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Jan 30, 2024 | 
socialistalternative.org | Grace Fors
January 21, 2024 marked the 100th anniversary of the death of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, popularly known as Lenin. Lenin was a leader of the Bolshevik Party which oversaw the Russian Revolution in 1917. The Russian Revolution was a decisive turning point in world history, where for the first time working people established their own system of democratic rule through the “Soviets,” literally councils of workers, soldiers, and peasants.
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Dec 26, 2023 | 
socialistalternative.org | Keely Mullen |Grace Fors
“$10 billion and zero sense.” These words, printed in 284 font, spanned a fake six foot check which draped two folding tables in the parking lot of Amazon’s KCVG air hub.
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Dec 22, 2023 | 
socialistalternative.org | Grace Fors
A few years ago, the United States was a country with staggering wealth inequality, everyday exploitation, and a corrupt political system rigged by the billionaire class. Thankfully, since Joe Biden took office, all of that’s been sorted out. That’s what you might think if you got your understanding of US society solely from watching Bernie Sanders’ political career.
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Dec 21, 2023 | 
socialistalternative.org | Grace Fors
The Gaza Strip is an area roughly the size of the city of Philadelphia where over two million Palestinians live. It’s been occupied since 1967, and has lived under blockade conditions since 2007. It has been described with justification as the largest open air prison in the world. There are only three exits in and out of Gaza, two controlled by Israel and one by Egypt.
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Nov 30, 2023 | 
socialistalternative.org | Grace Fors
Editorial from Socialist 《社會主義者》magazine, journal of ISA in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Originally published November 22, 2023. The dictator-in-chief met the warmonger-in-chief on November 15, for long-delayed talks. The last time Xi Jinping and Joe Biden met was in Indonesia a year ago, when they pledged to put a “floor” under their worsening relationship. Then a Chinese spy balloon blew a hole in that floor. The US side cried foul and broke off a series of planned diplomatic exchanges.
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Nov 10, 2023 | 
socialistalternative.org | Grace Fors
Going into the 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump is facing a growing list of legal woes. In less than a year, he’s been faced with four criminal indictments over issues ranging from sex scandals to voter suppression. Trump’s PAC, Save America, spent over $20 million on legal fees in 2023, more than the RNC and DNC spent during that period combined.
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Nov 8, 2023 | 
socialistalternative.org | Keely Mullen |Grace Fors
The brutality of the Israeli regime’s attack on Gaza has shocked and devastated millions of working people worldwide. Social media feeds have been flooded with images of bombed out hospitals and piles of rubble where there used to be homes, shops, and families. Hundreds of thousands of people have taken the streets around the world to declare their profound solidarity with the people of Palestine who are fighting against unimaginable horrors.
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Nov 6, 2023 | 
socialistalternative.org | Grace Fors
The following article is an adapted version of the On Strike episode on the United Auto Workers’ new tentative agreement from the Big Three automakers which aired on November 2. Watch the episode here! The massive gap between corporate profits and the cost-of-living crisis facing working people has helped lead to a resurgence of labor struggles, as we’ve covered here in the On Strike broadcast.
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Nov 6, 2023 | 
socialistalternative.org | Grace Fors
The following article is an adapted version of the On Strike episode on the United Auto Workers’ new tentative agreement from the Big Three automakers which aired on November 2. Watch the episode here! The massive gap between corporate profits and the cost-of-living crisis facing working people has helped lead to a resurgence of labor struggles, as we’ve covered here in the On Strike broadcast.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
socialistalternative.org | Grace Fors |Keely Mullen
Ordinary people around the world are being forced to witness untold horrors in Gaza as the Israeli regime pushes forward with its brutal revenge attack. Following the horrible October 7 attack by Hamas that killed 1,400 in Israel, the Netanyahu regime wasted no time in doling out indiscriminate collective punishment on the two million Palestinians in Gaza. Last week, 1.1 million residents of northern Gaza were ordered to evacuate.
