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Biden Has Always Been Bad on Abortion Rights

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Justice for Ahmaud Arbery: The Fight Against the Far-Right and the Crooked Courts

John Deere workers won real gains by striking. With a fighting leadership, they could have won much more.

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Kyle Rittenhouse On Trial: Build A Movement To Defeat the Far-Right

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It’s clear now that the Supreme Court intends to

It’s clear now that the Supreme Court intends to overturn Roe v. Wade in early 2022. Oral arguments began today in the Dobbs case and any remaining illusion that the Court would protect women’s right to choose is being shattered. Unless a mass movement is built in the coming months, the “best case scenario” is the Court will allow states to restrict abortion after 15 weeks. The worst case scenario is states are allowed to ban abortions altogether.

This will have devastating consequences for millions of women across the country, especially working class women and women of color. In many states the outcome of this decision could mean women’s health clinics are shuttered and basic reproductive care is restricted. Wealthy women will have the option to travel to another state to get an abortion if they need one, but the vast majority of us will not have that luxury.

The right to choose was won through the titanic women’s movement of the ‘60s and ’70s. It was won despite a reactionary majority on the Supreme Court because the movement was able to call into question the legitimacy of their institution altogether.

This is the type of fightback we’d need today to protect women’s right to chose. We need new, militant, youthful women’s organizations prepared to organize in communities across the country with mass democratic assemblies to discuss strategies and tactics to defend the right to chose.

#GirlBoss feminism and hollow sloganeering from women representatives of the ruling class won’t do any good for the tens of millions of working class women fighting for our basic rights and safety. We need a working class women’s movement prepared to fight tooth and nail for free, safe, and legal abortion on demand as part of a broader Medicare for All healthcare system, permanently free universal childcare, and fully funded public education.
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#womensmovement #socialistfeminism #socialism #abortion #abortionrights #reproductiverights #reproductivehealth #socialistalternative

Biden has been presenting himself as a feminist an

Biden has been presenting himself as a feminist and supporter of abortion rights, but the reality is that it has been on an extremely dubious basis. Beyond that, there has been a severe lack of leadership coming from organizations such as Women's March and Planned Parenthood, even in the wake of the Texas abortion ban.

Working people need a new party to effectively fight for abortion rights, as well as medicare-for-all, paid parental leave, childcare, affordable housing, well-funded schools, and more.
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#abortionrights #protectabortionaccess #abortionban #roevwade #medicareforall #m4a #paidparentalleave #freechildcare #affordablehousing #fundschools

@kshamasolidaritycampaign: HUGE news: Senator Ber

@kshamasolidaritycampaign:

HUGE news: Senator Bernie Sanders has endorsed the Kshama Solidarity Campaign! Bernie’s 2016 and 2020 Presidential campaigns were important examples of how working people can organize and fight back. They also showed how the establishment and big business will relentlessly seek to defeat elected officials who lead movements for working-class change. The corporate media and the political establishment of both parties went after Bernie because they saw the broad momentum for his working class demands like a $15 minimum wage, free college, and Medicare for All as a threat to their economic and political power. Read more here: https://mailchi.mp/kshamasolidarity.org/43rd-12410742

#blacklivesmatter #BernieSanders #rentControl #TaxtheRich

@chicagosocialistalternative: NEW ARTICLE: “John

@chicagosocialistalternative:
NEW ARTICLE: “John Deere workers won real gains by striking. With a fighting leadership, they could have won much more.”

Capping off the John Deere strike, authors Steve Edwards and Luke Eckenrod discuss what the Deere strike won, how it changed the landscape for labor rights in 2021 and beyond — and also, how we could have won more. Find it at the link in our bio.

#deerestrike #johndeere #socialism #socialistalternative #laborrights #workersrights #strike

Earlier this week, the murderers of Ahmaud Arbery

Earlier this week, the murderers of Ahmaud Arbery were finally convicted. Closely following the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse, this compares starkly as a rare event and is a victory in the courts in favor of Black and working class people. Despite it being clear-cut, questions around the case still circulated as to whether the murderers would be convicted - a frustrating and demoralizing question around any case that goes against the right wing. This has always been, and will always be, a question around any civil rights case that takes place within a capitalist society.

Despite the murder being recorded and very clearly indicting the perpetrators, the two murderers were not arrested for a total of 74 days after the actual murder took place. This can in part be attributed to their history with the county police department, with one of them a former officer. Because of the mass frustration and anger that fueled a movement across the country, the two murderers were finally arrested. This happened only a few weeks before the murder of George Floyd and the spark of the Black Lives Matter resurgence.

Even when put on a trial, huge discrimination against the movement and Black people took place as only 1 out of 12 jurors were Black - notably, the judge took note of the obvious “intentional discrimination” but did nothing to stop it. Additionally, the jury was blind to any racial motivation behind the killers as they were not shown that the murderers had a confederate flag on their truck or that one said a racial slur as Arbery as he died.

All of the events leading up to and throughout the trial were drenched in racist and classist issues. When each of the issues surrounding the trial are boiled down, capitalism is found at the root. Racism, far-right extremism, protection of the police, and inequitable, unfair courts are all methods of the ruling class to uphold capitalism. We need to end the capitalist conditions that allow these injustices to occur. We need a working class movement to support these victims and prevent further repression of people of color.

Read more in our article on socialistalternative.org.
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#ahmaudarbery #sayhisname #blacklivesmatter

On Trans Day of Remembrance, we pay respect to glo

On Trans Day of Remembrance, we pay respect to global victims of transphobia and recommit ourselves to the fight for real trans liberation. 2021 has been the worst year on record for violence against trans and gender non-conforming people.

But this can’t simply be a day of remembrance, we need to actively fight for a society which ends this discrimination and violence.

A fight against transphobia, homophobia, sexism and racism is linked to the fight for socialism. Socialists are united in our shared need to break the chains of oppression and we understand that it is only by the whole of the working class standing together that we can achieve this and win a society free from oppression, misery and crisis.

Mourn for the dead, fight like hell for the living!

BREAKING: Kyle Rittenhouse has just been acquitted

BREAKING: Kyle Rittenhouse has just been acquitted on all charges for killing two people and injuring a third in Kenosha, WI.

@cm.kshama is right. This verdict should put the final nail in the coffin that the courts can save us from the far right. THE SYSTEM IS GUILTY. The far-right, the police that shot Jacob Blake and celebrated Rittenhouse, and the courts that protect them both all represent the same racist system: capitalism. If we’re going to defeat the far-right, we need mass mobilizations and a clear left alternative for working people who are fed up with this system. If you're as angry as we are, join socialists who are organizing to fight back against racism, police violence, and all forms of oppression and inequality.

#blacklivesmatter #rittenhousetrial

Read our full statement authored by a member of So

Read our full statement authored by a member of Socialist Alternative Wisconsin on the #RittenhouseTrial and why we need to build a movement - not rely on the capitalist courts - to fight back against the growing threat of far-right violence.

The Stranger calls on D3 voters to vote 'NO' on th

The Stranger calls on D3 voters to vote 'NO' on the racist, right wing Recall against our voice for working people in City Hall, Councilmember Kshama Sawant! “If she survives the recall, Sawant plans to continue to work for renters by proposing a rent control trigger law, which would cap rent hikes if the state ever lifts the ban, and by "exploring concrete steps" to cancel rent debt accumulated during the pandemic. She also wants to help increase the payroll tax on big businesses to help fund more affordable housing and the City's Green New Deal programs. And, yes, she will continue to use her office to amplify the voices of working people fighting for justice on the streets, on the picket line, or in front of their price-gouged apartments. Vote no.” Full statement, link over at @kshamasolidaritycampaign.
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#KeepKshama #NoByDec7 #wednesdaymotivation #votersuppression #specialelection

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It’s clear now that the Supreme Court intends to

It’s clear now that the Supreme Court intends to overturn Roe v. Wade in early 2022. Oral arguments began today in the Dobbs case and any remaining illusion that the Court would protect women’s right to choose is being shattered. Unless a mass movement is built in the coming months, the “best case scenario” is the Court will allow states to restrict abortion after 15 weeks. The worst case scenario is states are allowed to ban abortions altogether.

This will have devastating consequences for millions of women across the country, especially working class women and women of color. In many states the outcome of this decision could mean women’s health clinics are shuttered and basic reproductive care is restricted. Wealthy women will have the option to travel to another state to get an abortion if they need one, but the vast majority of us will not have that luxury.

The right to choose was won through the titanic women’s movement of the ‘60s and ’70s. It was won despite a reactionary majority on the Supreme Court because the movement was able to call into question the legitimacy of their institution altogether.

This is the type of fightback we’d need today to protect women’s right to chose. We need new, militant, youthful women’s organizations prepared to organize in communities across the country with mass democratic assemblies to discuss strategies and tactics to defend the right to chose.

#GirlBoss feminism and hollow sloganeering from women representatives of the ruling class won’t do any good for the tens of millions of working class women fighting for our basic rights and safety. We need a working class women’s movement prepared to fight tooth and nail for free, safe, and legal abortion on demand as part of a broader Medicare for All healthcare system, permanently free universal childcare, and fully funded public education.
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#womensmovement #socialistfeminism #socialism #abortion #abortionrights #reproductiverights #reproductivehealth #socialistalternative

Biden has been presenting himself as a feminist an

Biden has been presenting himself as a feminist and supporter of abortion rights, but the reality is that it has been on an extremely dubious basis. Beyond that, there has been a severe lack of leadership coming from organizations such as Women's March and Planned Parenthood, even in the wake of the Texas abortion ban.

Working people need a new party to effectively fight for abortion rights, as well as medicare-for-all, paid parental leave, childcare, affordable housing, well-funded schools, and more.
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#abortionrights #protectabortionaccess #abortionban #roevwade #medicareforall #m4a #paidparentalleave #freechildcare #affordablehousing #fundschools

@kshamasolidaritycampaign: HUGE news: Senator Ber

@kshamasolidaritycampaign:

HUGE news: Senator Bernie Sanders has endorsed the Kshama Solidarity Campaign! Bernie’s 2016 and 2020 Presidential campaigns were important examples of how working people can organize and fight back. They also showed how the establishment and big business will relentlessly seek to defeat elected officials who lead movements for working-class change. The corporate media and the political establishment of both parties went after Bernie because they saw the broad momentum for his working class demands like a $15 minimum wage, free college, and Medicare for All as a threat to their economic and political power. Read more here: https://mailchi.mp/kshamasolidarity.org/43rd-12410742

#blacklivesmatter #BernieSanders #rentControl #TaxtheRich

@chicagosocialistalternative: NEW ARTICLE: “John

@chicagosocialistalternative:
NEW ARTICLE: “John Deere workers won real gains by striking. With a fighting leadership, they could have won much more.”

Capping off the John Deere strike, authors Steve Edwards and Luke Eckenrod discuss what the Deere strike won, how it changed the landscape for labor rights in 2021 and beyond — and also, how we could have won more. Find it at the link in our bio.

#deerestrike #johndeere #socialism #socialistalternative #laborrights #workersrights #strike

Earlier this week, the murderers of Ahmaud Arbery

Earlier this week, the murderers of Ahmaud Arbery were finally convicted. Closely following the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse, this compares starkly as a rare event and is a victory in the courts in favor of Black and working class people. Despite it being clear-cut, questions around the case still circulated as to whether the murderers would be convicted - a frustrating and demoralizing question around any case that goes against the right wing. This has always been, and will always be, a question around any civil rights case that takes place within a capitalist society.

Despite the murder being recorded and very clearly indicting the perpetrators, the two murderers were not arrested for a total of 74 days after the actual murder took place. This can in part be attributed to their history with the county police department, with one of them a former officer. Because of the mass frustration and anger that fueled a movement across the country, the two murderers were finally arrested. This happened only a few weeks before the murder of George Floyd and the spark of the Black Lives Matter resurgence.

Even when put on a trial, huge discrimination against the movement and Black people took place as only 1 out of 12 jurors were Black - notably, the judge took note of the obvious “intentional discrimination” but did nothing to stop it. Additionally, the jury was blind to any racial motivation behind the killers as they were not shown that the murderers had a confederate flag on their truck or that one said a racial slur as Arbery as he died.

All of the events leading up to and throughout the trial were drenched in racist and classist issues. When each of the issues surrounding the trial are boiled down, capitalism is found at the root. Racism, far-right extremism, protection of the police, and inequitable, unfair courts are all methods of the ruling class to uphold capitalism. We need to end the capitalist conditions that allow these injustices to occur. We need a working class movement to support these victims and prevent further repression of people of color.

Read more in our article on socialistalternative.org.
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#ahmaudarbery #sayhisname #blacklivesmatter

On Trans Day of Remembrance, we pay respect to glo

On Trans Day of Remembrance, we pay respect to global victims of transphobia and recommit ourselves to the fight for real trans liberation. 2021 has been the worst year on record for violence against trans and gender non-conforming people.

But this can’t simply be a day of remembrance, we need to actively fight for a society which ends this discrimination and violence.

A fight against transphobia, homophobia, sexism and racism is linked to the fight for socialism. Socialists are united in our shared need to break the chains of oppression and we understand that it is only by the whole of the working class standing together that we can achieve this and win a society free from oppression, misery and crisis.

Mourn for the dead, fight like hell for the living!

BREAKING: Kyle Rittenhouse has just been acquitted

BREAKING: Kyle Rittenhouse has just been acquitted on all charges for killing two people and injuring a third in Kenosha, WI.

@cm.kshama is right. This verdict should put the final nail in the coffin that the courts can save us from the far right. THE SYSTEM IS GUILTY. The far-right, the police that shot Jacob Blake and celebrated Rittenhouse, and the courts that protect them both all represent the same racist system: capitalism. If we’re going to defeat the far-right, we need mass mobilizations and a clear left alternative for working people who are fed up with this system. If you're as angry as we are, join socialists who are organizing to fight back against racism, police violence, and all forms of oppression and inequality.

#blacklivesmatter #rittenhousetrial

Read our full statement authored by a member of So

Read our full statement authored by a member of Socialist Alternative Wisconsin on the #RittenhouseTrial and why we need to build a movement - not rely on the capitalist courts - to fight back against the growing threat of far-right violence.

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