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20 November 2019
Amazon bosses defeated in Seattle - Kshama Sawant reelected
The attempt by bosses of Amazon and other companies to effectively buy control of Seattle city council was defeated by a city-wide reaction against their takeover attempt
13 November 2019
Kshama Sawant reelected in Seattle
Seattle socialist councillor Kshama Sawant has been reelected in the US city following a bruising battle with an Amazon-backed, big business Democrat candidate.
21 November 2018
On 10-11 November, around 1,000 people took part in Socialism 2018 - a weekend of discussion and debate hosted by the Socialist Party. Kshama Sawant, Seattle City Council Member for the Socialist Party's US co-thinkers, Socialist Alternative, was among the keynote speakers. Kshama led a discussion on the struggle against Trump in the US.
7 November 2018
Short stories on workers' struggles around the world including US conference and Australian strike.
5 November 2018
1,000-strong rally in London this weekend
Come together with over 1,000 socialists to debate and discuss ideas to change the world.
4 July 2018
#AmazonTax shows need for socialist fighters
Seattle socialist councillor Kshama Sawant helped lead a campaign for a city tax on big business
20 June 2018
Seattle council repeals Amazon Tax
Only days after passing a tax on Amazon and big business in Seattle, corporate politicians repealed the ordinance
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.
11 April 2018
Defend socialist councillor Kshama Sawant against lawsuits
Seattle's socialist city council member Kshama Sawant is facing two defamation lawsuits, the aim of which is to silence an outstanding representative of working people and the oppressed
15 November 2017
USA: Historic vote for Ginger Jentzen campaign in Minneapolis
Calvin Priest and Bryan Koulouris from Socialist Alternative (Socialist Party co-thinkers in the USA) report on the second place finish for socialist Ginger Jentzen in the Minneapolis election
6 September 2017
Young people are searching for an alternative - find it at Socialism 2017
Millennials, loosely defined as those born between the 1980s and early 2000s, are significantly more anxious than the generations before us
14 June 2017
CWI broadcasts new channel - SocialistWorld: Over 350 members of Socialist Alternative from across the USA met recently for its first ever national summer school
15 March 2017
International Women's Day: taking action against capitalist oppression
International Women's Day (8 March) was celebrated with special enthusiasm this year by members of the parties and organisations affiliated to the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI), including the Socialist Party in England and Wales.
8 February 2017
Solidarity not racism - Socialism not Trumpism
A victory was won by the international movement when a judge in Seattle temporarily halted the travel ban for people from seven Muslim countries and Trump's suspension of the US refugee programme.
18 January 2017
USA: Seattle activists win housebuilding programme
Housing activists in Seattle, organised into the 'Coalition to Build 1,000 Homes', have scored a major victory, winning $29 million for affordable housing in the 2017-2018 council budget. They pushed through a final unanimous vote in the city council, despite fierce opposition from the city's Democratic establishment
23 November 2016
USA: mass protests break out to #ResistTrump
Donald Trump's shocking victory was met with a mixture of anger, confusion, and very real fear among ordinary people in the US and around the world. But the election of one of the most right-wing presidents in US history was also met immediately by determined mass protests.
6 July 2016
Join the Socialist Party to fight for socialist change
Everywhere you look there is proof that our world is afflicted by enormous inequality - on our side there is austerity, poverty and war and on the other side for the super-rich 1% there is enormous wealth.
22 June 2016
Pride month 2016 comes at a time of increased attacks on LGBT people - not least the horrific massacre in Orlando. While there have been steps forward in social attitudes and legal rights, genuine equality remains elusive. The Socialist Party fights for the liberation of all oppressed sexualities and gender identities - and the root cause of oppression and division: capitalism. Two members of the Socialist Party's LGBT group, an acronym we use in the broadest, most inclusive sense, take stock of the fight.
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