By woodlanham The Washington Socialist Summer 2014 By Andy Feeney Low and moderate-income Washington D.C. residents face a “crisis in affordable housing,” according to a panel of experts who addressed a June 26 special board meeting of TENAC, the D.C.…
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Sprawl and the Quest for Status: a book review
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By woodlanham The Washington Socialist Summer 2014 By Bill Mosley Review of Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism. By Benjamin Ross. Oxford University Press, 2014, 249 pp. The subject of suburban sprawl is already the focus…
Socialist Party USA: Get Your Organizing On! Register for the SPUSA National Organizing Conference
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By americansocialists This workshop will draw comparisons of political campaigning to athletic teams when it comes to understanding how a campaign team operates. Using Performance When Addressing Issues Participants in this workshop will be able to understand the field of…
Last Call: Take an Ad Out in the Socialist Party National Organizing Conference Journal!
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By Editor Full-page 10″ x 7.5″ $200 Half page 5″ x 7.5″ $125 Quarter page 5″ x 3.75″ $75 Eight page 2.5″ x 3.75″ $40 Single-line $20 SUBMIT YOUR AD BY July 15, 2014 Don’t forget to get your registration…
Misdirected neoliberal budget will further increase inequality and unemployment: Socialist Party
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By americansocialists The Congress president Smt. Sonia Gandhi herself has dubbed the budget as a ‘copy of the UPA policies’. Former finance minister P. Chidambram has, sarcastically, made the comment that “BJP sought a mandate for Congress Mukt Bharat. My…
The terror state lashes out
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By erickerl Jason Farbman reports on Israel’s escalating violence, with the threat of worse to come–and the furious response of Palestinians fed up with being terrorized. Mourners march in a funeral procession for a Palestinian killed in Israel’s air strikes…
Descent Into Butchery: Israel’s Latest Assault on Gaza
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By by David Finkel There should never have been any doubt that another Israeli assault on Gaza would occur, with the inevitable accompanying mass atrocities. That’s not necessarily because it serves anyone’s strategic interests–but simply because Israel’s brutalities in the…
June Jobs Report: Better, but Millions of Workers Still on the Edge
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By Joe Persky By Joe Persky The June employment situation is largely consistent with recent trends. It is not remarkable, but those recent trends are better than what we had become used to in the years following the deep losses…
Bulgarian Socialist Party seeks, well, red best-seller
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By americansocialists Officially or otherwise, candidates have emerged to succeed Sergei Stanishev at a Bulgarian Socialist Party congress on July 27 that will elect a new party leader. There are about six, including the candidate that Stanishev wants to occupy…
Socialist Party USA L.A. Local Freedom School – “Why We Radicalize”
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By msoltysik When: Saturday, July 19th, 6pm Where: 2617 Hauser Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA What’s going on: This will be a group discussion where participants explain the experiences and processes that made a contribution to their choice to radicalize. Anyone…
Socialism versus Capitalism
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By americansocialists The socialist party in America was born and grew dramatically between 1900 and 1912. Under the charismatic leadership of Eugene V. Debs in 1912, 160 council members, 145 aldermen, 1 congressman, and 56 mayors including those of Milwaukee,…
The Year 1934: Three Reviews of Bryan Palmer’s “Revolutionary Teamsters”
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By from the Editors The year 1934 saw three historic strikes that transformed U.S. labor. It was the year when the American working class clenched its fists and rose from the depths and humiliation of the Great Depression. Within just…
Interview With Declared 2016 Socialist Party USA Presidential Candidate Dean Capone
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By americansocialists (Dean Capone recently announced his intention to seek the Socialist Party USA’s presidential nomination and has launched a campaign website. Mr. Capone agreed to an interview recently.) Q. Mr. Capone, could you start by sharing a little bit…
Mississippi Freedom Summer Anniversary Conference – A Reflection
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By Megan Harrison By Megan Harrison The Mississippi Freedom Summer 50th Anniversary Conference, held June 25-29 at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss., celebrated the rich legacy of civil rights activists who journeyed to Mississippi in 1964 to risk – and…
Raul Castro Meets Chilean Socialist Party Leader
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By americansocialists Havana, Cuba, Jul 7.- President Raul Castro, first secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party, met Saturday in Havana with the president of Chile’s Socialist Party Osvaldo Andrade. The two political leaders addressed issues of international interest as well ……