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ISA 13th World Congress: Preparing for new twists and turns in the ‘Age of Disorder’

By Danny Byrne, ISA International Executive Between 30 January and 5 February, over 100 delegates and visitors participated in International Socialist Alternative’s 13th World Congress. Participants hailed from over 30 countries, across all continents. Most delegates participated in person, gathering in Belgium.

Feb 16, 2023

World News

ISA world school 2022: Mass revolts against morbid capitalism

By Per Ake Westerlund, International Socialist Alternative The world is experiencing turbulent events, coming at break-kneck speed — economic and political crises, wars and mass uprisings. This was how Sonja Grusch summarized present global processes in her introduction to the opening plenary

Aug 2, 2022

Anti-war·Featured Articles·World News

War in Ukraine, the new era and the crisis of capitalism

The statement below on the war in Ukraine and its implications for the manifold crises of global capitalism was discussed, debated, amended and approved unanimously at a meeting of the International Committee of ISA — our international leadership elected at our World

Apr 11, 2022

World News

Virtual Marxist University ISA holds biggest ever international gathering

Below is a report from the Virtual Marxist University hosted by International Socialist Alternative (ISA). The Socialist Party is the Irish section of ISA. Report by Anna Barnett from Socialist Alternative, our sister organisation in the US. Over 1,500 ISA members and

Feb 4, 2021

Forward into the 2020s: Revolts, struggles and their political effects

The new wave of revolts and mass movements of 2019 continued in 2020 — despite the severe restrictions due to the pandemic and economic depression. From Thailand to Bolivia and Nigeria to Belarus, mass movements and protests have taken to the streets,

Dec 29, 2020

World News

US- Kshama Solidarity campaign launched to oppose right wing recall

Article by a member of Socialist Alternative, our sister organisation in the US, about attempts by big business and the right wing to remove our Seattle City Council member, Kshama Sawant, from office. This is a serious attack on the left both

Dec 2, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·Featured Articles

Why you should be a socialist

By Dean O’Donnell Stability, prosperity and progress: Some of the common catchwords capitalism’s most staunch defenders have used to justify a system that places private profit before all else. Yes there are flaws, but, so the story goes, the positives outweigh the

Jun 11, 2020

May Day 2020: Capitalism is the Virus – Socialism is the Only Cure

Five Reasons To Fight for a Socialist World in 2020

Apr 30, 2020

World Congress of International Socialist Alternative: Capitalism has failed, fight for a socialist future!

By Ann Orr (Irish delegate) The Twelfth World Congress of the international organisation to which the Socialist Party is affiliated took place in January 2020. It was attended by delegates and visitors from 27 countries. The Congress followed the splitting away of

Feb 21, 2020

ISA

ISA 13th World Congress: Preparing for new twists and turns in the ‘Age of Disorder’

ISA world school 2022: Mass revolts against morbid capitalism

War in Ukraine, the new era and the crisis of capitalism

Virtual Marxist University ISA holds biggest ever international gathering

Forward into the 2020s: Revolts, struggles and their political effects

US- Kshama Solidarity campaign launched to oppose right wing recall

Why you should be a socialist

May Day 2020: Capitalism is the Virus – Socialism is the Only Cure

World Congress of International Socialist Alternative: Capitalism has failed, fight for a socialist future!

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden