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Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote in the 1848 Communist Manifesto published by the first international, socialist workers’ organization (the Communist League), whose message runs like a thread through 1 May : "The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workers of All Countries, Unite!"

Memes and jokes have dominated social media using the image of the ship and the tiny digger — a metaphor for capitalism, lacking any genuine solutions to the ever widening range of crises it has created.

Even if the current proposal is shelved or some compromise is worked out, our game is still in mortal danger. It needs to be wrestled from the grubby hands of the capitalists. Fan-owned clubs, where the decisions of the club are made by those who support the club, is the only way football can be saved. That might seem like a pipe dream now, but the alternative is to watch our teams and our game be destroyed by people who will stop at nothing to make a profit.

A move toward deglobalization has meant the narrow interests of national capitalist classes have taken precedence over a globally coordinated response to the pandemic...

A “Strategic partnership” deal was signed between China and Iran at the end of March. It marks a further move in the increasing tensions between Chinese and US imperialism.

The task of ISA is to expose with hard facts and clear analysis both Cold War camps. We explain that it is only the working class, not any of the capitalist governments, that can lead a way out of humanity’s crisis, and this requires the workers’ movement to preserve its political independence, build its organisations, and combine across national borders around the program of international socialism.

Here we publish the text of a document on World Perspectives discussed, amended and approved by ISA’s International Committee during a meeting from 23–26 February 2021 InternationalSocialist.net Introduction Almost four months have passed sinc...

The following article is based on a discussion at a meeting of the China/Hong Kong/Taiwan section of International Socialist Alternative on February 7. Tom Crean and Vincent Kolo The COVID pandemic has massively exposed the rot and decay of globa...

General strikes show potential to defeat coup. Mass movement must start organising society Geert Cool    LSP/PSL (ISA in Belgium) More than a month after the military coup led by Min Aung Hlaing, the struggle between the people and...

Mass anti-capitalist mobilization for the COP 26 Philipp Chmel The next global day of climate action takes place on March 19 and ISA will as always be a part of it. The new global climate movement has become the biggest youth movement since the 1...