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AFL-CIO convention

The resignation of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has opened up the most contentious political battle so far of Bush’s second term.

Banks and credit card companies celebrate

Students succeed in right to campaign against military recruitment

Unions outraged by governor’s “kicking their butts” threat

Time to mobilise and fight back!

 Today, 5 May, we ae planning to hold a teach-in against military recruitment in schools. However, under pressure from the JROTC at my school, my principal, Sharon Schauss, informed me yesterday that our meeting would […]

Socialist Alternative joined with other community organizations to lead the largest anti-war events held in Boston since Bush’s re-election.

Walk into any big chain restaurant around the country and the scene will predictably be the same: fresh-faced workers hustling and bustling around the dining room and kitchen bussing tables, waiting on customers, and cooking […]

Jessica Pruitt’s father served in the Vietnam War, and her brother-in-law is currently stationed in Fallujah. Justice (journal of Socialist Alternative) spoke with Jessica about how she and her friends and family are dealing with […]

Debate within the movement

Even though less than one third of voters actually turned out for Bush last November, the Democratic Party has taken his victory as a sign that America in general is moving to the right. To […]

We won’t go back, we will fight back!

"More than 50 million [U.S.] workers don’t have a union but want one. Few workers are able to join unions and their strength is divided … into separate unions instead of building their strength in […]

Solidarity appeal forces authorities to drop ban against anti-Iraq war activists

Lynne Stewart was shocked when she was arrested. At first she thought her husband, a well known activist, was having some trouble with the police. "No," they said, "we want you."

Why workers should oppose Bush’s privatization plan

Mass action needed to stop the Bush offensive

Many people know that we still have a long way to go to achieve workplace equality in the U.S. But what many do not realize is that the problem is getting worse, not better.

With millions of people paying much closer attention to politics during the election season, Socialist Alternative played a very active role in the Nader campaign.

Cracks in the two-party system keep appearing every year.

The Nader campaign provoked an important debate on the corporate character of the Democratic Party and the need to break from it, but it also inspired a discussion about how best to organize this break. […]

Was it worth voting for Kerry after all?

New allegations of voting irregularities

Democrats’ failure shows need for new workers’ party

Was it worth voting for Kerry after all?

On Sunday, 17 October, thousands of workers converged on Washington DC to voice opposition to the policies of US big business. Bryan Koulouris, Socialist Alternative (US CWI) Working people in the US have been under […]

Interview with a Pizza Hut worker fighting for a union

Symptoms of a sick culture

Underfunding 101

Counting the extra $87 billion Congress approved for the war in Iraq, last year’s U.S. military budget totaled over $488 billion. The government spends workers’ tax money to invade and occupy Iraq, while U.S. public […]

A battle between warmongers

How big business runs Washington D.C.

An independent anti-war, anti-corporate party is needed

Choosing between two evils

Ralph Nader’s hard-hitting critique of corporate power and the two-party system is striking a chord with millions of workers and young people.

Campaigns against the occupation of Iraq and anti war demonstrations have been spearheaded by the families of military personnel. Socialist Voice spoke to one such family member currently working in Ireland, Wayne Scott Feller, whose […]

Politicians, the media, and our education system continually tell us the U.S. is the epitome of a free and democratic nation, that we have the "greatest democracy in the world."

Coming soon to Washington DC

The Democrats’ dirty tricks

Bush’s brutal war in Iraq is shaping up to be the central issue in the 2004 presidential election.

The case for Nader in 2004

The Republican National Convention has invaded New York City.

While the last preparations were being put in place for the corporate-sponsored, stage-managed "Democratic" Party Convention, independent left-wing presidential candidate Ralph Nader spoke in Boston about why he’s determined to challenge the two party status […]

Protest the RNC in NYC

Stop military recruitment

Although President Bush’s approval ratings have reached an all-time low, John Kerry has gained little, according to a CBS/New York Times poll released in late June.

Nader’s anti-war challenge