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Trump is threatening to sic thousands more national guard troops and militarized police on working class people, and Black communities are in the crosshairs.
It is clear we need to build a mass movement of the working class and poor to fight back against Trump’s attacks — but where do we begin? ⬇️
It is clear we need to build a mass movement of the working class and poor to fight back against Trump’s attacks — but where do we begin? ⬇️
August 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Trump is threatening to sic thousands more national guard troops and militarized police on working class people, and Black communities are in the crosshairs.
It is clear we need to build a mass movement of the working class and poor to fight back against Trump’s attacks — but where do we begin? ⬇️
It is clear we need to build a mass movement of the working class and poor to fight back against Trump’s attacks — but where do we begin? ⬇️
🚨 CALLING ALL STUDENTS 🚨
Does seeing the genocide in Gaza, ICE abductions, the rising cost of living, anti-trans laws, climate change, and/or terrible job prospects fill you with rage? Then you should join Socialist Alternative & help us fight for a socialist transformation of society!
Does seeing the genocide in Gaza, ICE abductions, the rising cost of living, anti-trans laws, climate change, and/or terrible job prospects fill you with rage? Then you should join Socialist Alternative & help us fight for a socialist transformation of society!
August 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🚨 CALLING ALL STUDENTS 🚨
Does seeing the genocide in Gaza, ICE abductions, the rising cost of living, anti-trans laws, climate change, and/or terrible job prospects fill you with rage? Then you should join Socialist Alternative & help us fight for a socialist transformation of society!
Does seeing the genocide in Gaza, ICE abductions, the rising cost of living, anti-trans laws, climate change, and/or terrible job prospects fill you with rage? Then you should join Socialist Alternative & help us fight for a socialist transformation of society!
Early August marked 1 year since the #EndBadGovernance protests rocked Nigeria, with millions of young & working people standing up against the govt's massive increases in the cost of living. 1,000+ were arrested - including ISA member Daniel Akande: internationalsocialist.net/2025/08/one-...
One Year Since Mass Protests in Nigeria: Interview with Daniel Akande – ISA
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August 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Early August marked 1 year since the #EndBadGovernance protests rocked Nigeria, with millions of young & working people standing up against the govt's massive increases in the cost of living. 1,000+ were arrested - including ISA member Daniel Akande: internationalsocialist.net/2025/08/one-...
Following Zohran Mamdani’s surprise victory in NYC’s Democratic mayoral primary, many on the left are thrilled. If implemented, Mamdani’s bold platform would represent a historic win for working people. But what will it take to make these demands reality? www.socialistalternative.org/2025/07/16/b...
Behind Enemy Lines: Lessons For Elected Socialists
Following the surprise victory of Zohran Mamdani, a member of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), in NYC’s Democratic mayoral primary, many on the left are thrilled. If implemented, Mamdani’s bold...
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August 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Following Zohran Mamdani’s surprise victory in NYC’s Democratic mayoral primary, many on the left are thrilled. If implemented, Mamdani’s bold platform would represent a historic win for working people. But what will it take to make these demands reality? www.socialistalternative.org/2025/07/16/b...
Last week, 32 Socialist Alternative members from the US had the opportunity to attend International Socialist Alternative's 2025 summer school, held July 25-30 in Kiel, Germany (the site of the sailors' riot that helped end WWI). 🧵
August 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Last week, 32 Socialist Alternative members from the US had the opportunity to attend International Socialist Alternative's 2025 summer school, held July 25-30 in Kiel, Germany (the site of the sailors' riot that helped end WWI). 🧵
The announcement of a new left-wing political party marks a potential fundamental turning point for workers and young people in Britain, and the US movement against Trump stands to learn much from this effort. Read more: www.socialistalternative.org/2025/07/10/n...
July 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The announcement of a new left-wing political party marks a potential fundamental turning point for workers and young people in Britain, and the US movement against Trump stands to learn much from this effort. Read more: www.socialistalternative.org/2025/07/10/n...
We are union members fighting back against Trump’s attacks on our immigrant brothers and sisters. Our unions need to step up in the fight against Trump’s deportation machine.
SIGN THE PETITION: tinyurl.com/UnionsAgainstICE
SIGN THE PETITION: tinyurl.com/UnionsAgainstICE
June 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We are union members fighting back against Trump’s attacks on our immigrant brothers and sisters. Our unions need to step up in the fight against Trump’s deportation machine.
SIGN THE PETITION: tinyurl.com/UnionsAgainstICE
SIGN THE PETITION: tinyurl.com/UnionsAgainstICE
In the 1980s, Conservative PM Margaret Thatcher was carrying out brutal attacks on the British working class. But these attacks on the British working class also inspired deep solidarity between unlikely allies: big-city queers & rural Welsh coal miners. www.socialistalternative.org/2025/05/25/w...
When Queers & Coal Miners United: Lessons For Today
In the 1980s, while President Ronald Reagan’s administration was breaking a strike of 11,000 air traffic controllers and ignoring the AIDS epidemic, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was carrying out h...
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June 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In the 1980s, Conservative PM Margaret Thatcher was carrying out brutal attacks on the British working class. But these attacks on the British working class also inspired deep solidarity between unlikely allies: big-city queers & rural Welsh coal miners. www.socialistalternative.org/2025/05/25/w...
5 years since the murder of George Floyd, police violence has continued to perpetuate death & destruction in Black communities across the country.
Socialist Alternative’s Black Caucus explores the story of Rodney Hinton + lessons we must draw from 2020: www.socialistalternative.org/2025/05/22/f...
Socialist Alternative’s Black Caucus explores the story of Rodney Hinton + lessons we must draw from 2020: www.socialistalternative.org/2025/05/22/f...
Five Years Since George Floyd’s Murder: Rodney Hinton and the Need for Mass Anti-Racist Struggle
Rodney Hinton, a Black father, killed a Cincinnati police officer after watching the body camera footage of his son’s brutal death. After witnessing his son get killed as he ran from police officers, ...
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May 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
5 years since the murder of George Floyd, police violence has continued to perpetuate death & destruction in Black communities across the country.
Socialist Alternative’s Black Caucus explores the story of Rodney Hinton + lessons we must draw from 2020: www.socialistalternative.org/2025/05/22/f...
Socialist Alternative’s Black Caucus explores the story of Rodney Hinton + lessons we must draw from 2020: www.socialistalternative.org/2025/05/22/f...
This Mother’s Day, let’s channel the militant feminist struggles of the past and fight for the world we and our children deserve.
www.socialistalternative.org/2025/05/09/i...
www.socialistalternative.org/2025/05/09/i...
I'm Sick of Being A “Supermom": This Mother's Day, Fight Capitalism
If you search “working mom routine” on TikTok, you'll find moms talking about their 5-9/9-5/5-9 schedule, with no rest or breaks. Moms will be waking up early to work out, then ping-ponging between ma...
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May 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This Mother’s Day, let’s channel the militant feminist struggles of the past and fight for the world we and our children deserve.
www.socialistalternative.org/2025/05/09/i...
www.socialistalternative.org/2025/05/09/i...
The anti-Trump protest movement is growing. May Day rallies across the country have the potential to be explosive.
The next step is to escalate to a nationwide one-day strike that brings the whole capitalist system to its knees! www.socialistalternative.org/2025/04/23/w...
The next step is to escalate to a nationwide one-day strike that brings the whole capitalist system to its knees! www.socialistalternative.org/2025/04/23/w...
What's Next?: Escalate the Protests to a One-Day Strike
Documented and undocumented workers are being deported without due process to the notorious Salvadoran prison CECOT. Student protesters are being kidnapped in broad daylight. Over one million federal ...
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April 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The anti-Trump protest movement is growing. May Day rallies across the country have the potential to be explosive.
The next step is to escalate to a nationwide one-day strike that brings the whole capitalist system to its knees! www.socialistalternative.org/2025/04/23/w...
The next step is to escalate to a nationwide one-day strike that brings the whole capitalist system to its knees! www.socialistalternative.org/2025/04/23/w...
As the Democrats do nothing, Bernie Sanders’ “Fighting Oligarchy” rallies have been breaking records, bringing out tens of thousands of ordinary people who are looking for a way to fight back against the right wing.
April 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
As the Democrats do nothing, Bernie Sanders’ “Fighting Oligarchy” rallies have been breaking records, bringing out tens of thousands of ordinary people who are looking for a way to fight back against the right wing.
This Tax Day, fight for the billionaires to pay — not working people! 🧵
April 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This Tax Day, fight for the billionaires to pay — not working people! 🧵
Palestinian student Mohsen Mahdawi of Columbia University went to a Citizenship and Immigration Services office today to take his citizenship test. Instead, ICE arrested him and began the process to deport him to the occupied West Bank.
April 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Palestinian student Mohsen Mahdawi of Columbia University went to a Citizenship and Immigration Services office today to take his citizenship test. Instead, ICE arrested him and began the process to deport him to the occupied West Bank.
On Friday, a Louisiana immigration judge ruled that Mahmoud Khalil can be deported. This is an extremely dangerous attack on the right to protest, free speech, and the anti-war movement.
April 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
On Friday, a Louisiana immigration judge ruled that Mahmoud Khalil can be deported. This is an extremely dangerous attack on the right to protest, free speech, and the anti-war movement.
Socialist Alternative was out on Saturday at the Hands Off protests alongside millions of people nationally to fight back against Trump’s authoritarian attacks! 🧵
April 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Socialist Alternative was out on Saturday at the Hands Off protests alongside millions of people nationally to fight back against Trump’s authoritarian attacks! 🧵
ALL OUT FOR APRIL 5TH PROTESTS!
The Saturday April 5 #handsoff national day of action, sponsored by 50501, FUN, SEIU, CWA, NEA, Planned Parenthood, and other organizations could be the biggest day of protest yet in Trump’s second term.
The Saturday April 5 #handsoff national day of action, sponsored by 50501, FUN, SEIU, CWA, NEA, Planned Parenthood, and other organizations could be the biggest day of protest yet in Trump’s second term.
April 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
ALL OUT FOR APRIL 5TH PROTESTS!
The Saturday April 5 #handsoff national day of action, sponsored by 50501, FUN, SEIU, CWA, NEA, Planned Parenthood, and other organizations could be the biggest day of protest yet in Trump’s second term.
The Saturday April 5 #handsoff national day of action, sponsored by 50501, FUN, SEIU, CWA, NEA, Planned Parenthood, and other organizations could be the biggest day of protest yet in Trump’s second term.
Trump signed an executive order on March 27 that rips up federal union contracts and illegally strips over one million federal workers of their union bargaining rights. With 32% of the public sector unionized, compared with only 6% of the general workforce, this is an attack on every union worker.
April 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Trump signed an executive order on March 27 that rips up federal union contracts and illegally strips over one million federal workers of their union bargaining rights. With 32% of the public sector unionized, compared with only 6% of the general workforce, this is an attack on every union worker.
On Tuesday afternoon, plain clothed ICE agents abducted Rumeysa Ozturk for protesting Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza last spring. Ozturk, a Turkish phd student at Tufts University in Somerville, MA, was a leading pro-Palestine activist on campus. This is an escalated attack on the right to protest
March 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
On Tuesday afternoon, plain clothed ICE agents abducted Rumeysa Ozturk for protesting Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza last spring. Ozturk, a Turkish phd student at Tufts University in Somerville, MA, was a leading pro-Palestine activist on campus. This is an escalated attack on the right to protest
More & more people are ready to fight back against Trump’s attacks — in the streets, on campuses, and in their workplaces — and many are desperately wondering why the Democrats are showing *no sign* of joining them. There's a reason: www.socialistalternative.org/2025/03/14/d...
Don't Wait for the Democrats to Fight Trump
It has been a head-spinning first six weeks of Trump 2.0. The billionaire president has signed 75 executive orders, the most in any administration’s first 100 days since Ronald Reagan. These orders ra...
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March 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
More & more people are ready to fight back against Trump’s attacks — in the streets, on campuses, and in their workplaces — and many are desperately wondering why the Democrats are showing *no sign* of joining them. There's a reason: www.socialistalternative.org/2025/03/14/d...
Unsurprisingly, the Democrats are more concerned with security and decorum than the bombing of Yemen.
Both capitalist parties stand for reckless and brutal war. We need a new anti-war party that actually challenges Trump’s bloodthirsty plans for the Middle East and beyond!
Both capitalist parties stand for reckless and brutal war. We need a new anti-war party that actually challenges Trump’s bloodthirsty plans for the Middle East and beyond!
March 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Unsurprisingly, the Democrats are more concerned with security and decorum than the bombing of Yemen.
Both capitalist parties stand for reckless and brutal war. We need a new anti-war party that actually challenges Trump’s bloodthirsty plans for the Middle East and beyond!
Both capitalist parties stand for reckless and brutal war. We need a new anti-war party that actually challenges Trump’s bloodthirsty plans for the Middle East and beyond!
This May 1st, let’s unite the struggles against Trump & Musks’s attacks. The only thing that can stop them is a mass movement of working people and students using coordinated action like strikes, walkouts, and protests. www.socialistalternative.org/2025/03/12/f...
For May 1st Mass Actions: Unite the Struggles Against Trump/Musk with Mass Protests, Strikes & Direct Action!
Trump, Musk, and right-wing politicians are threatening mass deportations of immigrant workers while they attack public sector unions, slash social services, and attack trans people. Enough is enough!...
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March 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This May 1st, let’s unite the struggles against Trump & Musks’s attacks. The only thing that can stop them is a mass movement of working people and students using coordinated action like strikes, walkouts, and protests. www.socialistalternative.org/2025/03/12/f...
Only 29% of people have a favorable opinion of the Democrats — a 30-year low. They're never going to fight Trump in the way that's needed. We need a new, working-class party that takes the struggle against Trump and the billionaires to the streets!
March 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Only 29% of people have a favorable opinion of the Democrats — a 30-year low. They're never going to fight Trump in the way that's needed. We need a new, working-class party that takes the struggle against Trump and the billionaires to the streets!
Last night, Donald Trump announced to the world a new policy: the US would “take over” and “own” the Gaza strip, ethnically cleanse it of Palestinian people, and transform it into a “beautiful Riviera.”
www.socialistalternative.org/2025/02/05/t...
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Trump Goes All In On Ethnic Cleansing
Last night, millions around the world gasped in horror as news reports of a White House press conference filtered through. A few short months after winning reelection on the promise of “making peace” ...
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February 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Last night, Donald Trump announced to the world a new policy: the US would “take over” and “own” the Gaza strip, ethnically cleanse it of Palestinian people, and transform it into a “beautiful Riviera.”
www.socialistalternative.org/2025/02/05/t...
www.socialistalternative.org/2025/02/05/t...
Socialist Alternative has been hard at work since Inauguration Day organizing against Trump’s right-wing agenda! After marching and protesting, we’ve been holding public meetings across the country to discuss how we can fight back and what it means to be a socialist.
January 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Socialist Alternative has been hard at work since Inauguration Day organizing against Trump’s right-wing agenda! After marching and protesting, we’ve been holding public meetings across the country to discuss how we can fight back and what it means to be a socialist.