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US: Remembering the Stolen 2000 Presidential Election

EditorNovember 4, 2020November 4, 2020

[caption id="attachment_20674" align="alignleft" width="2560"] Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash.[/caption] Donald Trump has made open threats to steal the 2020 US Presidential election if the result does not go...

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US: Fighting Trump and the Far Right

EditorOctober 2, 2020October 2, 2020

In the US Presidential debate two days ago, Donald Trump refused to condemn white supremacy and called on the Proud Boys, a violent white nationalist group, to "stand back and...

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California Wildfires: A Socialist Perspective

EditorSeptember 28, 2020

This article was first published by Socialist Action's co-thinkers in the United States. Remembering one’s experience of a wildfire is like assembling a series of fragments from a broken picture:...

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US: Revolt for Black Lives in Kenosha

EditorSeptember 7, 2020September 7, 2020

This article was first published by Socialist Action's co-thinkers in the United States, Socialist Alternative. Jacob Blake: unarmed, Black, father, and paralyzed from the waist down. Seven shots in...

International News & Analysis

How to end racist policing?

EditorJune 20, 2020June 19, 2020

The nature of policing in the United States is inseparable from the violent, racist history of capitalism in this country. From slave patrols; to Bull Connor’s unleashing dogs and fire...

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Mass, coordinated action needed to win #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd

EditorJune 2, 2020June 2, 2020

George Floyd gasped “I can’t breathe,” again and again, for nine long minutes. This is murder. It is murder at the hands of the Minneapolis Police. Yet the recent racist...

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Justice for George Floyd!

EditorMay 30, 2020June 1, 2020

George Floyd suffocated to death with a Minneapolis Police Officer’s knee to his neck on May 25th, 2020. Video of Floyd’s murder released by the Washington Post clearly shows the...

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COVID-19: A crisis for some, not the super-rich

EditorMay 26, 2020May 20, 2020

“We’re all in this together” they said. Well, not quite, it seems. While most of us are worrying about our health, our jobs, and how we’ll pay our bills, it...

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Food dumping: Obscene waste at a time of mass want

EditorMay 24, 2020January 4, 2021

The COVID-19 crisis is exposing the inherent weaknesses in the capitalist system. The privatisation of the healthcare system means that hospitals are under-prepared to deal with this global pandemic. But...

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US: Trump inaction fuels disaster

EditorMay 16, 2020May 12, 2020

The threat posed by COVID-19 was not a secret. The devastating spread of the virus in China, and the fact that it could be transmitted person-to-person was world news by...

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Big pharma: Pills for need not profit

EditorApril 22, 2020April 17, 2020

Under capitalism, disease is an immensely profitable industry, and what huge pharmaceutical corporations excel at is extracting enormous amounts of wealth from our public health. Big pharma would have us...

International Reviews

A socialist view of Tiger King

EditorApril 16, 2020April 14, 2020

Murder-for-hire, polygamy, cultish behavior, meth-fueled gun accidents, big cats, obsessive rivalries, and country music—Tiger King delivers entertainment on many levels. With our system in deep crisis and decay, truth is...

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COVID-19: Global workers’ action to defend health & safety

EditorMarch 22, 2020

Around the world, workers are being hit by the Coronavirus crisis. Mass layoffs and the start of a new global economic crisis threaten wide-ranging attacks on jobs, pay and conditions....

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Google workers get organised

EditorFebruary 18, 2020February 12, 2020

In November 2019, over 2300 cafeteria workers employed at dozens of Google campuses in the Bay Area, California – including the tech giant’s main headquarters – voted to unionize. This...

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Remove Trump for his real crimes

EditorDecember 26, 2019December 20, 2019

Donald Trump’s presidency is a threat to working-class people in the U.S. and around the world. His racist, misogynist administration has emboldened white supremacists and contributed to an increase in...

International National

China – Australia’s greatest threat?

EditorDecember 19, 2019December 21, 2019

Australian relations with China’s authoritarian regime have deteriorated in recent months. Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton added to the tensions when he hypocritically criticised China for ‘undemocratic conduct against Australian...

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Prince Andrew’s car crash interview

EditorNovember 25, 2019November 22, 2019

“Going to Pizza Express in Woking is an unusual thing for me to do” sneered Prince Andrew as he struggled to contain his disdain for ordinary people. In an astonishing...

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US: How socialists defeated Amazon in Seattle

EditorNovember 15, 2019

Despite big business and Amazon going all-in behind corporate candidates in all seven city council races, Seattle voters rejected Jeff Bezos’s bid to flip the council to the right. In...

Tag: United States

US: Remembering the Stolen 2000 Presidential Election

US: Fighting Trump and the Far Right

California Wildfires: A Socialist Perspective

US: Revolt for Black Lives in Kenosha

How to end racist policing?

Mass, coordinated action needed to win #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd

Justice for George Floyd!

COVID-19: A crisis for some, not the super-rich

Food dumping: Obscene waste at a time of mass want

US: Trump inaction fuels disaster

Big pharma: Pills for need not profit

A socialist view of Tiger King

COVID-19: Global workers’ action to defend health & safety

Google workers get organised

Remove Trump for his real crimes

China – Australia’s greatest threat?

Prince Andrew’s car crash interview

US: How socialists defeated Amazon in Seattle

The rich get richer whilst the rest of us suffer under Covid-19

Healthcare workers need proper PPE!

Covid-19 and the housing crisis

Growing support for recognising Invasion Day

The national question in Wales

Neoliberalism: demise or adaptation?

Australia part of a global rise in gender based violence

Ombudsman: ‘Hard Lockdown’ of Melbourne Public Housing Estates Violated Human Rights

RCEP: World’s Biggest Anti-Worker Trade Deal Signed

Greece: Activists Defeat Authoritarian Protest Ban

Reserve Bank Props Up Capitalism, But Can’t Solve Underlying Problems

Veganism, Farming and Climate Change – What Socialists Say