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

The largest private sector strike in the U.S. in the past three years has ended. For eleven hard-fought days 31,000 Stop &...
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Grand Rapids Protests Trump’s Rally – Rejects the Trump Agenda

On March 28, over 1,000 people gathered in front of Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan to protest Donald Trump’s first...
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WATCH: Delivery Truck Driver Convinced by Striking Stop & Shop Workers and Our Members Not To Cross the Picket Line

https://www.facebook.com/BostonSocialists/videos/2802510439788962/ Our member giving a speech at a Stop & Shop picket line explaining how she and striking workers convinced a delivery...
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Fighting Racism

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

On the evening of March 22, 2019 after a four day trial, Officer Michael Rosfeld joined the ranks of acquitted killer cops,...
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Sawant Reelection Campaign A Referendum on Who Runs Seattle: The People or Amazon?

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

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Today marks the 100th anniversary of the murders of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the outstanding leaders of the German and international...
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Socialist Feminism and the New Women’s Movement

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The Communist International and the Fascist Threat

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France 1968 and the Historic Role of the Working Class

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

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Fighting Racism

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

On the evening of March 22, 2019 after a four day trial, Officer Michael Rosfeld joined the ranks of acquitted killer cops,...
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Stephon Clark Will Not Be Forgotten

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

Hip-Hop artist, Killer Mike, has always been an interesting figure in the Hip-Hop scene. From creating the hit group Run the Jewels...
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Krasner’s Challenge To Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Appeal

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Women's Rights

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

This International Women’s Day, as in 2018, women in Spain withdrew their labor, stopped the country, and took the streets sending a...
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Report: International Women’s Day – Worldwide Wave of Mass Struggle

International Women’s Day 2019 once again became a day of struggle around the world. It is, however, difficult to get an overview of...
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Action Needed to Stop Attacks on Abortion in Ohio

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Roe v. Wade Under Attack – Defend Abortion Rights!

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Economy

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

Trump’s “easy to win” trade war drags on despite intensive efforts to make a deal The U.S.-China trade war...
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Fault Lines in the US Economy: Risk of Recession Grows

Ten years after the crisis of 2008, official unemployment is low and stock prices are high. But many working people see a different reality...
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US-China Trade War: A Long Conflict?

Trump’s tariffs raise international tensions and could derail global economic growth Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info The trade war between Washington and Beijing looks set to escalate. The Trump...
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Turkey: Upcoming Economic Storm Exposes Fragility of Erdoğan’s Rule

Murat Karin, Sosyalist Alternatif (CWI in Turkey) Turkey held snap elections on 24 June, out of which the ruling AKP and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
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Socialist Alternative Publications

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

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

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

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

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Youth and Students

Youth & Students

College Admissions Scandal: The Myth of Meritocracy Under Capitalism

In March, news broke of the indictment of dozens of individuals who had participated in a wide-ranging scheme to fraudulently admit students...
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Oakland Teachers Strike: A Victory Filled With Lessons

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Los Angeles Teachers Strike for an End to Privatization

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Community Blocks Privatization of Houston Schools

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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?

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In the past two months, millions of students have participated in walkouts and demonstrations against gun violence in the U.S., most notably the biggest...

March 14: A Million Students Walk Out

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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

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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

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

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Massive Chemical Fire in Houston – Corporation’s Toxic Negligence

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

40 Years After Three Mile Island Disaster

Reposted from The Socialist, newspaper of the Socialist Party (CWI in England and Wales) Nuclear fission - dangerous, dirty...
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Youth Strike for Climate – Report on March 15 International Day of Action

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On Friday, March 15, over 1.4 million outraged youth took to the streets all over the world. They have taken a stand...

Heroes and Villains in the Fight Against Climate Change

Environment
Heat waves, dust bowls, dying oceans filled with microplastics, air polluted with smoke and aerosols, spreading diseases, economic collapse, resource wars, refugee...

Winning the Green New Deal Means Challenging Capitalism

Environment
“The one thing we need more than hope is action. Once we start to act, hope is everywhere. So instead of...

Cities Can Help Lead on Green New Deal

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The broad popularity of a Green New Deal in recent polls shows without a doubt that the American public wants their government...

Massive Climate Demonstrations in Europe: Build the Global Fightback!

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The Polar Vortex and Capitalism: Working People Must Lead the Fight Around Climate Change

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