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History: 250 years since the birth of Robert Owen

By Tom Costello Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in England, Wales and Scotland) This month marks 250 years since the birth of a legendary utopian socialist. While today many of his ideas have been contorted into simple philanthropy, what is often overlooked

May 25, 2021

Covid-19 Pandemic·News & Analysis

Johnson praises the role of “capitalism and greed” in Covid response

By Daniel Waldron On the anniversary of the first lockdown in the UK, Boris Johnson proclaimed to Tory backbenchers, “The reason we have the vaccine success is because of capitalism, because of greed, my friends.” The real result of the Tories’ callous,

Apr 16, 2021

World News

The End of Growth? The capitalist economy & ecological crisis

The question of economic growth and its relation to the climate crisis is a subject of increasing discussion. Conor Payne and Chris Stewart delve into this question and offer a Marxist view on this critical issue for the environmental movement. Many ecologists,

Apr 11, 2021

News & Analysis·Reviews and Culture

Review: Seaspiracy directed by Ali Tabrizi

Seaspiracy, Netflix, 2021, Director: Ali Tabrizi Reviewed by Heather O’Callaghan In a new Netflix documentary, Seaspiracy, the British filmmaker, Ali Tabrizi, tackles ocean pollution and sustainability and embarks on a worldwide voyage to answer questions of why sea pollution has gotten so

Apr 6, 2021

News & Analysis·Reviews and Culture

Review: The New Corporation — the Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

By Martin LeBrun (our sister organisation in Canada) The 2003 film The Corporation explored the question “if a corporation is a person, what kind of person is it?” The film’s answer, in one of the best documentaries condemning corporations and capitalism, was that corporations

Apr 4, 2021

News & Analysis

Irish Sea border threatens political instability

By Daniel Waldron As part of the Brexit process, the Northern Ireland Protocol – which came into force on 1st January – has put a regulatory border down the Irish Sea, as the North remains aligned to the EU single market for

Mar 19, 2021

News & Analysis

The Davy scandal & the parasitic financial system

A new scandal has hit Ireland’s golden circle, this time involving the largest stockbroking firm in the state, Davy. The company has been fined €4.13 million by the Central Bank after it emerged that senior members of the company engaged in what

Mar 11, 2021

Environment·News & Analysis

Gulf Stream slowing down – a tipping point in climate breakdown

By Ben Samson Climate change is becoming less and less of a gradual, linear process. Rather, the rate of increase in extreme weather events is becoming increasingly exponential. This can be explained by climate feedback loops. For example, rising temperatures resulting from

Mar 10, 2021

News & Analysis

Bitcoin frenzy: How capitalism is fuelling another bubble

By Manus Lenihan The stock markets took a battering when Covid first hit in early 2020, but governments pumped them full of trillions in stimulus money. Thanks to this, Wall Street has swung wildly from a deep crisis to a series of

Mar 9, 2021

News & Analysis·Reviews and Culture

Review: Judas and The Black Messiah

“During the lifetime of great revolutionaries, the oppressing classes constantly hounded them, received their theories with the most savage malice, the most furious hatred, and the most unscrupulous campaigns of lies and slander. After their deaths, attempts are made to convert them

Mar 6, 2021

Socialism- Page 4

History: 250 years since the birth of Robert Owen

Johnson praises the role of “capitalism and greed” in Covid response

The End of Growth? The capitalist economy & ecological crisis

Review: Seaspiracy directed by Ali Tabrizi

Review: The New Corporation — the Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

Irish Sea border threatens political instability

The Davy scandal & the parasitic financial system

Gulf Stream slowing down – a tipping point in climate breakdown

Bitcoin frenzy: How capitalism is fuelling another bubble

Review: Judas and The Black Messiah

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden