Karl Marx’s Theory of Class Struggle: The Working Class
WEBMay 5, 2018 · Two hundred years since Karl Marx was born and 170 years since his most famous work, The Communist Manifesto, was published, Eddie McCabe looks at Marx’s theory of class struggle and assesses its relevance for today.Originally published in Socialist Alternative, the political journal of the Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) Without the labour power of workers, capitalists can’t make profits.
Kshama Sawant Solidarity Fund | Socialist Alternative
WEB2022 Donations. Donation to Starbucks Workers United Strike & Support Fund. $1,000. Donation to Socialist Alternative. $2,000. Donuts and coffee for Rainier Court tenant event. $80. Flights/hotel rooms for unionizing Starbucks workers …
Robert Owen and Utopian Socialism | Socialist Alternative
WEBJun 22, 2021 · By Tom Costello, Socialist Alternative (ISA in England, Wales and Scotland) This year marks 250 years since the birth of a legendary utopian socialist. While today many of his ideas have been contorted into simple philanthropy, what is often overlooked is what he developed. Robert Owen’s radical social vision that provided inspiration for ...
Historical Reprint: The Nicaraguan Revolution 1979-1990
WEBOct 4, 2019 · The Sandinistas defeated A victory for reaction. By Tony Saunois. Militant International Review, Issue 43, Spring 1990. Alejandro Rojas examines the reasons for the defeat of the FSLN and draws out lessons for future struggles.. The recent election defeat of the Sandinista FSLN in Nicaragua will be a big disappointment to activists in the labour movement internationally.
Introducing International Socialist Alternative
WEBMar 5, 2020 · The Congress changed the name of the international from the CWI to the International Socialist Alternative (ISA). Several members of Socialist Alternative in the U.S. attended the Congress. This meeting could not have occurred at a more crucial time, as 2019 proved to be a year of global upheaval and profound crisis for the ruling elite.
Chapter 1 – Militant: Roots and Early Years | Socialist Alternative
WEBCountdown to Militant. The early pioneers of Militant were joined by a new generation brought into political activity in the late 1950s and the early 1960s as a result of the radicalization of a layer of youth. The growth of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and the apprentices’ strikes of 1960 and 1964 were symptoms of this.
No Time to Lose: How Do We Stop the Far Right?
WEBSep 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 of society has been moving to the left – just one example is Black Lives Matter this summer becoming the largest ever social movement in the country’s history, and the significant increase in anti-racist consciousness which accompanied it.
The Politics of Hacktivism | Socialist Alternative
WEBJul 5, 2013 · By Andy Greenberg. Published by Dutton Adult (2012), $27.95. The world of computer hacking, once the domain of science fiction novels, has become an increasingly prominent force in society. WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, and Bradley Manning have become household names.
The July Days and the Kornilov Affair: How the United Front Saved …
WEBJun 28, 2017 · The nine months of the Russian Revolution, from February to October 1917, were a period when events moved with lightning speed, when there were great leaps of consciousness. July and August were perhaps the most tumultuous months, encompassing the premature workers’ uprising in Petrograd known as th
Leon Trotsky’s Struggle Against Stalinism | Socialist Alternative
WEBMar 9, 2019 · Trotsky in a conscious way, Stalin unconsciously. Trotsky opposed and organised against Stalin through political means. Stalin fought Trotsky and the ‘Left Opposition’ through state-sponsored terrorism. “Stalin conducts a struggle on a totally different plane,” Trotsky wrote. “He seeks to strike not at the ideas of the opponent, but ...