Socialist Alternative is a Trotskyist group in the United Kingdom, part of International Socialist Alternative.
Socialist Alternative | |
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| Chairperson | Collective (National Committee) |
| Founded | 2019 |
| Split from | Socialist Party (England and Wales) |
| Newspaper | Socialist Alternative |
| Student wing | Student Socialist Alternative |
| Ideology | Marxism Trotskyism Revolutionary socialism Socialist feminism Internationalism |
| International affiliation | International Socialist Alternative |
| Colors | Red |
| Slogan | "Struggle, Solidarity, Socialism" |
| Website | |
| socialistalternative | |
History
editSocialist Alternative was founded in 2019.[1]
The group attended a "People's Assembly" protest in Salford in 2020, demanding the government continue to support working people as the furlough scheme was being wound down.[2]
Socialist Alternative, along with other left groups, took part in a KazakhSolidarity protest in London supporting protests in Kazakhstan at the beginning of 2022.[3]
The Salford branch of Socialist Alternative supported the strike of workers at the CHEP factory in Trafford Park. They argued that these striking workers needed to work together with Kill the Bill protesters against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill and fellow strikers in the University and College Union.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Cionco, Mel (8 February 2022). ""We will fight for every reform that makes workers lives better" – Socialist organisation to support protests and strikes in Salford community". salfordnow.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022.
- ^ Randall, Georgina (25 October 2020). "Socialist Alternative at the People's Assembly protest against 'deliberate harm to workers in north'". thenorthernquota.org. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022.
- ^ Rob M. (10 January 2022). "Picket of the Kazakstan Embassy, London 8th January". Archived from the original on 20 January 2024.