Trumpism swamped at the ballot box
The US midterm elections were a stunning rebuke to President Trump and the Republican Party, writes Lance Selfa.
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Lance Selfa
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Debt angst is class war
We’re told there’s no choice except brutal cuts to health, education, and other government spending. This is a powerful narrative, but a false one.
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Jerome Small
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Socialism 101
The case for socialist organisation
To win socialism, we will need to build a force as powerful as the political and ideological institutions of the capitalist class.
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Luca Tavan
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Why we carry the red flag
In 1913, two years before he was executed by the US state of Utah in a frame-up, Joe Hill wrote the song “Should I ever be a soldier”. The
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Duncan H
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How does Socialist Alternative fit into the socialist tradition?
Socialist Alternative is trying to build an organisation of people committed to this goal—but what does that mean in practice?
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Socialists in the student movement
Students today are operating in a campus climate of almost unprecedented repression. What does it mean for socialist students trying to build political organisations in the universities? The last great
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Tess Lee Ack
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Is it hypocritical for socialists to use iPhones and buy stuff on Temu?
Anti-capitalists are often accused of a double standard: you hate the system, but want to enjoy its benefits. The latest to employ this supposed gotcha is none other than
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Luca Tavan
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Why history matters for socialists
The attempt to apply socialist ideas without consideration of the movement's historic practice—and the way that practice can best be applied in contemporary contexts—is among the worst, and most frequently committed, errors socialists can fall into.
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Capitalism can’t end women’s oppression: we need a revolution
Women today have achieved formal equality in most spheres of life. They have much greater choice about what to do with their lives. But they are still a long way from being equal to men, and even further from liberation.
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Lenin in his own words: five key texts
Vladimir Lenin, leader of the 1917 Russian Revolution, is one of history’s most well-known figures, and one of its most maligned. Mainstream culture vilifies him as a despot.
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Jess Lenehan
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Australia
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Western Sydney Airport is a gift to business
The new airport is a monument to twenty-first century capitalism: a feat of human ingenuity, subordinated to corporate interests, with working-class people paying the price.
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Vinil Kumar
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International
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Trumpism swamped at the ballot box
The US midterm elections were a stunning rebuke to President Trump and the Republican Party, writes Lance Selfa.
By
Lance Selfa
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