Performative woke-washing has been replaced by performative woke-bashing In what might seem a strange paradox, the latter part of the last Trump presidency coincided with a dramatic rise in so-called ‘woke capitalism’. In 2020, with Trump still in the White House, Doritos emblazoned the slogan “Black Lives Matter” on a huge branded mural adorning the […]
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Capitalist crisis, the reactionary wave and revolutionary potential From July 26-30, over 120 Marxists descended on the northern German town of Kiel for International Socialist Alternative’s World School. Participants (including dozens more who participated online) came from 16 different countries and regions – Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, England, Wales and Scotland, Germany, Hong Kong, […]
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After 20 months of genocidal war, Israel’s war cabinet decided it would enter Gaza city as the first step towards full occupation. Reports now show that life expectancy in Gaza has dropped to 35 years, a level similar to the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. Governments and politicians globally – Starmer, Macron, the Swedish government […]
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Gulf states and US imperialism support al-Sharaa More than 1,000 people have reportedly been killed and nearly 200,000 displaced in armed fighting in Sweida city and region in southern Syria in the last month. Behind this is an attempt from the Damascus regime of al-Sharaa to increase its control of the country, a process closely […]
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Sammy Albright is a member of Socialist Alternative US From devastating floods in Texas to the threat of escalating war in the Middle East, every day brings a new reminder of how urgently we need to stop the billionaires from destroying the planet. Imagine if we utilized the skills of workers in polluting and war […]
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Per Johansson is a member of Socialistiskt Alternativ (ISA in Sweden) In 1942, the US began secret work on developing an atomic bomb—it became known as the ‘Manhattan Project’. By 1943, enormous resources were being invested in the project, mainly at Los Alamos in New Mexico. The now legendary Robert Oppenheimer became the scientific leader. […]
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Per-Åke Westerlund is a member of the ISA International Political Committee More than 1,000 people have reportedly been killed in armed fighting in Sweida city and region in southern Syria in the last week. Behind this is an attempt from the Damascus regime of al-Sharaa to increase its control of the country, a process closely […]
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With 2SLGBTQAI+ people under attack in the US, and several provincial governments introducing anti-trans legislation, many queer people were terrified of what a Poilievre prime minister might do. Many surely breathed a sigh of relief when Carney’s Liberals won. But this is just a temporary reprieve. We — queer people — cannot rely on the […]
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Arne Johansson is a member of Socialistisk Alternative (ISA in Sweden) At the same time, according to a new UN report, more than 90 million people in eastern and southern Africa are suffering from extreme hunger after record droughts with widespread crop failures and livestock deaths. While the world’s capitalist rulers focus on war, military […]
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The public post office has been set up to fail. Its high-paid executives have mismanaged it, provoking a labour dispute and spending $470 million on an unnecessary new high-tech processing facility in Scarborough, Ontario. Successive federal governments have encumbered it with various restrictions and mandates, forcing it to compete with multinational corporations like Amazon. They […]
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