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20 January 2021
USA in crisis - the need for a socialist alternative
The period running up to Joe Biden's inauguration was marked by unparalleled turmoil and crisis.
6 January 2021
Why is the Covid vaccine roll out so slow? Government bureaucracy delaying the recruitment of vaccinators, and foul-ups in the private manufacturing and supply are to blame.
11 November 2020
Trump out! But mass workers' struggle needed
The nightmare of Trump's presidency and the chaos of the US presidential election represent, at root, the crisis of US capitalism - which is in decline as a world superpower - and of the capitalist system itself which cannot escape its crisis since the 2007-8 crash
11 November 2020
After the polarised elections - what way forward?
In the US, and around the world, millions greeted Trump's defeat in the US elections. His probable removal from office, notwithstanding his legal claims, will be widely welcomed.
3 June 2020
USA - another cop killing of unarmed black man sparks widespread protests
On 25 May, police in Minneapolis choked George Floyd, an unarmed black man, who subsequently died. His death was disturbingly reminiscent of the NYPD killing of Eric Garner in 2014.
22 April 2020
US private healthcare system in meltdown
Like in the UK, the coronavirus pandemic in the USA has resulted in the postponement or cancellation of non-urgent surgery in hospitals
22 May 2019
What lies behind the US-China trade war?
The stakes have been raised in the increasingly ill-tempered and rapidly escalating trade war
3 April 2019
Mueller report underlines Democrats' weakness
The long-awaited key findings of Robert Mueller's investigation into Trump's ties to Russia have been made public.
13 February 2019
'Green Book' film: a timely reminder of racism in the USA
It's been called a buddy/road trip film in the tradition of 'Driving Miss Daisy' - it is much more than that and yet, perhaps, less than it could be
23 January 2019
Reports from strikes and struggle in the USA, Nigeria, Russia, France, Tunisia, Zimbabwe and the Spanish state
16 January 2019
USA: federal workers without pay - but immediate mass action can end shutdown
On 22 December, Trump shut down the government, demanding $5.7 billion for his infamous 'border wall'
7 November 2018
Short stories on workers' struggles around the world including US conference and Australian strike.
10 October 2018
Socialist Alternative (Socialist Party co-thinkers in the US) helped to call dozens of protests before and after Brett Kavanaugh was brought onto the Supreme Court
3 October 2018
USA: crisis follows Supreme Court justice nomination
Build a mass movement to stop the Republicans: Even before Kavanaugh's alleged history of sexual assault was revealed, he was a serious threat to women's rights
26 September 2018
Trump's tariffs raise international tensions
US-China trade war: On 24 September, a further tranche of US tariffs on $200 billion of imported Chinese goods - nearly 6,000 products - was imposed by the Trump administration.
12 September 2018
Nicaragua: With the people against the Ortega government and imperialism
Since April this year, Nicaragua has become a bloodbath, with over 400 dead and thousands injured, arrested and disappeared.
29 August 2018
The ongoing capitalist crisis and the struggle for a socialist world
Each year, the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) - the international organisation to which the Socialist Party is affiliated - hosts a summer school bringing together its members based throughout Europe and the world. Here, we carry a report written by Kevin Parslow, outlining the opening discussion on the worldwide crisis of capitalism and the development of the workers' and socialist movement internationally
23 May 2018
Tax Amazon movement wins in Seattle
On 14 May, Seattle City Council passed a historic tax on Amazon and other big corporations to fund permanently affordable, publicly owned housing. The driving force behind this victory was the strength of our #TaxAmazon movement.
2 May 2018
USA: Defend socialist councillor Kshama Sawant
Two Seattle police officers who shot a black man in 2016 have filed a defamation lawsuit aimed at silencing socialist city council member Kshama Sawant and any public figure speaking against police killings.
28 March 2018
USA: Huge 'march for our lives' protests
Mass demonstrations took place in US cities and even internationally on 24 March to demand gun control
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