October revolution: the first four decrees of Soviet power
5/10/2021 On November 7, 1917, or October 25 in the old calendar, workers in St. Petersburg, Russia, seized power. The Russian Revolution had been victorious. It was the first time...
Why did I leave Socialist Alternative? |Tasya R.
SOSYALİST ALTERNATİF does not as a rule enter controversies with other organisations of the kind that follows below. However, there are exceptions, particularly so when a victim of sexual harassment...
Elections in Argentina: centre-left coalition collapses, Trotskyist Left gets 5% | Nikos KANELLIS
Nikos KANELLIS, 15/10/2021 On September 12, the national primary elections took place in Argentina. According to the country’s electoral system, participation in the vote for nominating party candidates is universal...
Pandora Papers – capitalist system’s rottenness once again revealed! |Marina KONTARA
Marina KONTARA, 09/10/2021 Ordinary working class people have been watching in amazement for a few days now the information about the leak of almost 12 million documents related to the...
85 years since the Battle of Cable Street | Glyn MATTHEWS
Glyn MATTHEWS, 04/10/2021 Today marks the 85th anniversary of what became known as the “Battle of Cable Street”, and is a very apt time to revisit the history and learn the...
Thessaloniki: 4,000-strong answer to fascists with knives and guns infiltrating schools
02/10/2021 About one year after the fascist Golden Dawn conviction as a “criminal organization” in the courts (October 7, 2020) the attempt of the fascists to organize their forces and...
$427 billion “lost” in tax havens every year |Vangelis KOLSIDIS
Vangelis KOLSIDIS, 23/09/2021 What do the Bahamas, Bermuda, Mauritius and the British Virgin Islands have in common with Ireland, Hong Kong, Malta and Luxembourg? They are all tax havens. These...
Germany’s general elections: electoral disaster for Die Linke |Nihat HALEPLI
The SPD (“center-left” Social Democratic Party of Germany) emerged victorious from the German parliamentary elections last Sunday with a narrow lead in the polls. The left-wing party Die Linke suffered...
Greece: Important victory for food delivery workers!
27/09/2021 On September 23, one of the biggest food delivery companies in Greece, efood, announced their decision to back off from their threat to force 115 of their workers to...
AUKUS: New arms race – international rivalries at new levels of intensification |Kyriakos CHALARIS
Kyriakos CHALARIS Since last Wednesday September 15, humanity has had another serious reason to worry besides the pandemic and the climate crisis. The AUKUS agreement between Australia, the UK and...