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News from around the world by authors from the Socialist Party and co-thinkers internationally

Europe’s scorching heatwave – capitalist climate crisis intensifies

By Jake O’Brien “This heatwave is a dress rehearsal… they are getting more frequent, stronger and lasting longer. Every summer we fail to prepare for them is a summer we pay for in lives.” These are the words of Dr. Hans Henri

Jul 21, 2026

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

Anti-war·World News

New Cold War: Growing calls to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics

By ISA (International Socialist Alternative) reporters Why is the International Olympic Committee (IOC) so closely allied with China’s dictatorship? This is an issue more and more people are asking in the light of tennis player Peng Shuai’s disappearance since 2 November following

Dec 15, 2021

Seattle: Right-wing recall defeated – how Kshama Sawant & Socialist Alternative won (again!)

By Bryan Koulouris and Calvin Priest For the fourth time, Socialist Alternative leader and Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant has won an election, this time while facing off against a racist, right-wing recall backed by big business. This victory is a vindication

Dec 14, 2021

Anti-war·World News

Will there be a war between Russia and Ukraine?

By Sotsialisticheskaya Alternativa reporters (ISA in Russia) A graphic illustration of the developing conflict was the claim in June by Russia’s Defence Ministry that one of its patrol boats had fired warning shots across the bow of the British Navy Destroyer HMS

Dec 13, 2021

“The wealthy took their best shot at us, and we beat them. Again” – Kshama Sawant

Below is the text of Kshama Sawant’s speech at the December 10 press conference announcing the Solidarity Campaign’s ballot curing initiative. Congratulations to the Starbucks workers for their successful unionization drive. It is a sign of things to come. Former Starbucks CEO

Dec 11, 2021

World Inequality Report 2022: Why the billions need to overthrow the billionaires

By Eddie McCabe The capitalist system is a crooked casino. Its inherent contradictions (including extreme inequality) produce recurring crises for which the capitalist classes are ultimately culpable, but which consistently result in more wealth for themselves at the expense of the working-class

Dec 10, 2021

World News

“We have not backed down”: Kshama Sawant speaks at solidarity campaign election night party

Below is the text of Kshama Sawant’s speech shortly after initial results came in on the right-wing recall. You can watch the video of the speech here. At the time of posting the second day of counting as been completed. The vote gap

Dec 9, 2021

Anti-war·World News

Biden-Putin Summit: Will there be a war between Russia & Ukraine?

Sotsialisticheskaya Alternativa reporters, ISA in Russia A graphic illustration of the developing conflict was the claim in June by Russia’s Defence Ministry that one of its patrol boats had fired warning shots across the bow of the British Navy Destroyer HMS Defender.

Dec 8, 2021

World News

Seattle Times attacks democracy & the Kshama Solidarity Campaign

By Greyson Van Arsdale, Socialist Alternative USA Yesterday, the Seattle Times editorial board published yet another hit piece calling on voters to recall Kshama Sawant, this time attacking basic democratic access. Not content with their previous pro-corporate endorsement of the recall, which was already

Dec 5, 2021

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