Socialist Alternative

Unions Need to Get Organized Now to Defend the Vote

October 20, 2020

Ryan Timlin, President of ATU 1005 (personal capacity)Cora Bergantiños, President of CPW-UAW Local 4100 (personal capacity) The stakes have...

Video Game Review: Democratic Socialism Simulator

Culture October 19, 2020

Do We Need Electoral Reform Before We Can Build a New Party?

2020 Elections October 19, 2020

Coffeeshop Workers Struggle for Union Recognition

Uncategorized October 15, 2020

Italy: The Social and Class Impact of Covid-19

Health Care October 13, 2020

Smoke Fills Skies as Climate Crisis Goes Unchecked

Environment October 13, 2020

Do We Need Electoral Reform Before We Can Build a New Party?

October 19, 2020

In an interview in New York Magazine earlier this year, self-proclaimed socialist Congressperson Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez remarked “In any other country, Joe Biden...

Book Review: Bigger than Bernie

U.S. Politics October 13, 2020

Trump Madness Sees Biden Take Bigger Lead but Right Wing Threats to Steal Election Still Real

2020 Elections October 9, 2020

Foresight 2020: Looming Political Storms of U.S. Capitalism

2020 Elections October 1, 2020

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Unions Need to Get Organized Now to Defend the Vote

October 20, 2020

2020 Elections

Do We Need Electoral Reform Before We Can Build a New Party?

October 19, 2020

2020 Elections

Trump Madness Sees Biden Take Bigger Lead but Right Wing Threats to Steal Election Still Real

October 9, 2020

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Why 2020 Is The Year To Join Socialist Alternative

October 3, 2020

Economy

We Have to Fight for a Workers Recovery

October 2, 2020

The New Climate Normal: Capitalism is Killing the Planet

October 1, 2020

In almost every metric to measure extreme weather, the Earth is breaking record after record, from the hottest heat waves to the...

No Time to Lose: How Do We Stop the Far Right?

Fighting Racism September 30, 2020

The Whole System Is Guilty – Justice for Breonna Taylor

Fighting Racism September 24, 2020

Blazing the Path for a New Left Party

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SA In Action

Fighting Racism

Stop the Station and End Gentrification: Defund the Pittsburgh Police to Fund Housing!

October 4, 2020

Pittsburgh became a major flashpoint in the Black Lives Matter movement two years ago after the police murder of unarmed teenager Antwon...

Housing

NYC Tenants Fight Evictions on All Fronts: Interview

October 3, 2020

We interviewed Elin Miller, a tenants rights activist in New York City with the FullTime Tenants' Union and member of Socialist Alternative.

Socialist Alternative In Action

Socialist Alternative In New Areas: Building in the South

October 3, 2020

Capitalism’s crises are worsening everywhere, and as working class people look for genuine solutions, many are turning to socialist ideas. Socialist Alternative...

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Why 2020 Is The Year To Join Socialist Alternative

October 3, 2020

2020 has been a nightmare of a year. The year kicked off on an apocalyptic note with the Australian wildfires and the...

Socialist Alternative In Action

Right Wing and Big Business Behind Kshama Sawant Recall Effort

October 2, 2020

On September 17, a King County Superior Court Judge ruled in favor of four articles of recall brought against Seattle’s socialist city...

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Worker's Movement

Unions Need to Get Organized Now to Defend the Vote

Slider October 20, 2020

Ryan Timlin, President of ATU 1005 (personal capacity)Cora Bergantiños, President of CPW-UAW Local 4100 (personal capacity) The stakes have...

Coffeeshop Workers Struggle for Union Recognition

Uncategorized October 15, 2020

International Socialist Alternative in Action: Irish Retail Workers Strike

Socialist Alternative In Action October 2, 2020

No Time to Lose: How Do We Stop the Far Right?

Fighting Racism September 30, 2020

New York City’s Authorities Botch School Reopening

Workers' Movement September 16, 2020

Theory

No Time to Lose: How Do We Stop the Far Right?

Fighting Racism September 30, 2020

The political polarization which has taken place in the U.S. over the past decade is continuing to deepen. On balance, the majority...

Socialism: How Would a Planned Economy Work?

Theory August 13, 2020

“Dripping with Blood and Dirt”: How British Capitalism Relied on Slavery

Fighting Racism August 6, 2020

Socialists and the State: How to End Racist Policing

Fighting Racism June 17, 2020

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

Theory June 2, 2020

Fighting Racism

Stop the Station and End Gentrification: Defund the Pittsburgh Police to Fund Housing!

October 4, 2020

Pittsburgh became a major flashpoint in the Black Lives Matter movement two years ago after the police murder of unarmed teenager Antwon...

No Time to Lose: How Do We Stop the Far Right?

September 30, 2020

The political polarization which has taken place in the U.S. over the past decade is continuing to deepen. On balance, the majority...

The Whole System Is Guilty – Justice for Breonna Taylor

September 24, 2020

The below is the text of a leaflet Socialist Alternative members distributed at protests the night of the non-indictment in Breonna Taylor's...

The Haitian Revolution and the Abolition of Slavery

September 19, 2020

Review of The Black Jacobins by C.L.R. James (published 1938) Max Toynbee, South London Socialist Alternative and NEU...

After RBG’s Death: Republicans Move to Consolidate Reactionary Control of the Court

September 30, 2020

The death of Supreme Court Justice and liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the latest blow to any sense of normalcy in...

Soaring Rates of Domestic Violence and Attacks on Abortion Rights: How COVID-19 is Amplifying Women’s Oppression

August 17, 2020

More than 160,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the U.S. Almost 50 million people have filed for unemployment. With dramatic underreporting...

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...

We Have to Fight for a Workers Recovery

October 2, 2020

In a crisis, the ruling class tends to sugarcoat the real economic situation. Politicians and mainstream media outlets are searching for any...

Southern Europe: New Economic Crisis, Old Structural Causes

September 21, 2020

Fighting Left Alternative Desperately Needed Vladimir Bortun, Nikos Anastasiadis, Athina Kariati, Jonas Von Vossole, Guiliano Brunetti

Argentina: Vultures Celebrate Foreign Debt Agreement

September 1, 2020

After months of negotiations and ever-increasing concessions by the government of Alberto Fernández, finally on Tuesday, August 4, an agreement with the...

FDR and the Limits of the New Deal

August 10, 2020

In the course of the past five years, there has been an enormous shift in political discourse in the U.S. on 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

Workers' Movement

New York City’s Authorities Botch School Reopening

September 16, 2020

Tax the Rich and Wall Street to Provide Necessary Resources K-12 schools are reopening across Europe and Donald Trump...

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Educators and Parents Must Unite For Safe Reopening and Fully Funded Schools

July 28, 2020

Educators and families fundamentally want the same thing out of our public education system: students to be safe and to succeed in...

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

Economy 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,...

Youth Continue Climate Strikes

Environment 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...

Environment

Smoke Fills Skies as Climate Crisis Goes Unchecked

October 13, 2020

Photos of an eerie, dark orange sky covering Oakland, San Francisco, and other Bay Area cities circulated the internet earlier this month,...

Environment

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