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2021: Age of Disorder, Year 2

By Danny Byrne, International Socialist Alternative International Executive. From beginning to end, 2021 was a year of a perfect storm for world capitalism. This rotten and decadent system has rarely if ever before, faced such deep simultaneous crises on so many fronts.

Dec 26, 2021

World News

United States: Unionise Amazon — save workers’ lives!

By Michael O’Brien The circumstances in which six Amazon workers recently died, and 95 of their colleagues had to be rescued from a warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, which collapsed during a tornado, brings home the fact that the lives of workers are

Dec 23, 2021

World News

Hong Kong: Record low turnout in Beijing’s fake election

By Zuo Ren, Socialist Action The first Legislative Council (Legco) elections since Beijing’s “makeover” will be held on December 19. The Chinese dictatorship (CCP) has increased the size of the Legco to 90 seats, only 22 of which are elected. In addition,

Dec 22, 2021

Anti-racism·News & Analysis

Limerick: Far-right defeated in anti-fascist counter-protest

By Mary Cahillane A successful counter-protest to the far-right was organised in Limerick on Saturday 18 December. About a hundred people, mainly young people, members of the LGBTQ+ community and Socialist Party members gathered to face down Hermann Kelly’s Irish ‘Freedom’ Party

Dec 20, 2021

World News

Election in Chile: Defeat of the far-right opens the road for new mass struggles

By André Ferrari, Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução (our sister organisation 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,

Dec 20, 2021

World News

Intellectual property rights: Big pharma makes billions from vaccine apartheid

By Cathal Curran In the month since the discovery of the Omicron variant, it has already spread across the globe, brought about the return of harsh restrictions on the lives of millions, and made shareholders in vaccine manufacturers billions. In the first

Dec 19, 2021

World News

Britain: Is this the end of the line for Johnson

By Tom Costello, Socialist Alternative ( our sister organisation in England, Wales and Scotland) This past Sunday marked two years since the election of Boris Johnson as Prime Minister. Far from delivering on his promises to usher in a new age of

Dec 18, 2021

World News

Oppose the US extradition and persecution of Julian Assange

By Eddie McCabe WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can now be extradited to the US following a High Court ruling in the UK last week. If Assange loses his appeal his fate will rest with Tory Home Secretary Priti Patel, which essentially means

Dec 17, 2021

Socialist Feminism·World News

United States: High school students walkout against sexual violence

By Ginger Jentzen Thousands of students from dozens of high schools across the country have staged walkouts against sexual assault and harassment since returning to in-person classes. According to data from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, reported incidents

Dec 17, 2021

News & Analysis·Reviews and Culture

Review: Dopesick – a look into the psychopathy of capitalism

By Fiona Ryan Dopesick hit streaming platforms in November and has shocked audiences with its broadly factual take on the machinery behind OxyContin and the wide scale misery caused by addiction to the drug. Dopesick chronicles the rise of the so-called “miracle

Dec 16, 2021

Solidarity

2021: Age of Disorder, Year 2

United States: Unionise Amazon — save workers’ lives!

Hong Kong: Record low turnout in Beijing’s fake election

Limerick: Far-right defeated in anti-fascist counter-protest

Election in Chile: Defeat of the far-right opens the road for new mass struggles

Intellectual property rights: Big pharma makes billions from vaccine apartheid

Britain: Is this the end of the line for Johnson

Oppose the US extradition and persecution of Julian Assange

United States: High school students walkout against sexual violence

Review: Dopesick – a look into the psychopathy of capitalism

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