By msoltysik It appears that there is an IWW member, Phillip Ruiz, who, without any charges being released to indicate why, is being denied release from prison. Here are details about how you might be able to help: “Phone Zap…
By from Rise Up/Levanta Texas An entire year has passed since the shouts heard around the world reverberated throughout the Texas Capitol and forced the state legislature to come to a screeching halt. Rise Up/Levanta Texas formed in late June…
By americansocialists The party got an IOU” (The Nation … This huge breakthrough was achieved through a mass-action campaign spearheaded by Socialist Alternative and Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant. Collective action outside of accepted channels, or the threat ……
By David Bacon Editor’s Note : Below we post David Bacon’s excellent piece on the current crisis of refugee children along the U.S./Mexico border and the manipulation of the events in the press by right wing media sources. Bacon offers…
By msoltysik When: Saturday July 12th, 2pm Where: 2617 Hauser Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA What’s going on: Lots to cover. School will be starting soon – campus activities? Update on SP commissions, including future climate change actions. Youtube channel? YPSL…
By americansocialists Portugal’s Socialist Party leader Antonio Jose Seguro said support for him was growing and he hoped this would continue to be the case to achieve a “great victory” in the primary elections, according to local media reports on…
By americansocialists Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has begun to lose the support of his own socialist party. After expelling a rebel official for criticizing the government, Maduro has threatened to purge his own party of dissidents in an attempt to…
Members of the Socialist Party Ventura Local and Los Angeles Local convened at Malibu’s El Matador State Beach to PARTY! Giants waves, good food, lots of laughs. Source: SP Los Angles Beach Party!
By americansocialists “Ever wonder what all those White House correspondents talk about while they are waiting for President Barack Obama to step up to the podium? Well now thanks to a live feed and a hot mic, we know what…
By Jonathan Williams “The water department announced in March it was resuming efforts to shut off water service to more than 150,000 delinquent customers in order to collect about $118 million in outstanding bills. The department said it would target…
By Jobs With Justice “The 17 percent average raise, expected to be announced Thursday, is the Swedish ready-to-assemble furniture chain’s biggest in 10 years in the U.S. The pay increase will take effect Jan. 1. It will translate to an…
By Dustin Guastella By Emma Roderick It has been 45 years since the Stonewall Rebellion. In June of 1969, some of the most marginalized LGBTQ people in New York City—homeless youth, drag queens and kings, sex workers, transgender women of…
By americansocialists Even pro-government militias are joining the chorus of complaints. Earlier this month, a coalition of so-called “colectivos” issued a press release calling on Venezuela’s socialist party to choose its leaders more democratically. Mexico-based economist … News Source: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6c3c5484aaa74……
By Maria Svart By Maria Svart When billionaires claim, as investor Sam Zell has, that “The 1% work harder,” I can only respond, “Why yes, you are working harder than the rest of us in the class struggle. Of course…
By by Marty Oppenheimer Just two weeks after the August 28, 1963 March on Washington, four girls aged 11-14 — Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson and Denise McNair — died in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist…