Martina Gergits is a member of Sozialistische Alternative (ISA in Germany). Paul Gerrard is a member of Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland). How workers can fight against climate crisis We live in times of crises. The effects of the climate crisis are being felt more and more. As extreme weather events including forest fires, […]
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Marcus Kolbrunner is a member of Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução (ISA in Brazil). All support to the strike of the workers of the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI)! Xavier out! All support to the struggle of indigenous peoples in defense of their lives and lands! The barbaric murder of the Indigenous activist Bruno Pereira and the […]
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After a tense and uncertain second round Gustavo Petro has won the Colombian presidential elections with 50.4% of the vote, beating right-populist opponent Rodolfo Hernandez who picked up 47.3%, a difference of 700,000 votes. Voter turnout was 58%, up from 54% in the first The mood amongst supporters of Pacto Historico (Historic Pact, the left […]
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Workers Win Pay Raise and Cost of Living Agreement After 136 days, the strike of transit workers in the Whistler area ended on June 14. The lack of any public transit in the area caused real hardship, especially for low-paid workers, as well as to the 80 striking workers. The workers took strike action on […]
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Build a Mass Movement Against the Right! Roe v Wade has been overturned. This is a historic defeat for the women’s movement and represents a victory in the right-wing campaign to undermine the bodily autonomy of women and queer people across the country. Despite overwhelming support for legal abortion, tens of millions now live in […]
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Cost of Living Adjustment Needed Overwhelmingly, 33,000 BC Government employees have voted with a 94.6 percent majority, for strike action as they try to get the NDP government to agree wages that maintain living standards. The union, BCGEU, had an extensive campaign to reach members on the issues and to vote, taking the campaign to […]
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Defeat this Victorian Lunch Tax! The Saskatchewan Party’s latest attack is to levy a charge of $100 per elementary school child to supervise them during lunch time. Yes, you read that correctly; charge not for the food but to supervise children. And what happens if the parent can’t afford it? Dustin Duncan, the Sask Party’s […]
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Ryan Hartson is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Working people and queer people in Illinois’ second largest city won a clear victory against law and order politics and policing last week. In mid-May, the organization behind Aurora, Illinois’s Pride march, Aurora Pride, made the decision to ban uniformed police from marching in […]
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The recent announcement that possession of up to 2.5 grams of certain illicit drugs will be exempted from criminal prosecution in BC has rightly been called a historic “forward step” towards addressing the ongoing toxic drug deaths. But in emergency situations, “forward steps” are not good enough — not if they are too slow and […]
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The results of the first round of the Colombian presidential elections reflect deep political polarization, a rejection of the political establishment and the masses yearning for fundamental change. In a traditional bastion of US imperialism, a stunning blow has been dealt to Uribismo, the far-right neoliberal politics (named after former president Alvaro Uribe) that have […]
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