By Duane Campbell Joe Shlabotnik/Flickr By Duane Campbell In 2014 DSA should turn to electoral campaigns as one element of our political strategy. As we know, the U.S. political system is overrun by money. Economic power at the top is…
By americansocialists Socialist Party deputy Olivier Faure, in his letter, wondered how it is that the JDL is authorized in France, while banned in the US and Israel. French authorities have decided to ban the Jewish Defense League as a…
By Jobs With Justice President Obama issued an executive order that holds federal contractors accountable for violating their workers’ rights by making it harder for repeat lawbreakers to win future contracts. Read Sarita Gupta’s statement and learn more here. Source:…
By Dustin Guastella Jewish American Historical Society/Flickr By Jack Rothman It’s the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and celebrations are under way. Mark Updegrove, director of the LBJ Library, has announced a national Civil Rights Summit “to…
By Socialist Party of Texas Texas Stands with Gaza On Saturday, August 2nd, we will be assembling at the Capitol in Austin to protest against Israel’s horrific assault on the population of Gaza, and to demand an end to our…
By Umass Boston Socialists The Role of Socialists in MovementsEducational MeetingHosted by the Boston International Socialist Organization Thursday July 31st, 7:00 PM358 Washington Street, Dorchester(Fields Corner Station or #23 from Ruggles station)Directions In the Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx states, “The…
By americansocialists The French president, battered by abysmal poll ratings, traveled to the southwestern town of Carmaux to commune with the spirit of its native son, Jean Jaurès, the founder of France’s Socialist Party, titanic tribune of the people and…
By Mackenzie Baris Despite its high minimum wage, San Francisco has the second-highest rate of income inequality among major U.S. cities. One of the reasons why people aren’t earning enough money to make ends meet in the Bay Area, and…
By americansocialists Excerpts from an article by Jim Hagerty in The Examiner: 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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”.…
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…