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United States: Trump is sweeping the Republican primary. What would a second term mean for working p...
Varun Belur, Socialist Alternative (ISA in the United States)
(This article was first published on 1 February 2024)
The Republican presidential primaries are underway, but it isn’t much of a contest. After decisively winning the Iowa caucuses and N...
Features
United States: Undefeated – Lessons from 10 years of a socialist in office
Long before Bernie Sanders and AOC were household names, Kshama Sawant was elected as the first open socialist in Seattle in nearly a century. Kshama has remained the lone socialist on the City Council for the past ten years — with which she and Seat...
China
Xi-Biden talks: No thaw in Cold War
Both U.S. and China make fake show of “progress” at San Francisco summit
Editorial from Socialist 《社會主義者》magazine, journal of ISA in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan
The dictator-in-chief met the warmonger-in-chief on November 15, for long-delayed talks...
International
United States: Lessons from the fight for rent control in Seattle
We can build an alternative to corrupt capitalist politics today — but only if we fight!
China
The New Cold War heats up
Tom Crean, Socialist Alternative (ISA in the United States)
(This article was first published on 29 August 2023)
The last few years have seen a sharp rise in geopolitical tension centered on the US and China. This is being widely described as a New...
Features
Capitalism is preparing for more war – We need a socialist alternative
Chris Gray, Socialist Alternative (ISA in the United States)
(This article was first published on 10 July 2023)
As inter-imperialist tensions continue to heighten, capitalist governments around the world plan to spend over $6 trillion on their mili...
Features
ISA Statement on The New Cold War and Ukraine War
ISA International Committee Statement
Introduction — “The Single Most Important Element of World Relations”
ISA has identified a New Cold War between US and Chinese imperialism, which has asserted itself, as “the single most important element ...
China
TikTok and the New Cold War
Anne Liu, Socialist Alternative (ISA in the United States)
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew came out on top after a March 23 Congressional hearing in which U.S. lawmakers demonstrated their zeal to “win” the U.S.-China Cold War and their embarrassing incompe...
International
Economy: SVB collapse detonates financial crisis
US banking crisis spreading to Europe
Tom Crean
(Originally published 16 March)
The collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank last week has opened up a significant financial crisis for U.S. capitalism which now appears to be spreading to Europe. It is t...
China
Balloon saga intensifies US-China Cold War
On 4 February the US air force shot down a Chinese high-altitude balloon that had passed over its territory and the “balloon crisis” became a fact
chinaworker.info reporters
This article is translated from the Chinese magazine of ISA
The Chinese g...
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Sunflower movement transformed Taiwan’s political map
Important lessons from the mass struggle against the Ma government of March-April 2014
Vincent Kolo
Ten years ago, a mass movement erupted in Taiwan...
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