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Socialist Alternative continues to stand with educators, families and community members fighting for a safe return to school buildings!
Don't Sell Our Lungs Back To Us: The Asbestos Crisis in Philly Schools
I spent the 2018-19 school year working as a Community Partnerships Coordinator at McClure Elementary School in the Hunting Park neighborhood of Philadelphia. My job was to work with staff, parents, students, and
Tax the Rich: Clarke's Abatement Trim is Not Enough
Today, City Council is almost certain to vote to trim down Philadelphia’s 10-year property tax abatement, a notorious incentive which has lined the pockets of the rich. The reform is very limited,
Democratic Establishment Lashes Out Over WFP Candidates
Kendra Brooks and her independent run for City Council continue to widen the cracks in the calcified Philadelphia Democratic Party machine. Democratic Party boss Bob Brady had sharp words for Councilwoman Helen Gym
Kendra and Nic for City Council!
Socialist Alternative Philadelphia is happy to endorse Working Families Party candidates Kendra Brooks and Nicolas O'Rourke for Philadelphia City Council.
Never Again: Jewish Community Demands Immigrant Justice
#NeverAgain Protests against ICE led by Jewish young people oppose the criminalization and brutal treatment of immigrants.
Poverty is Violence (Standoff in Nicetown)
The execution of a search warrant (one of hundreds carried out per month by Philly PD) escalated into a seven hour standoff with police last Wednesday in the Nicetown-Tioga section of Philadelphia that
Profiteers Plunder Hahnemann: Working-Class Fightback Needed
When you buy a hospital (how relatable!), you enter into an unwritten social contract to provide health care to the community the hospital serves. This contract was deceitfully signed by American Academic Health
Fully Fund CCP Now: Statement On The Contract And Funding Struggle
Socialist Alternative Philadelphia supports the teachers, staff, students and community members in the fight for full funding at the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP).
Our Feminism Must Be Socialist - Zine
SA Philly comrades intervened in this year's women's march by organizing a Socialist Feminist Contingent. We had the opportunity to hear passionate speakers, interact with lots of locals, and distribute our recently created
Temple Forced Back: Stadium Stompers Delay Construction Plans
Stadium Stompers provides insight into the kind of multiracial, intergenerational working class movement that will be necessary to truly fight back against gentrification and for racial and economic justice in our city and across the country.
Justice For David Jones On The Line
David Jones was shot in the back and killed by Philadelphia police officer Ryan Pownall last summer. He was a black man who lived in Northeast Philadelphia, a person who had a loving
Shut Down Berks County Detention Center!
The Berks County detention center has been abusing undocumented people long before the Trump administration. Shut it down!
Occupy ICE Philly
If We Don’t Get It! Shut It Down!On the evening of July 2, 2018 the Center City ICE office at 8th and Cherry was shut down by – a coalition of a
Protesters Arrested at ICE Office
Arrests happening at Philly ICE occupation
Philly ICE Occupation!
Take action to stop ICE!