What’s War For?

There’s an issue that was not asked about in the election debates or by the Canadian media circuit. That question is the Canadian military, and the shocking increases in military spending. The Trudeau government is drastically increasing military spending with virtually no pushback from a country that prides itself on its “peaceful” reputation. Trudeau agreed […]

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Military and Climate Change: A Double Threat to Humanity

“The twenty year occupation of Afghanistan by US and allied forces has been a disaster for those living in the country. At least a quarter of a million people, both combatants and civilians, have been killed, probably many more. Corruption is rife from the head of government down through the police, the army and courts. […]

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9/11 Terror — 20 Years On, Imperialism’s Bloody Cycle Continues

Jason Toynbee is a member of Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland). The world changed twenty years ago. It’s rare that a single event like the 9/11 terrorist attack in the USA can have that much impact. But of course it wasn’t just an act of terror which altered the course of history. Rather it […]

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A group of Afghan aremed women protest in defiance of Taliban

Greatest Possible Solidarity on the Side of the Afghan Women and Workers

Resistance Will Grow! Of all the setbacks for women and workers in the world over the past year, this is among the worst. Imperialism has ensured that one of the most oppressive regimes against women ever, the Taliban regime in Afghanistan based on pure gender apartheid, is back. As the Taliban are preparing to establish […]

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Afghan People Face Bitter Outcome of US Occupation

Tom Crean is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Twenty years after invading Afghanistan in 2001, US troops are leaving along with other allied forces. Thousands of US and allied troops were killed in the endless war with the Taliban, tens of thousands were injured while hundreds of thousands of Afghan people lost […]

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Afghanistan: An Ignominious End

Eddie McCabe is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). US Imperialism Withdraws US imperialism’s 20-year war in Afghanistan has come to an ignominious end with the final withdrawal of its 2,500 remaining troops this month. The withdrawal comes two months before Biden’s deadline of 11 September – the 20th anniversary of Al-Qaeda’s criminal […]

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COVID-19, War and Economics

The metaphors of war have been in abundance since the onset of COVID-19. In Britain, the Queen, in a speech, evoked the WW2 song, “We’ll Meet Again.” The Italian Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, also invoked WW2 when he used Winston Churchill’s words to talk about Italy’s “darkest hour.” Donald Trump has described himself as a […]

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The Second World War

Per-Åke Westerlund is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (ISA in Sweden). Review of The Second World War by Anthony Beevor, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2012 Seventy five years ago, the European continent and large areas of Asia and Africa were on fire in the second world war, with inhuman suffering of the worst kind caused by […]

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The Autonomous Collective of Dock Workers of Genoa Appeals for Solidarity

Stop the transport of arms to Yemen Workers at the port of Genoa, members of the Autonomous Collective of Dock Workers (CALP) have called for a day of struggle and mobilization on Monday, February 17, when the arrival of the Saudi ship “Bahri Yanbu” is expected. It is carrying war materials and weapon systems destined […]

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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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