The Republican National Convention (RNC) will descend on St. Paul, Minnesota from September 1-4. Activists in the Twin Cities and around the country are gearing up for what will be among the largest demonstrations in the state’s history.

We are aiming to raise $5,000 nationally during June and July. No matter how big or how small we sincerely appreciate all the help you can give. With a donation of $50 or more you will receive a one year subscription to Justice, a donation of $100 a 2 year subscription. For a donation of $200 we will also send you a copy of Peter Taaffe’s important new book, Marxism in Today’s World.

Out of the wake of the tumultuous 1999 World Trade Organization protests came a shining ray of light when the City of Seattle expunged arrest records and awarded $1 million in a class-action lawsuit to those wrongfully arrested.

Clearly, the bankers, stockbrokers, and corporate politicians have no solution to the mess they created. The burden of recession, however, won't rest on their shoulders but instead will be placed overwhelmingly on working people and the poor. Socialist Alternative is asking you and all its supporters to donate all - or if you can’t afford that, a portion - of your tax rebates to help us build the fightback.

I first started having socialist views in middle school. In the sixth grade, we took a political survey and I was the most radical in my class. Even at my young age, I could not grasp why there were so many problems in our country when we were supposedly the number one nation and everyone was jealous of our freedom.

The first CWI discussion school in Latin America for a number of years kicked off to a splendid start in Sao Paulo Brazil on Thursday, February 14.

After 46 days on strike, the miners of Budryk have won a victory.

The invasion of Iraq was announced on my 20th birthday and, disillusioned, I turned a blind eye. I knew the war was wrong and I knew on a basic level it was about profits, but I had no idea what to do about it, until I joined an antiwar coalition where I met members of Socialist Alternative and began studying socialist ideas.

The Nigerian government has kept 3 student socialist activists in jail on false charges of "conspiracy to murder," while the CWI section in Brazil recently had a successful congress.

The Tukwila School District administrators finally announced the results of their disciplinary investigations against the Tukwila six teachers who allowed or supported the Nov. 16th walkout of 125 students against the Iraq war and military recruitment at Foster High School.

The Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI), the international organization that Socialist Alternative is in political solidarity with, now has a Spanish-speaking website up and running. Visit it at www.mundosocialista.net.

The Twin Cities area antiwar student walkout on Friday, November 16 was an inspiring moment, with 700-900 students at the main rally in downtown Minneapolis and others students holding protests on their own campuses. See the report, as well as photos and videos, here.

"I've been angry for many, many years about our administration and so have lots of youth. I'm really frustrated, for one, because I can't vote for President or legislators, but I can make a stand for what I believe in." - Amy Englesberg, 17 year-old high school senior (Bellingham Herald)