Socialist Alternative Magazine #26

Workers Rising! Youth demand Socialism Alberta Toronto Rent Strikes Manitoba Election Fighting Caste Oppression Life of a Student What Makes Me Angry Women’s Safety Chile 1970 – 73, Revolution and Reaction US: Workers Strike Back Capitalism’s New Cold War BC Solidarity 1983: A Near Revolution Housing Emergency Capitalism’s Highway to Hell … and more from […]

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The Chilean Road to Socialism: A Warning for the Working Class

Cormac Kelly is a member of Socialist Alternative, England, Wales and Scotland On 11 September 1973, fifty years ago, General Augusto Pinochet launched his brutal military coup, drowning in blood the revolutionary movement that had been inspired by the government of Salvador Allende. For Marxists the study of history is not a passive diversion or […]

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Latin America: Second “Pink Tide”: What Way Forward?

Elan Axelbank is a member of Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland). This second wave of reformism in power is already proving to be anything but a repetition of the first. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, propelled by mass movements of the working class and rural poor, a wave of left-wing electoral victories […]

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Chile: After Rejection of New Constitution

Vilma Álvarez and Fernando Lacerda are members of ISA in Chile. Understanding the result of the September 4 plebiscite is crucial for the entire working class in Chile and for evaluating the perspectives for struggle. On September 4, more than 15 million Chileans voted in the plebiscite on the approval of a new Constitution. However, […]

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A New Pink Tide? Opportunities and Challenges in Honduras and Chile

Manuel Salmerón Becerra is a member of Alternativa Socialista (ISA in Mexico). After a long cycle of right-wing regimes, the elections of Xiomara Castro in Honduras and Gabriel Boric in Chile at the end of 2021 appear to be consolidating a new generation of progressive governments in Latin America. The new leaders, both self-described socialists, […]

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Chilean Defeat of the Far-Right Opens the Road for New Mass Struggles

André Ferrari is a member of Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução (CWI in Brazil). Gabriel Boric, of the “Apruebo Dignidad” (Approve Dignity) coalition has defeated the far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast in the second round of the Chilean elections. Boric obtained 55.8% of the votes, almost one million more than Kast. This reversed the situation of […]

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Socialist Alternative Magazine #17

Capitalism’s COVID Disaster Women Organize Against Oppression Indigenous Struggles Continue The Struggle for Jobs and Climate US – China Cold War Will Continue Latin America: Struggle Returns Unite Here: A Fighting Local in BC Housing Crisis Ahead If you’d like to order paper copies, email us [email protected] Please make a donation towards our costs and […]

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Chile: Neoliberalism, the 2019 Revolt and the Plebiscite

Josafat Arrieta is a member of Alternativa Socialista (ISA in Mexico). On October 25, Chile held the plebiscite that defined the future of the constitution inherited from the military dictatorship. The resounding result in favor of a new constitution was the most recent expression of the movement that began on October 18, 2019. The social […]

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Chile: Pinochet Constitution Rejected! Plebiscite Victory Opens Road to New Struggles

André Ferrari is a member of Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução (ISA in Brazil). The Battle is Just Beginning The Chilean people gave another example of consciousness and strength this Sunday, 25 October. The Constitution inherited from Pinochet’s dictatorship was rejected by 78% of voters in the plebiscite that turned out 7.5 million people, the highest […]

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Socialist Alternative Magazine #14

Climate Justice and Jobs Instability Rising Ontario Struggle Needed Where is Canada’s Women’s Movement? Hypocrisy to Indigenous Peoples No War on Iran 2019: A Year of Struggles Housing Victory … more from Canada and the World If you would like to order copy(ies) contact us at [email protected]

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