Karl Marx’s Theory of Class Struggle: The Working Class
WEBMay 5, 2018 — Two hundred years since Karl Marx was born and 170 years since his most famous work, The Communist Manifesto, was published, Eddie McCabe looks at Marx’s theory of class struggle and assesses its relevance for today.Originally published in Socialist Alternative, the political journal of the Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) Without the labour power of workers, capitalists can’t make profits.
Socialist Alternative
WEB4 days ago — Socialist Alternative is a revolutionary organization working to build a movement for a democratic, socialist society. We are campaigning for a new party of working people and fighting for an end to all capitalist oppression and exploitation!
February 1917: The Fall of the Tsar | Socialist Alternative
WEBThe tensions brought about by the war, of five million dead or wounded, of the army’s bread ration being cut by a third between December 1916 and February 1917, of the shortages of food in the towns, burst to the surface. The February Revolution began on the 23rd (dates are on the old Russian calendar; add 13 days for the modern calendar ...
The Socialist Party | Socialist Alternative
WEBThe Socialist Party. The Socialist Party is not just an organization that argues the case for socialism. We use our Marxist analysis as a tool to attempt to guide struggles to defend and improve the living conditions of working-class people. Even in the 1960s, when we had very small forces, we played a crucial role in a number of battles, such ...
The Radical Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
WEBFeb 3, 2024 — Martin Luther King, Jr. first emerged as a leader of class struggle for racial justice in the Montgomery Bus Boycotts at 26 years old. He refused to acclimate to the segregationist political norms of his era, which in the course of struggle against the racist status quo led him to embrace ever more radical conclusions.
Introducing International Socialist Alternative
WEBMar 5, 2020 — The Congress changed the name of the international from the CWI to the International Socialist Alternative (ISA). Several members of Socialist Alternative in the U.S. attended the Congress. This meeting could not have occurred at a more crucial time, as 2019 proved to be a year of global upheaval and profound crisis for the ruling elite.
Imperialism, Neo-Colonialism, and War | Socialist Alternative
WEBThe ‘New Imperialism’. The ‘new imperialism’ of the post-war period is really a continuation, under present-day conditions, of the old imperialism. In the 19th century, imperialism was based primarily on the colonial empires of Britain, France, Belgium, Portugal, etc. The United States, while it did not have direct colonies like Britain ...
Seattle - Socialist Alternative
WEBDec 23, 2023 — Seattle’s Working People Won the Nation’s First Ban on Caste Discrimination. Originally published by The Nation. Standing in the Seattle City Council chambers on February... February 27, 2023. Socialist Alternative In Action.
The Stonewall Riots – 1969 | Socialist Alternative
WEBThe Stonewall Riots – 1969. Table of Contents. The Stonewall Riots – 1969. Introduction. Developing Subculture. Renewed Repression. The Birth of Gay Rights. The Rise of Gay Activism. The Stonewall Riots - 1969.
When Workers Ran Seattle: Lessons from the 1919 General Strike
WEBAug 20, 2017 — On a cold January day, 98 years before the January 2017 Women’s March surged across the U.S. opposing Donald Trump’s divide-and-conquer agenda, 35,000 Seattle dockworkers walked out in an action that led to the first general strike (a strike of all workers in an area) anywhere in the U.S. Inspired by the Russian Revolution a year and a half before, Seattle workers completely shut down the ...