Bryan Koulouris and Calvin Priest are members of Socialist Alternative in the US. For the fourth time, Socialist Alternative leader and Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant has won an election, this time while facing off against a racist, right-wing recall backed by big business. This victory is a vindication for a class-struggle approach to elected […]
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James McCabe is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). Amazon has announced it will establish a Data Centre in Calgary, news much welcomed by politicians as a job creator and sign of a tech future for Calgary. No reality check of the huge use of electricity or water, both issues in Calgary. […]
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Real “boldness” is the struggle for socialism! Québec’s nationalist broad-left party, Québec Solidaire, presents its new electoral platform as “bold” and “realistic.” The party will target the middle classes with an anti-CAQ (Coalition Avenir Quebec, the current right-wing party in power under Francois Legault) platform focused on environmentalism and supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). […]
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Eddie McCabe is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). The World Inequality Report (WIR), produced by 100 researchers over four years, shows the incredible and increasing disparities that exist in global income and wealth. The capitalist system is a crooked casino. Its inherent contradictions (including extreme inequality) produce recurring crises for which […]
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Kshama Sawant is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. “The Wealthy Took Their Best Shot at Us, and We Beat Them. Again.” On the day that the vote count in the Seattle recall election showed the majority of votes against the recall, Kshama Sawant spoke at a Solidarity Campaign Press Conference. This is […]
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The emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID highlights the ongoing failings of governments around the world to tackle this pandemic. Vaccine hoarding by rich countries, companies putting profit before human need, governments failing to do outreach to hard-to-reach and hesitant communities and people have all contributed to this ongoing misery. The COVID pandemic drags […]
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Dan O’Rourke is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). The new strain of Covid-19 (B.1.1.529) found in Botswana and South Africa has been named Omicron by the WHO, which has labeled it a ‘variant of concern’. Some experts have described it as the “worst” variant yet. Similar to the Delta variant it […]
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After nearly a year long protest by farmers, their largest mobilization in India in over half a century, the right-wing authoritarian government of Modi has finally caved and given in to the demands of the farmers This momentous achievement shows the power of struggle and the effect that a large scale movement can have. At […]
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Some people have been fooled into thinking that recent policy announcements by the Conservative government of Doug Ford have made him an advocate for working-class interests. Ontarians have seen a slew of announcements this fall about temp workers, gig workers, injured workers, being able to “disconnect from work” and the minimum wage. Ford is obviously […]
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This is a statement by ISA’ International Women’s Bureau and ROSA International. 2021 has been another year of struggle against sexism, LGBTQ-phobia and racism, including mass protests and strikes, inspiring examples of solidarity being built amongst workers of all genders. At the Mercedes plant in the Basque Country, there was a strike of 3500 workers […]
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