Socialist Alternative

On May 8, two-hundred teachers, parents, students, and community members gathered outside the Downtown Oakland Marriott to protest the NewSchools Venture Fund...

Socialist Alternative In Action

#ColumbusStudentDeserve Fully Funded Schools, Not Corporate Handouts

May 2, 2019

On Wednesday, April 24, more than a thousand teachers and community members in Columbus, Ohio marched together to fight for school funding...

Documents & Leaflets & Statements

International Workers Day Sees Increasing Class Struggle

May 1, 2019

Worldwide, May 1 is a working-class holiday. Originating in the fight for the eight-hour day in the 1880s in the U.S., it...

Slider

Stop & Shop Strike Over: A Review and Lessons for the Future

April 26, 2019

The largest private sector strike in the U.S. in the past three years has ended. For eleven hard-fought days 31,000 Stop &...

Check out this month's issue of Socialist Alternative.

View our Archive

Get involved in the campaign to re-elect Kshama Sawant!

Worker's Movement

Massachusetts Teachers Fight for Fully Funded Public Schools

Workers' Movement June 7, 2019

On May 16, educators across Massachusetts rallied after school in Boston and Springfield, calling on our state legislators to fully fund public...

South Carolina Teachers Walk Out May 1st

Workers' Movement June 6, 2019

Kazakhstan: President Nazarbayev is Gone, but His Regime Remains

Workers' Movement June 1, 2019

Boeing Puts Profits Before Safety: The Case for Public Ownership

U.S. Politics May 25, 2019

Toledo Nurses and Staff Strike

Slider May 23, 2019

Theory

100th Anniversary of the Murders of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht

History January 15, 2019

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the murders of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the outstanding leaders of the German and international...

Socialist Feminism and the New Women’s Movement

Theory November 15, 2018

The Communist International and the Fascist Threat

History November 2, 2018

France 1968 and the Historic Role of the Working Class

History October 27, 2018

Anti-Semitism: What It Is And How To Fight It

Theory October 27, 2018

Fighting Racism

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,...

Stephon Clark Will Not Be Forgotten

April 3, 2019

It’s been one year since 22-year-old unarmed African American and father Stephon Clark was shot and killed by Sacramento police in his...

Are These Ideas Useful to Fight Oppression? A Review of Killer Mike’s Trigger Warning

April 1, 2019

Hip-Hop artist, Killer Mike, has always been an interesting figure in the Hip-Hop scene. From creating the hit group Run the Jewels...

Krasner’s Challenge To Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Appeal

March 20, 2019

500,000 on the Streets in Swiss “Women’s Strike” – Solidarity & Struggle is Powerful

June 18, 2019

By Valerie Leary, ROSA activist and Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) member. Originally posted on the website of ROSA - Socialist Feminist...

Brutal Abortion Bills Passed – Fightback Needed to Defeat the Right!

May 24, 2019

In late May, the Republican-controlled Alabama Legislature passed, and the governor signed, a near complete ban on abortion. This is now the...

Spain Strikes on International Women’s Day – Fight Against Sexism and the Right Wing

March 28, 2019

This International Women’s Day, as in 2018, women in Spain withdrew their labor, stopped the country, and took the streets sending a...

Report: International Women’s Day – Worldwide Wave of Mass Struggle

March 15, 2019

International Women’s Day 2019 once again became a day of struggle around the world. It is, however, difficult to get an overview of...

U.S.-China Trade War Escalates: Trump Ramps Up Tariffs Against China, Rocks Global Stock Markets

May 17, 2019

Vincent Kolo is a regular contributor at chinaworker.info President Trump’s “bombshell” decision to increase punitive tariffs against China from...

IMF Warns of “Growth Slowdown” – Trump Increasing Economic Instability

May 1, 2019

There were stark warnings about world economic prospects at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting Washington in early April. “A growth slowdown...

Can the U.S. and China End Their Trade War?

April 22, 2019

Trump’s “easy to win” trade war drags on despite intensive efforts to make a deal The U.S.-China trade war...

Fault Lines in the US Economy: Risk of Recession Grows

November 13, 2018

Ten years after the crisis of 2008, official unemployment is low and stock prices are high. But many working people see a different reality...

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

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

March 6, 2019

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...

On the Ground at the #Enough Student Walkouts

Socialist Alternative In Action March 17, 2018

This past Wednesday, nearly a million students walked out of their schools to demand an end to gun violence. These walkouts come after the...

Environment

Massive Chemical Fire in Houston – Corporation’s Toxic Negligence

April 12, 2019

On Sunday, March 17, a leak at the Intercontinental Terminals Company (ITC) petrochemical plant in Houston caused a fire large enough to...

Environment

Update my subscription - COMING SOON

Latest News

Check out this month's issue of Socialist Alternative.

Get involved in the campaign to re-elect Kshama Sawant!

Socialist Alternative Publications

Top Stories