SocialistAlternative.org http://www.socialistalternative.org website of Socialist Alternative en Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:43:06 EST Oil price shock - The chaos of capitalism: Price of petroleum is set in casinos of finance capitalism http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article12.php?id=882 Why do soaring oil price rises have such a devastating effect? What lies behind the price surge? Wha... Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:40:00 EST Lisbon Treaty "No" Vote Delivers Major Shock for Political and Big Business Establishment: Privatization and Workers’ Rights Key Issues of Debate in Referendum Campaign http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article11.php?id=877 The rejection of the Lisbon Treaty (the renamed EU Constitution) by voters in Ireland last Thursday ... Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:00:33 EST The Struggle for LGBT Rights: New strategies needed http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article18.php?id=874 The California Supreme Court’s recent decision to over-turn the state law that banned same-sex marri... Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:24:00 EST Students Vs. Military Recruiters: Victory in Minneapolis http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article13.php?id=873 In Minneapolis public schools next fall, military recruiters won’t be able to operate without facing... Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:55:19 EST Will Obama win- http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article10.php?id=871 AFTER THE final state primaries, Barack Obama has effectively secured the Democratic nomination for ... Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:24:13 EST Obama declares victory, and shifts to the right http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article10.php?id=870 Obama has aroused enormous expectations. But, despite the radical imagery and rhetorical posturing, ... Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:36:34 EST Mobilize Against the Republican National Convention: September 1-4, St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article22.php?id=868 The Republican National Convention (RNC) will descend on St. Paul, Minnesota from September 1-4. Act... Mon, 9 Jun 2008 03:58:32 EST Downturn Means More Hardship for Workers http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article12.php?id=867 The onset of the recession of the U.S. economy has been ac­companied by rising prices of oil, raw ma... Mon, 9 Jun 2008 03:35:46 EST The Great Depression: How Workers Fought Back http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article20.php?id=865 Like the 1990s, the 1920s were a time of an unprecedented profit bonanza for Wall Street and the cap... Sun, 8 Jun 2008 09:20:19 EST Time to Fight Back http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article14.php?id=864 A movement needs to be built to fight for a living wage of at least $12.50 an hour or a guaranteed i... Sun, 8 Jun 2008 08:46:56 EST Truckers on the Move: Protesting the High Cost of Fuel http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article14.php?id=863 Recent trucker protests are another sign of deepening economic crisis. $4 a gallon and more for dies... Thu, 5 Jun 2008 06:58:22 EST How Not to Organize a Union: SEIU’s Failed Strategy of Corporate Partnership http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article14.php?id=861 The fastest-growing and most widely publicized union in the country has been building its dues base ... Thu, 5 Jun 2008 06:46:01 EST Ballot Access: Democracy for the Rich? http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article10.php?id=860 In many states, tens of thousands of signatures need to be collected in a matter of weeks. In Texas,... Wed, 4 Jun 2008 01:36:55 EST Cindy Sheehan for Congress: Antiwar Activist Bucks Two-Party System http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article10.php?id=859 It’s easy to get sick of the empty rhetoric and media circus that surrounds the ongoing horse-race b... Wed, 4 Jun 2008 09:31:00 EST Why Big Business Backs the Democrats: and why we shouldn't http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article10.php?id=858 The Republicans have traditionally been the preferred party of big business, but in moments of polit... Wed, 4 Jun 2008 08:47:42 EST Bush’s Reign Coming to an End: Changing Captains on a Sinking Ship http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article10.php?id=857 Considering the history of racism in this country, from slavery to Jim Crow to mass unemployment, ma... Wed, 4 Jun 2008 07:59:38 EST Skyrocketing Food and Gas Prices Hit Working People http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article12.php?id=855 The economic downturn has led to record numbers of foreclosures, an increase in bankruptcies, mounti... Fri, 30 May 2008 01:30:01 EST The Politics of Race: Barack Obama Denounces Rev. Jeremiah Wright http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article10.php?id=854 Barack Obama denounced his former pastor of 20 years, retired Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Speaking at a p... Fri, 30 May 2008 01:18:55 EST ILWU West Coast longshore strike: Organized Labor Has the Power to End the War http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article14.php?id=853 Chanting "No Peace - No Work" and "Money for Jobs and Education, Not War," over a thousand union mem... Fri, 30 May 2008 12:53:34 EST Why the Radical Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Matters Today: 40 years since Dr. King’s assassination http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article20.php?id=852 In his 13 years of political work, Dr King’s radicalism was largely rooted in the interests, needs, ... Fri, 23 May 2008 03:03:54 EST 1968 Year of Revolution http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article20.php?id=850 A tumultuous year when the floodtide of mass revolt swept over the narrow confines of capitalism and... Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:00:47 EST World food crisis: Price hikes produce poverty and rebellion http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article11.php?id=849 Around the world, strikes, demonstrations and protests have erupted as millions upon millions of wor... Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:52:16 EST The Olympic protests and nationalism: a Marxist response http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article11.php?id=848 In a dazzling pre-Olympic balancing act, the Chinese regime has announced talks with the ‘evil’ Dala... Fri, 2 May 2008 09:45:28 EST May Day 2008: A socialist alternative to capitalist crisis http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article11.php?id=847 The Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) sends warm socialist greetings to workers and youth... Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:36:17 EST Rebirth of Keynesianism- http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article12.php?id=846 A review of the latest book by economist and commentator Paul Krugman, ‘Conscience of a Liberal’... Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:53:46 EST Politically Minded: An Interview with Hip-Hop Artist Son of Nun http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article21.php?id=842 Justice's Joshua H. Kortiz interviews hip-hop artist, Son of Nun (SON), a former Baltimore City Scho... Fri, 4 Apr 2008 01:25:39 EST Iraq: Five Years On — Invasion and Occupation: An Unmitigated Disaster http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article13.php?id=795 As the fifth anniversary of the fateful decision to launch the invasion of Iraq passes, the claims b... Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:20:14 EST Tibet erupts!: Brutal crackdown by Beijing regime meets muted reaction from foreign governments http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article11.php?id=794 Thousands of paramilitary police and soldiers have been deployed in Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, afte... Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:01:56 EST ATU 587 Transit Workers Fight for a Strong Contract http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article14.php?id=793 Rank-and-file activists in Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587 in King County, WA are leading a stru... Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:10:41 EST Recession Looms: A Workers' Program to Fight the Bosses' Attacks http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article12.php?id=771 With working-class families reeling under the impact of the housing bubble bursting, rising prices, ... Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:23:49 EST Economy in Freefall: Recession Threatening Wages and Jobs http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article12.php?id=786 Almost every day, some bad news on the economy hits the headlines: market volatility, hedge funds ne... Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:46:07 EST Building on Nader's 2008 Challenge: New Party Needed http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article10.php?id=792 With Nader running as an independent in 2008, many supporters will be wondering what will come out o... Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:57:00 EST Break With the Two Parties of Big Business! Build Nader's Antiwar, Anti-Corporate Campaign http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article10.php?id=767 On February 24, Ralph Nader declared he was running for President to challenge the corporate strangl... Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:48:06 EST Is a Nader Vote a Wasted Vote- The Case Against Lesser-Evilism http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article10.php?id=787 Responses to popular questions about whether a Nader vote is a wasted vote and the case against less... Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:46:12 EST Building the Strongest Left Challenge: Nader, McKinney and the Greens http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article10.php?id=780 With the stock market teetering on the brink of disaster and home foreclosures reaching record highs... Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:37:25 EST We Need a Party of Working People http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article10.php?id=781 Corporate America has two parties; we need our own. We need a party with thousands of activists that... Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:39:17 EST Iraq, Afghanistan: The Bitter Fruits of War and Occupation http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article13.php?id=762 Five long, bloody years of war and occupation, led by US imperialism, has left Iraq as a dangerous, ... Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:34:30 EST Why We're Protesting on the 5th Anniversary of the Iraq War http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article13.php?id=761 Because nearly 4,000 U.S. soldiers have been killed and, according to some estimates, over 1 million... Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:22:46 EST International Women's Day 2008 http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article16.php?id=760 The first women’s day celebration in the United States in 1909 was a demonstration by working women ... Sat, 8 Mar 2008 11:37:01 EST Women: Low Pay and Sub-prime Mortgages http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article16.php?id=758 Women in the United States face a complex economic reality. Sex discrimination, while often declare... Sat, 8 Mar 2008 11:25:48 EST Women: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article16.php?id=756 In October 2007, Anucha Browne Sanders won her sexual harassment case against Madison Square Gardens... Sat, 8 Mar 2008 11:14:33 EST Women: Fighting For Nurses and Patients http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article16.php?id=755 After breaking with the management-dominated American Nurses Association in 1996, the CNA turned its... Sat, 8 Mar 2008 11:10:36 EST Nader Declares His Candidacy: Build the strongest left challenge to the two parties of big business http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article10.php?id=754 On Sunday February 24, Ralph Nader announced that he was running for president on Meet the Press. Th... Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:05:12 EST Obama: The Ambiguity of "Hope": Barack Obama Frontrunner in Democrats’ Presidential Race http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article10.php?id=752 The spectacular victories of Barack Obama in a series of the Democratic primaries are a reflection o... Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:48:07 EST Castro's Resignaton Opens Up New Chapter: What Are the Prospects for the Revolution? http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article11.php?id=723 The formal resignation of Fidel Castro as President of Cuba opens up a new chapter in the history of... Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:29:39 EST Film Review: There Will Be Blood http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article21.php?id=722 In bringing Upton Sinclair’s 1927 novel, Oil, to the screen as There Will Be Blood, writer-director ... Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:47:25 EST CWI Latin America School Opens With Successful Rally: 70 People Attend First Meeting of Event in Brazil http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article22.php?id=719 The first CWI discussion school in Latin America for a number of years kicked off to a splendid star... Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:42:18 EST Kenya: Rigged Presidential Elections Provoke Widespread Opposition Protests and State Violence: Workers need a political alternative to pro-capitalist parties and ethnic conflict http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article11.php?id=715 On December 27, 2007, Kenyans voted in general elections to elect a new government. But, as mostly h... Mon, 4 Feb 2008 04:28:17 EST Bipartisan Stimulus Package: Politics Over Substance: We Need a Massive Jobs Program to Defend Workers http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article10.php?id=714 As the subprime mortgage crisis has spread into a housing crisis and slowing economy, serious econom... Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:22:05 EST World Economy: A Global Shock to the System: Global Capitalism Faces Its Worst Crisis Since 1945 http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article12.php?id=710 The collapse of the U.S. housing bubble has triggered an economic slowdown and the subprime finance ... Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:00:44 EST