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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The BC government announced a guaranteed minimum number of employer-paid sick days for most workers; there are exclusions. The Worker Solidarity Network, the BC Federation of Labour, and other allied groups, including Socialist Alternative, called for 10 paid sick days per year for all workers, as a minimum standard required to ensure the health and […]
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New Brunswick’s public sector general strike has come to an end. A majority of CUPE locals voted last week for a contract that will see a 2 percent pay raise each year of the five-year agreement. On top of this, workers will receive a 25 cent per hour wage increase per year. Crucially, casual workers […]
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The fightback against the attempt to recall Kshama Sawant, member of Socialist Alternative and elected to the Seattle City Council is reaching its peak as ballot papers have been sent out to voters and need to be completed by 7 December. Why do the right-wing want to remove her? The answer is simple. Since her […]
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