By mserard 28 July 2014 By Richard WingerBallot Access News “On July 24, Matt Erard asked the Sixth Circuit to put him and four other Socialist Party nominees on the Michigan ballot this year. The basis for the case, Erard…
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Massachusetts Passes Groundbreaking Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
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By Lisa Adler They did it! Massachusetts domestic workers and their allies, including Massachusetts Jobs With Justice, recently passed a statewide domestic workers Bill of Rights. Massachusetts marks the fourth state to pass a domestic workers Bill of Rights in…
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Socialist Party to announce Dean Capone as presidential candidate
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By americansocialists The Socialist Party of the United States of America will formally announce Dean Capone as its 2016 presidential candidate Monday, Aug. 4, in Chicago, according to a press release Monday, July 28. The announcement will be held at…
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Socialist Party L.A. Local August Membership Meeting
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By msoltysik When: Saturday, August 9th, 2pm Where: 2617 Hauser Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA What’s happening: We have an ecosocialist action coming up as well as a speaking event in Venice. We’ll cover approaches to both actions. We also decided…
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Bulgarian Socialist Party’s new leader Mikov: ‘The difficulty starts today’
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By americansocialists Mihail Mikov, newly-elected leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, said that the difficulty was not in the leadership race but in turning what he described as the largest party in Bulgaria into the strongest: “The difficulty begins today”.…
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Salt of the Earth Remains Relevant 60 Years Later
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By Democratic Socialists of America By Deborah Rosenfelt Salt of the Earth, 1954 This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the film Salt of the Earth. With a story based on an actual strike in southwestern New Mexico, the film…
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Venezuela’s ruling socialist party holds first post-Chavez convention amid internal dissent
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By americansocialists CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela’s socialist party is holding its first national convention since the death last year of President Hugo Chavez, with delegates hoping to quell infighting and discontent about party leadership. President Nicolas Maduro is … News…
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Socialist Party Locals Join Demonstration Against the Invasion and Occupation of Gaza by Israel
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Socialist Party Locals and member at-large joined the many demonstrations against the invasion and occupation of Gaza. From New to Los Angeles, members have been active in the growing movement condemning Israel’s actions and our governments support for those actions.…
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Descent Into Butchery, Part 2: An Update on the Gaza Massacre
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By by David Finkel It’s official now, as if it weren’t obvious the whole time: Israel is hitting what it aims at, including housing blocks with dozens of trapped families inside, hospitals, schools, mosques, and even places where its air-drop…
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Bulgarian Socialist Party Returns Mandate
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By americansocialists The head of the BSP-led Coalition for Bulgaria parliamentary group Atanas Medrzhanov returned to President Rosen Plevneliev the mandate for formation of a government. “I decline to set up a government,” Merdzhanov told Plevneliev. “We are sticking ……
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Number of candidates climbs ahead of Bulgarian Socialist Party July 27 leadership battle
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By americansocialists The process of electing a new leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party at the special congress to be held on July 27 is likely to be a long one, with 17 candidates now in the field. Most are…
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Inequality: Political Origins, Political Solutions
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By Joseph Schwartz By Joseph M. Schwartz Nearly 40 years of bipartisan policies of the “4 Ds” of neoliberalism—deregulation, decrease in union strength, defunding of public goods, and decreases in taxes on the rich and corporations—have produced inequalities in income…
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Change within Bulgarian Socialist Party has begun: ex-minister
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By americansocialists Sofia. ”Change within the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) has begun, the first step has already been made,” said former energy minister Rumen Ovcharov, speaking at a discussion on the future of the party themed ”The Change is a…
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‘Hypocrite’ David Cameron won’t scupper our warships deal with Russia, French insist
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By americansocialists David Cameron is a hypocrite to demand France cancel a deal to build warships for Russia while London remains a haven for oligarchs, the head of the country’s ruling Socialist party said on Tuesday. President Francois Hollande is…
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Meet Betsy Avila: DSA’s New Youth Organizer
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By Betsy Avila By Betsy Avila, Youth Organizer Betsy Avila is DSA’s new Youth Organizer. She will be responsible for maintaining and growing our youth section, the Young Democratic Socialists. She will also serve as lead organizer for the winter…