other newly elected socialists, on your elections and to outline the lessons of our experience in Seattle since my first election to […]
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