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Anti-war·Theory & History·What is Socialism?

Socialism 101: Is war inherent to capitalism?

By Kevin McLoughlin Virtually everyone supports the idea of ‘world peace’, yet today in 2022 there are nearly 40 different wars or conflicts ongoing. And with the Russian invasion of Ukraine the threat of nuclear war, and the annihilation of us all,

Mar 7, 2022

Anti-war·World News

9/11 attacks: An atrocity exploited for 20 years of war and torture

An editorial from the upcoming issue of Socialist Alternative, the journal of the Socialist Party A mixture of shock, horror and incredulity. These words best describe the reaction of most of the world’s population to the heinous mass terror attacks of 11

Sep 11, 2021

World News

Russia: Urgent protests needed

Appeal for solidarity from socialist feminist activists in Russia as six members of Socialist Feminist Alternative were arrested yesterday. SocFemAlternative and Sotsialisticheskaya Alternativa (our sister organisation in Russian) organised pickets in solidarity with Afghan women in Russia today. In the appeal posted

Aug 24, 2021

Afghan people face the bitter outcome of U.S. occupation

By Tom Crean, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the US) Twenty years after invading Afghanistan in 2001, U.S. troops are leaving along with other allied forces. Thousands of U.S. and allied troops were killed in the endless war with the Taliban,

Aug 14, 2021

Assange arrest: Imperialism’s revenge for exposure of dirty wars

By Dave Carr (Socialist Party in England and Wales) After seven years of self-imposed exile in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was dragged from his place of asylum and arrested by the Metropolitan police. This followed the revoking

Apr 18, 2019

Afghanistan

Socialism 101: Is war inherent to capitalism?

9/11 attacks: An atrocity exploited for 20 years of war and torture

Russia: Urgent protests needed

Afghan people face the bitter outcome of U.S. occupation

Assange arrest: Imperialism’s revenge for exposure of dirty wars

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden