Kshama Sawant is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. This article was originally published by The Stranger. This is now the tenth year I’ve had the honor to serve as an elected representative of Seattle’s working people. Workers in Seattle, through getting organized alongside my socialist City Council office, and my organization, Socialist […]
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Darragh O’Dwyer is a member of Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland). The Peruvian masses must rely on their own strength and continue to build local committees of struggle to unite workers, campesinos and Indigenous people and allow them to democratically discuss and coordinate the next steps of the movement. 2022 came to a chaotic […]
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On Saturday, January 14, members of Socialist Alternative joined four hundred supporters of Drag Queen Story Time at Coquitlam Public Library. All were there to reject discrimination and in favour of choice. This was the second time the library hosted a Drag Story Time event in support of accessible, diverse, and culturally-inclusive family programming. However, […]
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Walter Chambers is a member of International Socialist Alternative. Nearly two years after the military coup in Myanmar, the regime continues its brutal war against its own population, while the international “community,” that is the imperialist powers, ignore the suffering of the Myanmar population. For the first time since 1948 when Burma was accepted into […]
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Mobilize for Our Rights and Radical Change! Text of leaflet distributed by LSR (ISA in Brazil) on anti-coup protests on 9 January 2022 The violent coup attacks by the Bolsonarist horde on Sunday in Brasilia must be strongly repudiated by one and all. Bolsonaro must be held accountable first and foremost, and must pay for […]
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Tony Wilsdon is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. How Europe Underdeveloped Africa is a fundamental work that should be required reading for all socialists and those seeking to understand underdevelopment in countries today when inequality between rich and poor countries is dramatically exacerbated by global crisis. This is especially true as the […]
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This article was written by the Editorial Board of Socialist Alternative in the US. The chaotic scenes as the Republicans try to elect a speaker for the House of Representatives demonstrates the fractured nature of US politics, especially of the Republicans. When Trump was running for office, he was lambasted by liberals for his protectionist […]
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Just-in-time production was a key part of the process of neoliberalism and globalization, as part of the drive to maximize profits. First used in Japan in the 1970s, it spread around the world and beyond manufacture to almost every facet of capitalist economics and management systems. The core idea is that manufacturers do not hold […]
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Chris Stewart and Keishia Taylor are members of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). Marx’s theory that capitalism created a “metabolic rift” between human society and nature has re-emerged as an indispensable tool for understanding the climate crisis we face today. In recent years millions of young and working-class people have engaged in protests against […]
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Per-Åke Westerlund is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (ISA in Sweden). Christmas Eve, 24 December, marked 10 months since Putin’s Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. For the people of Ukraine, it has meant hell on earth, currently a dark, cold winter with constant missile attacks. There is no sign that the fighting is nearing […]
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