By woodlanham Welcome to the March 2015 issue of the Washington Socialist, the online newsletter of Metro DC Democratic Socialists of America. The hope would be that things on the radical front will pick up in March – they have…
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On Walmart’s Wage Increases
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By Socialist Party of Texas On Walmart’s Wage Increases Last week, Walmart announced that it would be raising wages for it employees to $9.00 an hour in April, with an increase to $10.00 an hour in 2016.[i] Although this is…
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March Calendar
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By Socialist Party of Texas Sun. Mar. 1 @ 3 pm: Strategic Campaigns Table Educational Forum Sponsored by Dallas AFL-CIO All candidates for Dallas city council and DISD school board are invited AFL-CIO HQ 1408 N. Washington Av. Dallas 75204…
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What’s Left in Africa? Reflections on the Failure of Left, Working Class Movements to Take Root in Most of Africa
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By by Firoze Manji The early 1950s witnessed an extraordinary sweep of popular mobilisations across the African continent inspired by aspirations for emancipatory freedom: an end to the colonial yoke. Nationalist parties convinced people that the path to freedom was…
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Remembering Michael Harrington
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By woodlanham Maurice Isserman’s blog post on the Democratic Left blog site is at http://www.dsausa.org/michael_harrington_remembered_dl Source: Remembering Michael Harrington
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2015 Young Democratic Socialists Winter Conference: Toward an Intersectional Left: A Reportback
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By woodlanham The Washington Socialist March 2015 By Bryan Kovalik Over Valentine’s Day Weekend I, along with four other members of the Metro DC DSA, rode a bus bound for New York City. We headed to this year’s Young Democratic…
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Memories of Michael Harrington, Part 2
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By Democratic Socialists of America Photo Credit: Gretchen Donart We continue our recognition of Michael Harrington’s contributions with recollections from several of our comrades who worked with him. By Deborah Meier I can and often do picture Mike in so…
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Victory! Undergraduate Peer Mentors at UMass-Amherst Win the Right to Organize
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By Beth Huang Last week, undergraduate students employed as “peer mentors” at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst won the right to form a union. The Commonwealth Employment Relations Board, which oversees labor disputes in the state, ruled in favor…
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March 2015 Events
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By nycdsa Monday, March 2, 7pm – How to Talk About Socialism Yeah, why would people work if they could get free stuff from Obama in the lazy welfare state? We hear you. Let’s talk about it. Socialism. Optimism. Democracy.…
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2/26 From Boston to Ferguson: Victims of Police Violence Speak Out
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By Chris Morrill From Boston to Ferguson, Black Lives Matter: Victims of Police Violence Speak Out An International Socialist Organization public forum:358 Washington St, Dorchester MA (Near Fields Corner T Station)Thursday Feb. 26th, 7pm Police terrorism and violence is a…
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Statement of the Revolutionary Workers’ Party-Mindanao/Revolutionary Peoples’ Army (RPM-M/RPA) on the GPH-MILF Peace Process and the Mamasapano Incident
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By by the Revolutionary Worker’s Party-Mindanao/Revolutionary Peoples’ Army (RPM-M/RPA) The Mamasapano bloody incident last January 25, 2015 is a clear manifestation of the fragility and complexity of the peace process and security situation in Mindanao. Source: Statement of the Revolutionary…
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Memories of Michael Harrington
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By Democratic Socialists of America Harrington speaking at a DSOC event (Gretchen Donart) We continue our recognition of Michael Harrington’s contributions with recollections from several of our comrades who worked with him. By Jack Clark A mistake I’m glad I…
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Socialist Party L.A. Local Freedom School: Organizer Trainingwith the IWW
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Richard from the IWW came out to the Hauser office on February 21st to provide a training on solidarity unionism. We reviewed worker legal protections and strategies for organizing on the job, with particular focus on tactics usedby the Starbucks…
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The Future of Left/Independent Electoral Action in the United States
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By Socialist Party of Texas The Future of Left/Independent Electoral Action in the United States Update: The Future of Left/Independent Electoral Action conference will be held May 2-3 in Chicago. If you would like to endorse the call to the…
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Guestworkers Who Exposed Forced Labor Win $14 Million in Damages From Employer
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By Sarita Gupta On February 18, 2015, a federal jury awarded $14 million in damages to five guestworkers from India who, along with the National Guestworker Alliance, launched a nationwide campaign in 2008 to expose forced labor along the Gulf…