Socialist Alternative
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Socialist Alternative is a national organization fighting in workplaces, communities, and campuses against the exploitation and injustices people face every day. It is a revolutionary organization working to build a movement for a democratic, socialist society. They are campaigning for a new party of working people and fighting for an end to all capitalist oppression and exploitation!
Socialist Alternative
3d ago
There are a quarter of a million active-duty flight attendants in America. Together they handle 5% of US GDP – of every $20 exchanged in all commerce, a flight attendant handled $1 of it. Airlines, like Wall Street banks, are so powerful that politicians on both sides of the aisle consider them “too big to ..read more
Socialist Alternative
3d ago
Students and working people across the country are standing in solidarity with the Palestinian people and against US support for Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. Contrary to what Fox News reports, these college encampments are peaceful and do not represent a threat to Jewish students, many of whom are playing a leading role or participating ..read more
Socialist Alternative
3d ago
Working people across the country, especially in states such as Florida and California, which are on the front lines of the climate disaster are facing an appalling insurance crisis. Many of the expected effects of global climate change are already impacting the US: stronger, more intense hurricanes, longer droughts, and devastating wildfires. By 2050, it’s ..read more
Socialist Alternative
3d ago
Millions of abortion rights supporters breathed a sigh of relief in late March when the US Supreme Court signaled its unwillingness to ban mifepristone, one of the two main drugs in medication abortions. Anti-abortion activists have been aggressively challenging the legality of distributing the drug by mail and argued it should be pulled from distribution ..read more
Socialist Alternative
1w ago
Every day the news cycle is flush with grim warnings from renowned scientists telling us that we urgently need to change course to avoid the most deadly impacts of climate change. In the US alone, a climate-change-fueled extreme weather event causes over $1 billion in damage every 3 weeks! From “once in a lifetime” flooding ..read more
Socialist Alternative
1w ago
The term Bidenomics has entered political discourse in the last year. First used as a derogatory term, it has now been embraced by the Biden administration as a principal reason for its re-election to office. However, approval of Biden’s economic policies is at an all-time low. Working people feel worse off today than when Biden ..read more
Socialist Alternative
1w ago
Across the nation, workers are talking about the United Autoworkers Union (UAW), its contract victory, and the approach of its new militant leadership. That leadership is now up for its second big test: organizing the non-union auto workers into the union! The UAW has had a dramatic effect on the labor movement in the last ..read more
Socialist Alternative
2w ago
Working people around the world have been appalled, enraged, and disgusted at Israel’s actions in Gaza. Public pressure against all governments with any kind of relationship with Israel has been rising sharply across the world. In the US, according to the Crowd Counting Consortium, there have been at least 6,889 Gaza solidarity protests in 828 ..read more
Socialist Alternative
2w ago
Nestled in the hills of Northern Kentucky, high above the Ohio River, towers one of Amazon’s most crucial investments: the KCVG Air Hub. The $1.5 billion facility opened its doors just a few years ago, destined to become the cornerstone of Amazon’s plan for optimizing next-day package delivery. The company is increasingly scheduling air freight ..read more
Socialist Alternative
2w ago
Unions are enjoying record-high popularity, and the labor movement is more well-liked than any corporation, politician, party, or pop star. This is especially among young people who polled at a 71% approval rating for unions in a survey conducted by Gallup in August 2022. Yet union density is only about 10%, half of what it ..read more