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Review: It’s Okay to Be Angry About Capitalism by Bernie Sanders

It’s Okay to Be Angry About Capitalism by Bernie SandersAllen Lane, 2023 Reviewed by David Vallely Bernie Sanders’ two runs for President of the United States as a self-described democratic socialist played an important role in rallying millions of workers, youth, and

Jun 14, 2023

World News

Kshama Solidarity: Seattle’s billionaires target socialist city council member

By Ty Nolan The right-wing in Seattle is trying to undemocratically recall the city’s only elected socialist in 100 years. Kshama Sawant is Seattle’s socialist city council member responsible for spearheading movements to win a $15 minimum wage, the Amazon Tax to

Jul 30, 2021

World News

The powerful resurgence of US labour movement

By Laura Fitzgerald The resurgence of a powerful US labour movement, with a militant-rank-and file its engine, shows no sign of abating in 2019. This is after a historic 2018. in which a total of 485,000 workers went on strike, more than

Oct 11, 2019

Trump’s Presidency: The resistance has started

The following article is from the current edition of “The Socialist”. It was written before last weekend’s historic women’s marches in the US, the largest in the country’s history, against the new Trump regime. It is estimated that over three million marched

Jan 23, 2017

News & Analysis

After decades of neo-liberalism… The political “centre” cannot hold

By Stephen Boyd Over 35 years ago, Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan took up the ideas of neo-libearlism and used them as the foundation of what they saw as a new era for capitalism. “The market would discover a natural hierarchy of

Nov 21, 2016

US: We need mass resistance to Trump & a new party of the 99%

Here we publish the latest analysis of Socialist Alternative (SA) in the US, following Trump's victory. Last night (9 November), Socialist Alternative organised mass marches and rallies across the US as a first response to Trump's election. Tens of thousands of people

Nov 10, 2016

World News

The failed “American dream”- Support rising for socialism in The US

The following article is from the Summer issue of Socialist Alternative, the magazine of the Socialist Party. Decades of neo-liberalism, years of costly foreign wars and a financial bust have created unprecedented levels of social inequality in the world’s dominant capitalist nation.

Oct 4, 2016

World News

US: Bernie Sanders Abandons the Revolution

Below is an article by Socialist Alternative (sister party of the Socialist Party in US) member and Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant on the decision by Bernie Sanders to endorse Hillary Clinton published on Counterpunch.org. The Sanders campaign, which received 12 million votes

Jul 14, 2016

Orlando massacre aftermath– Massive solidarity with LGBTQ community

Solidarity in wake of horrific killings

Jun 18, 2016

World News

Why Sanders must stand as an independent

It is evident that the (un)Democratic Party has done whatever it thought necessary to block Bernie Sanders from gaining the presidential nomination and to stem the grassroots movement intent on challenging the billionaire class that has developed around his campaign, writes Emma

May 14, 2016

Bernie Sanders

Review: It’s Okay to Be Angry About Capitalism by Bernie Sanders

Kshama Solidarity: Seattle’s billionaires target socialist city council member

The powerful resurgence of US labour movement

Trump’s Presidency: The resistance has started

After decades of neo-liberalism… The political “centre” cannot hold

US: We need mass resistance to Trump & a new party of the 99%

The failed “American dream”- Support rising for socialism in The US

US: Bernie Sanders Abandons the Revolution

Orlando massacre aftermath– Massive solidarity with LGBTQ community

Why Sanders must stand as an independent

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden