Socialist Alternative

Our newspaper goes beyond just telling the story of frontline struggles. We provide the socialist analysis, strategy, and tactics needed to win. Socialist Alternative comes out 10 times a year.

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Our organization prides itself on the clarity of our analysis and program. But we also feel the need to step up our game. For this reason we present a political journal, Socialist World, initially coming out three times a year.

SA In Action

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Amazon TAXED! Lessons of the Tax Amazon Victory in Seattle

July 9, 2020

The Tax Amazon movement and Seattle’s working class won a historic victory on Monday, July 6. Following a three year struggle against...

Fighting Racism

Kshama Sawant Tax Amazon Victory Speech

July 7, 2020

https://www.facebook.com/SocialistAlternativeUSA/videos/715010949073187/ Speech delivered by Socialist Alternative member, and Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant during a historic City Council meeting that passed a...

LGBTQ Rights

NYC Queer Liberation March Reclaims Pride

July 7, 2020

On June 28, 2020 -- exactly 50 years since the first pride march in NYC -- 50,000 New Yorkers marched through the...

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Socialists Are Beating Jeff Bezos in Seattle (Again)

July 4, 2020

The grassroots Tax Amazon movement in Seattle is on the cusp of winning a historic victory against Jeff Bezos.

Socialist Alternative In Action

Historic Tax Amazon Victory in Seattle!

July 2, 2020

Below is the transcript of Socialist Councilmember Kshama Sawant's speech just before the Seattle City Council's Budget Committee voted 7-2 in favor...

Socialist Alternative is in political solidarity with International Socialist Alternative.
Visit the ISA website to learn more about socialist organizing around the world.

Worker's Movement

Education Under Attack: Defund the Police and Tax the Rich to Fund Our Schools

Economy July 2, 2020

Teachers are currently faced with an impossible task: educating students online, many of whom don’t have access to technology, with little warning,...

Interview: The Bus Driver Who Refused to Transport #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd Protesters to Prison

Workers' Movement June 30, 2020

The Rebellion Against Racial Oppression and Law Enforcement Terror

Fighting Racism June 29, 2020

Public Sector Under Attack: Tax the Rich and Corporations to Fully Fund Public Services

Economy June 29, 2020

Defund the Police & Tax the Rich to Fund Our Schools!

Economy June 27, 2020

Theory

Socialists and the State: How to End Racist Policing

Fighting Racism June 17, 2020

The nature of policing in the United States is inseparable from the violent, racist history of capitalism in this country. From slave...

Capitalism and COVID-19: Why We Need a Planned Economy

Theory June 2, 2020

Review of No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age

Theory May 28, 2020

Book Review: A Flawed Manifesto

Theory May 26, 2020

Keynesianism and the Crisis of Capitalism

Economy May 14, 2020

Fighting Racism

Kshama Sawant Tax Amazon Victory Speech

July 7, 2020

Education Under Attack: Defund the Police and Tax the Rich to Fund Our Schools

July 2, 2020

Teachers are currently faced with an impossible task: educating students online, many of whom don’t have access to technology, with little warning,...

The Rebellion Against Racial Oppression and Law Enforcement Terror

June 29, 2020

On May 25, four Minneapolis police officers killed a Black man named George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for 8 minutes...

Defund the Police & Tax the Rich to Fund Our Schools!

June 27, 2020

Teachers are currently faced with an impossible task: educating students online, many of whom don’t have access to technology, with little warning,...

The Sacrifice of Tara Reade – Democrats Betray the #MeToo Movement

May 16, 2020

Jeffrey Epstein. Harvey Weinstein. Brett Kavanaugh. Donald Trump. Powerful, well-connected men have used their money and influence within the billionaire class to...

Russia’s “Virus Trade Union” Needs Solidarity to End Victimization and Sexism at Wildberries

May 13, 2020

Virus Trade Union, Sotsialisticheskaya Alternativa (ISA in Russia) Most workers in Russia have no trade union protection, even when...

Two Deadly Pandemics: COVID-19 and Violence Against Women

May 9, 2020

Leslie Kemp, Socialist Alternative (ISA in Canada) Canada’s deadliest mass shooting started after the gunman assaulted his partner. The...

Hong Kong: Migrant Women Carry Bigger Burden During Pandemic

May 6, 2020

Fear of illness, extra workload and cancellation of day-off Vincent Kolo and Xiaxi Cai, Socialist Action (ISA in...

Education Under Attack: Defund the Police and Tax the Rich to Fund Our Schools

July 2, 2020

Teachers are currently faced with an impossible task: educating students online, many of whom don’t have access to technology, with little warning,...

The Reopened Economy: Depression or Recovery?

June 29, 2020

As the first half of 2020 draws to an end, economic forecasts portend a global economic decline unlike any other in history.

Public Sector Under Attack: Tax the Rich and Corporations to Fully Fund Public Services

June 29, 2020

State and local politicians around the country are telling us we need to “tighten our belts,” as the fallout from the pandemic-triggered...

Defund the Police & Tax the Rich to Fund Our Schools!

June 27, 2020

Teachers are currently faced with an impossible task: educating students online, many of whom don’t have access to technology, with little warning,...

Socialist Alternative Publications

A contribution to the debate on the historical lessons of the black freedom struggle and on the way forward today.

Looking back on the greatest general strike in history, the lessons in this pamphlet remain relevant for today's movement.

A look at the legacy of Bolshevism and the Russian Revolution, as well as its later degeneration at the hands of Stalin.

On the ground look at the working class revolt that took place in Wisconsin in 2011.

Youth and Students

Economy

Defund the Police & Tax the Rich to Fund Our Schools!

June 27, 2020

Teachers are currently faced with an impossible task: educating students online, many of whom don’t have access to technology, with little warning,...

Environment

Youth Continue Climate Strikes

December 16, 2019

Collins Dictionary has declared “climate strike” as the word of 2019. It’s no surprise considering that millions of people, overwhelmingly young, have...

College Admissions Scandal: The Myth of Meritocracy Under Capitalism

Youth & Students April 23, 2019

In March, news broke of the indictment of dozens of individuals who had participated in a wide-ranging scheme to fraudulently admit students...

Oakland Teachers Strike: A Victory Filled With Lessons

Los Angeles Teachers Strike for an End to Privatization

Workers' Movement January 20, 2019

Community Blocks Privatization of Houston Schools

Workers' Movement May 2, 2018

Over 100 students, teachers, parents, and activists attended a special meeting of the Houston Independent School District (HISD) Board of Education on Tuesday, April...

Debates in the Movement – How Do We End Gun Violence?

March 14: A Million Students Walk Out

Youth & Students March 29, 2018

On March 14, nearly a million students walked out of school to say #Enough to gun violence. Following the horrific massacre at Stoneman Douglas...

Environment

Climate Meltdown & COVID-19: Capitalism is Sick, Working People Pay with their Lives

June 26, 2020

In April, as countries across the world shut down and millions sheltered in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, daily fossil fuel emissions...

Environment

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Socialist Alternative is in political solidarity with International Socialist Alternative. Visit the ISA website to learn more about socialist organizing around the world.

Socialist Alternative Publications

Socialist Alternative is in political solidarity with International Socialist Alternative.
Visit the ISA website to learn more about socialist organizing around the world.