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Despite massive advances in medicine, immunology, virology and technology, the new strain of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, causing the COVID-19 illness) is causing human...

World Recession Marks the Beginning of A New Era

Economy March 25, 2020

Capitalism is Sick – The Socialist Plan to Fight the Crisis

Slider March 23, 2020

The (un)Democratic Party: Why We Need a New Working Class Party

SA In Action

Socialist Alternative In Action

Petition: We Won’t Die for Wall Street. Tax Billionaires to Fund Coronavirus Relief!

March 26, 2020

Sign the petition here! We need funding for emergency medical services to save lives! Congress should bail out working...

Socialist Alternative In Action

Tax Amazon: Big Business Needs to Pay for the Failures of Capitalism!

March 26, 2020

As the coronavirus pandemic shuts down normal life, millions of working people faced with lost hours, mass layoffs, and no safety net...

Socialist Alternative In Action

Coronavirus Lockdown: Socialist Organizing Continues

March 25, 2020

While states and cities firm up restrictions and generally fumble to prevent the spread of COVID-19, working class people are looking for...

Socialist Alternative In Action

Introducing International Socialist Alternative

March 5, 2020

In January, the week-long 12th World Congress of the Committee for a Workers International (CWI) was held in Belgium, with representatives from...

2020 Elections

One Thousand March for Bernie in Boston

February 25, 2020

Chants of “hey hey ho ho, billionaires have got to go” and “not me, us” echoed off the buildings in Boston’s financial...

Socialist Alternative In Action

What’s the Difference Between Socialist Alternative and DSA?

February 14, 2020

Many people new to the socialist movement may wonder: What are the differences between Socialist Alternative and Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)?...

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Worker's Movement

Frontline Workers Fight Back

Slider April 8, 2020

For decades the billionaire class has relentlessly sought to drive down the wages of workers, destroy their health benefits and rip up...

Before COVID-19: #RedForEd St. Paul Educators Strike

Workers' Movement April 2, 2020

WorkersSpeakOut: Walmart Janitor: my manager told me not to clean the staff room

Workers' Lives March 29, 2020

WorkersSpeakOut: I’m a grocery store worker, and have no idea what I’m being paid.

Workers' Lives March 27, 2020

Front Line Nurse Speaks Out

Health Care March 26, 2020

Theory

The Roots of COVID-19 & Capitalist Food Production

Environment March 28, 2020

Despite massive advances in medicine, immunology, virology and technology, the new strain of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, causing the COVID-19 illness) is causing human...

The Revolutionary Legacy of Science for the People

Culture March 20, 2020

What’s the Difference Between Socialist Alternative and DSA?

Socialist Alternative In Action February 14, 2020

The Revolutionary Ideas of Rosa Luxemburg

History January 15, 2020

Book Review: The Logistics Industry and the Case for Socialism

Culture December 19, 2019

Fighting Racism

Coronavirus, Racism & Xenophobia

April 3, 2020

Ruling Class Chauvinism Leads to More Racist Attacks Racist Sentiments Whipped up as Borders Close

Five Years Since Ferguson and Baltimore – Black Lives Matter and the Fight for Black Freedom

February 10, 2020

In 2014, a black teenager was shot by a cop in Ferguson, Missouri. His name was Michael Brown Jr., and law enforcement...

Reparations: A Socialist Perspective

July 15, 2019

The 2020 presidential elections are in full swing, and all of the Democratic Party presidential nominees have been asked the question, “Do...

Youth Shut Down Pittsburgh After Killer Cop Acquitted: Justice for Antwon Rose II

April 4, 2019

On the evening of March 22, 2019 after a four day trial, Officer Michael Rosfeld joined the ranks of acquitted killer cops,...

Coronavirus Crisis: A Socialist Feminist View

April 5, 2020

Women among those bearing the worst effects ISA Women’s Bureau The covid-19 crisis has hit...

Escalate the Fight to Defend Reproductive Rights

January 24, 2020

In March the U.S. Supreme Court will hear June Medical Services v. Gee, a Louisiana law requiring abortion providers to have hospital...

Prince Andrew: A Stomach-Churning Example of the Unaccountable, Super-Rich Elite

November 20, 2019

Jacqui Berry, Kent and Medway Socialist Alternative “Going to Pizza Express in Woking is an unusual thing for me...

November 25: Socialist Feminist Struggle Against Gender Violence!

November 4, 2019

Reposted from worldsocialist.net (website of the Committee for a Workers' International) “We are not silent. We are not scared....

Stimulus Package: Corporate Robbery Disguised as Coronavirus Relief

March 31, 2020

The stimulus package signed by Trump at the end of last week totals to an unprecedented $2.2 trillion. While most of it...

A New 1930s: Lessons for Workers and Socialists

March 31, 2020

“The shock to the global economy from COVID-19 has been both faster and more severe than... even the Great Depression”. That comment...

World Recession Marks the Beginning of A New Era

March 25, 2020

As working people around the world face the threat of the coronavirus pandemic which is massively exacerbated by decades of cuts to...

The Coronavirus Recession Has Begun

March 21, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has infected hundreds of thousands and taken the lives of thousands. Most scientific and medical experts warn that the...

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

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...

Youth & Students

College Admissions Scandal: The Myth of Meritocracy Under Capitalism

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...

Student Revolt Shakes America – Struggle Puts NRA on the Run

U.S. Politics March 27, 2018

The March for Our Lives was one of the single biggest days of protest in U.S. history. With hundreds of thousands in D.C., and...

Environment

The Roots of COVID-19 & Capitalist Food Production

March 28, 2020

Despite massive advances in medicine, immunology, virology and technology, the new strain of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, causing the COVID-19 illness) is causing human...

Environment

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