Eric Byl is a member of ISA’s International Executive. The Latest Phase of the Global Crisis Even before the outbreak of the Omicron variant, euphoric expectations of a strong post-pandemic recovery based on the release of pent-up consumer spending and corporate investments, gave way to major worries. In many countries, consumers are confronted with the […]
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In 1917, working class women started the revolution that stopped the war — Lets do it again! Socialist Feminists around the world will march and organise walkouts and strikes against imperialist war, exposing once again the brutality of capitalist oppression and exploitation On the eve of March 8, the international day of struggle of working […]
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No to the war in Ukraine! Troops should return home. Build an anti-war movement in the workplaces and universities. This is the call being made by Socialisticheskaya Alternativa in Russia. It follows the attacks on Ukraine by Russian forces on February 24. Bu that evening spontaneous protests, mainly by young people, broke out in 58 […]
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Written by Socialist Alternative members in Alberta. Socialist Alternative interviewed Tanner Layton, a striking Faculty and Socialist Alternative member. On the morning of February 10, after failed negotiations between the University of Lethbridge Faculty Association (ULFA) and the University’s Board of Governors, the ULFA began legal strike action. How long have you been part of […]
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Build a Mass Anti-War and Anti-Imperialist Movement Europe is staring down the barrel of a major armed conflict as the Kremlin launches major attacks on Ukraine ISA expresses its full solidarity with the people of Ukraine who already suffer exploitation, oppression, corruption and growing poverty conditions, and now face the horror of war and bloodshed. […]
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The cost of expanding the Trans Mountain Pipeline is out of control. When the government bought the pipeline from Kinder Morgan in 2018 for $4.5 billion, it was estimated that it would cost a further $7.4 billion to complete the expansion. Now the estimate has nearly tripled to $21.4 billion! The increased costs are partly […]
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President Putin has now announced that Russia will recognise the independence of the two disputed regions in Ukraine — Donetsk and Luhansk. He has instructed Russian troops to act as “peacekeepers.” This marks another extremely dangerous stage in what could end up as the worst war seen in Europe since WW2. Warmongers have been whipping […]
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While the convoy has been cleared from the streets of Ottawa, many questions need to be asked both about the role of former police and military personnel within the convoy, and the response of the police to the convoy and blockades. The police’s general motto is “to protect and to serve.” Ottawa’s police department expanded […]
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Em Smith is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. How Can We Win This Time? The most important unionization campaign in recent memory is sweeping the country. Workers at more than 65 Starbucks stores in at least 20 states have formed rank-and-file organizing committees and filed for union elections. Two stores in Buffalo, […]
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