While continuing to organize against the war and on community issues, Socialist Alternative energetically campaigned for a vote for Ralph Nader in the presidential elections, arguing that building mass movements independent of the two parties is the surest way to win the change we need.

In late October, the Seattle Times, the largest daily newspaper in Seattle, interviewed Philip Locker, the editor of Justice newspaper, about the real meaning of socialism, given the Republican claims that Barack Obama is a socialist.

Mick, an Irish worker for an Airbus supplier and CGT union activist, interviews Patrick, a French Airbus sheet metal worker, on the Final Assembly Line in Toulouse.

What will it take to stop U.S. imperialism? Is there an alternative to the corporate domination of our world? Is a democratic socialist society realistic? Come to a discussion on these questions introduced by Ayisha Zaki from Beirut and consider joining the struggle for a socialist future.

Evo Morales’ MAS (Movement towards Socialism) government won a crushing victory in the re-call referendum, which took place on 10 August 2008. Following this victory, the right-wing reactionary forces in the eastern provinces of the “media luna,” went on the offensive.

From September 1-4, St. Paul, Minnesota was home to the Republican National Convention - and four days of protests and police repression.

Can the epic social and environmental crises we face be solved on the basis of capitalism, or is democratic socialist change necessary? Unfortunately, most opinion leaders tend to simply avoid such fundamental questions, or offer "solutions" that amount to mere band-aids on the wounds inflicted by capitalism. But serious thinkers and activists have an obligation to look deeper.

The use of high-stakes testing across the country has its roots in the Reagan era when the ruling class responded to the gains made by social movements in the 1960s. Conservatives such as Milton Friedman pushed for a pro-free market model of education, which shifted the emphasis from the public interest to the private sector.

Members and supporters of Socialist Alternative at the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees’ (AFSCME) International Convention, in San Francisco, last week, submitted and passed a resolution on the US mortgage crisis.

The Republican National Convention (RNC) will descend on St. Paul, Minnesota from September 1-4. Activists in the Twin Cities and around the country are gearing up for what will be among the largest demonstrations in the state’s history.

We are aiming to raise $5,000 nationally during June and July. No matter how big or how small we sincerely appreciate all the help you can give. With a donation of $50 or more you will receive a one year subscription to Justice, a donation of $100 a 2 year subscription. For a donation of $200 we will also send you a copy of Peter Taaffe’s important new book, Marxism in Today’s World.

Out of the wake of the tumultuous 1999 World Trade Organization protests came a shining ray of light when the City of Seattle expunged arrest records and awarded $1 million in a class-action lawsuit to those wrongfully arrested.