SocialistAlternative.org http://www.socialistalternative.org website of Socialist Alternative en Tue, 06 May 2008 02:06:25 EST 1968 Year of Revolution http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article20.php?id=850 A tumultuous year when the floodtide of mass revolt swept over the narrow confines of capitalism and... Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:00:47 EST World food crisis: Price hikes produce poverty and rebellion http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article11.php?id=849 Around the world, strikes, demonstrations and protests have erupted as millions upon millions of wor... Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:52:16 EST The Olympic protests and nationalism: a Marxist response http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article11.php?id=848 In a dazzling pre-Olympic balancing act, the Chinese regime has announced talks with the ‘evil’ Dala... Fri, 2 May 2008 01:45:28 EST May Day 2008: A socialist alternative to capitalist crisis http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article11.php?id=847 The Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) sends warm socialist greetings to workers and youth... Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:36:17 EST Rebirth of Keynesianism- http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article12.php?id=846 A review of the latest book by economist and commentator Paul Krugman, ‘Conscience of a Liberal’... Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:53:46 EST Politically Minded: An Interview with Hip-Hop Artist Son of Nun http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article21.php?id=842 Son of Nun (SON) is a former Baltimore City School teacher and current MC performs class-conscious, ... Fri, 4 Apr 2008 03:49:21 EST Iraq: Five Years On — Invasion and Occupation: An Unmitigated Disaster http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article13.php?id=795 As the fifth anniversary of the fateful decision to launch the invasion of Iraq passes, the claims b... Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:20:14 EST Tibet erupts!: Brutal crackdown by Beijing regime meets muted reaction from foreign governments http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article11.php?id=794 Thousands of paramilitary police and soldiers have been deployed in Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, afte... Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:01:56 EST ATU 587 Transit Workers Fight for a Strong Contract http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article14.php?id=793 Rank-and-file activists in Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587 in King County, WA are leading a stru... Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:10:41 EST Recession Looms: A Workers' Program to Fight the Bosses' Attacks http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article12.php?id=771 With working-class families reeling under the impact of the housing bubble bursting, rising prices, ... Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:23:49 EST Economy in Freefall: Recession Threatening Wages and Jobs http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article12.php?id=786 Almost every day, some bad news on the economy hits the headlines: market volatility, hedge funds ne... Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:46:07 EST Building on Nader's 2008 Challenge: New Party Needed http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article10.php?id=792 With Nader running as an independent in 2008, many supporters will be wondering what will come out o... Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:57:00 EST Break With the Two Parties of Big Business! Build Nader's Antiwar, Anti-Corporate Campaign http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article10.php?id=767 On February 24, Ralph Nader declared he was running for President to challenge the corporate strangl... Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:48:06 EST Is a Nader Vote a Wasted Vote- The Case Against Lesser-Evilism http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article10.php?id=787 Responses to popular questions about whether a Nader vote is a wasted vote and the case against less... Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:46:12 EST Building the Strongest Left Challenge: Nader, McKinney and the Greens http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article10.php?id=780 With the stock market teetering on the brink of disaster and home foreclosures reaching record highs... Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:37:25 EST We Need a Party of Working People http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article10.php?id=781 Corporate America has two parties; we need our own. We need a party with thousands of activists that... Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:39:17 EST Iraq, Afghanistan: The Bitter Fruits of War and Occupation http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article13.php?id=762 Five long, bloody years of war and occupation, led by US imperialism, has left Iraq as a dangerous, ... Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:34:30 EST Why We're Protesting on the 5th Anniversary of the Iraq War http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article13.php?id=761 Because nearly 4,000 U.S. soldiers have been killed and, according to some estimates, over 1 million... Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:22:46 EST International Women's Day 2008 http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article16.php?id=760 The first women’s day celebration in the United States in 1909 was a demonstration by working women ... Sat, 8 Mar 2008 04:37:01 EST Women: Low Pay and Sub-prime Mortgages http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article16.php?id=758 Women in the United States face a complex economic reality. Sex discrimination, while often declare... Sat, 8 Mar 2008 04:25:48 EST Women: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article16.php?id=756 In October 2007, Anucha Browne Sanders won her sexual harassment case against Madison Square Gardens... Sat, 8 Mar 2008 04:14:33 EST Women: Fighting For Nurses and Patients http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article16.php?id=755 After breaking with the management-dominated American Nurses Association in 1996, the CNA turned its... Sat, 8 Mar 2008 04:10:36 EST Nader Declares His Candidacy: Build the strongest left challenge to the two parties of big business http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article10.php?id=754 On Sunday February 24, Ralph Nader announced that he was running for president on Meet the Press. Th... Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:05:12 EST Obama: The Ambiguity of "Hope": Barack Obama Frontrunner in Democrats’ Presidential Race http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article10.php?id=752 The spectacular victories of Barack Obama in a series of the Democratic primaries are a reflection o... Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:48:07 EST Castro's Resignaton Opens Up New Chapter: What Are the Prospects for the Revolution? http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article11.php?id=723 The formal resignation of Fidel Castro as President of Cuba opens up a new chapter in the history of... Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:29:39 EST Film Review: There Will Be Blood http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article21.php?id=722 In bringing Upton Sinclair’s 1927 novel, Oil, to the screen as There Will Be Blood, writer-director ... Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:47:25 EST CWI Latin America School Opens With Successful Rally: 70 People Attend First Meeting of Event in Brazil http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article22.php?id=719 The first CWI discussion school in Latin America for a number of years kicked off to a splendid star... Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:42:18 EST Kenya: Rigged Presidential Elections Provoke Widespread Opposition Protests and State Violence: Workers need a political alternative to pro-capitalist parties and ethnic conflict http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article11.php?id=715 On December 27, 2007, Kenyans voted in general elections to elect a new government. But, as mostly h... Mon, 4 Feb 2008 09:28:17 EST Bipartisan Stimulus Package: Politics Over Substance: We Need a Massive Jobs Program to Defend Workers http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article10.php?id=714 As the subprime mortgage crisis has spread into a housing crisis and slowing economy, serious econom... Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:22:05 EST World Economy: A Global Shock to the System: Global Capitalism Faces Its Worst Crisis Since 1945 http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article12.php?id=710 The collapse of the U.S. housing bubble has triggered an economic slowdown and the subprime finance ... Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:00:44 EST The Other Wal-Mart: Target Screws Its Workers Too http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article14.php?id=694 While Wal-Mart has been getting tons of bad publicity for its abuse of its workforce, Target, the fi... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:16:56 EST