Malcolm X said “You can’t have capitalism without racism.” Trudeau wants to tackle systemic racism with capitalism. In June 2020, Justin Trudeau promised action “very soon” on the systemic racism in Canada. In September, the government announced support for black entrepreneurs and business owners. While some Black business owners and aspiring owners may welcome this, […]
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Rob Jones is a member of Sotsialisticheskaya Alternativa (ISA in Russia). Over the weekend, protestors once again gathered in Minsk and other cities demanding that Lukashenko should go, following Saturday’s women’s march. In the lead up to the demonstrations rhetoric from the Lukashenko side was again stepped up, and if for several weeks the police […]
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Sonja Grusch is a member of Sozialistische LinksPartei (ISA in Austria). This article is based on an introductory speech at the ISA Virtual Marxist University in July 2020. The background to the discussion and to the period we are in is the deep structural crisis of capitalism, that is the world recession, triggered and accelerated […]
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Elliot Bartz is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. California Wildfires: A Socialist Perspective A thick pall of smoke covers the west coast from Mexico to Canada and is spreading across North America and far out into the Pacific Ocean, with serious health consequences for millions of people. The world is burning, with […]
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Kshama Sawant is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. The political establishment, big business and the right-wing are seeking revenge by attempting a recall campaign against Councilmember Kshama Sawant. While the recall petition was filed by an individual, it appears to be an attempt to overturn last year’s reelection victory. A court has […]
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Peter Delsing is a member of Linkse Socialistiche Partij / Parti Socialiste de Lutte (ISA in Belgium). Defence of democratic socialist planning a fundamental task for successful social transformation This article is based on an introductory speech given to a commission on “Marxist economics — How would a planned economy work?” at ISA’s Virtual Marxist University in […]
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George Martin Fell Brown is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Millions have spent the past four years horrified by the experience of the increasingly authoritarian Trump administration, that deliberately stokes racist division. But many are nonetheless disappointed that his main opponent, Joe Biden, is a corporate tool who was an architect of […]
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Seraphina Cobeen is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. “Nothing will fundamentally change.” This promise made by Joe Biden to rich donors months ago has now been fully confirmed by the Democratic National Convention. Despite a primary which demonstrated huge support for policies like Medicare for All, free college education, a Green New […]
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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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Written by a shop steward in a pharmaceutical company and member of Linkse Socialistiche Partij / Parti Socialiste de Lutte (ISA in Belgium). The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are made worse by the contradictions in the capitalist production system, but it is also a factor that exacerbates the same contradictions. The tools that are […]
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