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Wall Street mayhem: GameStop & the short squeeze

By Bryce Callaway, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the US) The ruling class and its corporate media have always tried to convince working people that if the stock market is doing well, so are you. The year 2020 starkly revealed, amongst

Feb 8, 2021

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

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

World News

Global economy: With capitalism in unprecedented crisis, socialism is the answer

By John Hird (Socialismo Revolucionario — our sister organsiation in Spanish State) The recent avalanche of articles reporting the pronouncements of the pillars of capitalist rule such as the IMF, World Bank and EU in the financial press regarding the economic and

Nov 28, 2020

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Trump in Trouble and Biden in Hiding: 2020 Presidential Elections

From Socialist Alternative – the Socialist Party’s US sister section 2020 is not the election year that anyone expected. Presidential election politics are now utterly intertwined with the global pandemic that has killed nearly 165,000 people in the U.S. as of this

Aug 28, 2020

Featured Articles·Theory & History·What is Socialism?

James Connolly’s revolutionary socialism

The relevance of Workshop Talks today By Kevin Henry and Eddie McCabe We live in turbulent times; just seven months into a new decade and it has been totally dominated by crises, especially in the form of the pandemic and the economic

Aug 8, 2020

Theory & History·What is Socialism?

Socialism: How would a planned economy work?

By Peter Delsing, (ISA in Belgium) This article is based on an introductory speech given to a commission on ‘Marxist economics — How would a planned economy work?’ at ISA’s Virtual Marxist University in July 2020. The discussion about how a planned economy would

Aug 7, 2020

Environment

Why the 1% are to blame for climate breakdown

By Ben Samson The word ‘crisis’ has by now become synonymous with the year 2020. It has been punctuated by highly broadcasted events such as the the US drone-killing of a top Iranian general, the apocalyptic Australian bushfires, the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic,

Jul 23, 2020

Anti-racism·Theory & History

The role of the working class in fighting racism

By Keely Mullen, Socialist Alternative USA Two nights after George Floyd was murdered, Minneapolis bus drivers received an urgent request for a fleet of buses at the corner of 26th Street and Hiawatha Avenue in South Minneapolis. The request came from the

Jul 3, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic

Covid-19: Capitalism Rushes to Re-Open as Pandemic Grows

By Bill Hopwood, ISA Canada Around the world, countries are lifting the restrictions that were introduced to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. People are being allowed to leave their homes, and workplaces, cafes and stores are re-opening. The sharp closures of society and

Jun 26, 2020

Socialism- Page 5

Wall Street mayhem: GameStop & the short squeeze

Virtual Marxist University ISA holds biggest ever international gathering

US- Kshama Solidarity campaign launched to oppose right wing recall

Global economy: With capitalism in unprecedented crisis, socialism is the answer

Trump in Trouble and Biden in Hiding: 2020 Presidential Elections

James Connolly’s revolutionary socialism

Socialism: How would a planned economy work?

Why the 1% are to blame for climate breakdown

The role of the working class in fighting racism

Covid-19: Capitalism Rushes to Re-Open as Pandemic Grows

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden