Tom Costello is a member of Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland). Enough is enough! Build towards a general strike Kwasi Kwarteng’s new budget for the rich is an open, naked display of class warfare. It represents a Tory party hurtling even further towards the right, as working-class people begin to strike back against the […]
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We need to build struggle and a socialist alternative! Every day we see and feel new reasons for the urgency of defeating Bolsonaro. Rising prices and hunger, unemployment, corruption in education, sabotage of the Covid vaccination, new cases of racism and police violence, privatisation, social cuts and environmental destruction with deforestation, the release of pesticides, […]
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This is a joint statement by International Socialist Alternative and ROSA International. Build international socialist-feminist solidarity with the growing movement against gender based and state violence! The killing of Zhina (Mahsa) Amini, a young Kurdish woman, by the “morality police” in Iran provoked a new, bold and explosive movement from below, challenging the rule of […]
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It seems that no matter the scale of the social crisis, there is always money for war. Less than a year after COP26, the Trudeau government is boosting military spending, including $19 billion on new fighter jets. These 88 F-35 jets operating together would burn 5,600 litres of fuel per hour, about 10 percent of […]
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On 8 September 2022, Queen Elizabeth II died, ending the longest reign of any British monarch. In Northern Ireland, her death, the events around it, the actions of the establishment as well as how the worker’s movement responds can have significant consequences. These events are happening against the backdrop of important struggles of workers in […]
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Written by a BC Nurse. “You have to think of school as your full-time job.” I’ve been hearing this glib piece of advice since the first year of study, usually from academic advisors. When I hear it from my own peers, it’s always those whose living costs are covered by their families. As a full-time […]
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James Graham is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. A recent Bloomberg article title tells us just about everything we need to know about skyrocketing economic inequality: “World’s Super Rich Drive 77% Surge in Superyacht Sales Last Year.” After noting that sales have also doubled from the 2019 levels, the article continues: Low […]
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Eric Byl is a member of Linkse Socialistiche Partij / Parti Socialiste de Lutte (ISA in Belgium). At least 9,000 Ukrainian and 15,000 Russian soldiers have reportedly been killed. Tens of thousands of civilians have been killed or wounded. Fourteen million Ukrainians have fled and countless families have been torn apart. Cities and villages have […]
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Unsurprisingly, Poilievre won the Conservative Party leadership, crushing all opposition with 68 percent of the vote. His nearest rival, the more traditional conservative Charest, only gained 16 percent of the vote. The populist right clearly dominates the Conservative Party’s membership. The big business backers of the Conservatives, such as reflected in The Globe and Mail, […]
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Geert Cool is a member of Linkse Socialistiche Partij / Parti Socialiste de Lutte (ISA in Belgium). Pakistan’s poverty-stricken masses face many problems. There are the persistent shortages and the price rises while incomes do not keep up. At the end of August, inflation stood at 45%. Public infrastructure and social protection are almost non-existent. […]
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