By woodlanham Welcome to the midsummer edition of the Washington Socialist, the email newsletter of Metro DC Democratic Socialists of America. You may think that politics does not happen in the summer in Washington, D.C. and its adjacencies in Maryland…
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A Socialist Party without mortgages
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By americansocialists The Socialist Party has given everyone a lesson in democracy through the process that ended on Sunday with the voting in of Pedro Sánchez as its new secretary general. Other parties will find it hard to entrench themselves…
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7/17 Public Meeting: Stop Israeli Terror! Free Palestine!
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By Umass Boston Socialists Stop Israeli Terror! Free Palestine!Public MeetingHosted by the Boston International Socialist OrganizationMore co-sponsors TBA Thursday July 17th, 7:00 PM358 Washington Street, Dorchester(Fields Corner Station or #23 from Ruggles station)Directions // RSVP on Facebook In the U.S.,…
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Asylum Now for Refugee Children!
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By by Barry Sheppard There has been a massive increase of refugees from Central America seeking asylum in the U.S., many of them unaccompanied children. So far this year the Border Patrol says that over 50,000 such children have crossed…
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Pedro Sánchez Castejón wins Socialist leadership race in first open vote
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By americansocialists Pedro Sánchez Castejón, a virtually unknown figure to the public, has become the new leader of the Socialist Party (PSOE) and the man who will run in general elections next year to try to wrest power from the…
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Panel, New Bills Raise Hope for Relief For Millions of Long-term Unemployed
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By woodlanham The Washington Socialist Summer 2014 By Woody Woodruff and Andy Feeney As Democrats and Republicans argue over exactly how well President Obama’s policies are promoting the recovery of American capitalism, the plight of the long-term unemployed has become…
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Kurzarbeit, the German way to avoid layoffs, gets traction in the US
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By woodlanham The Washington Socialist Summer 2014 By Cecilio Morales Nebraska became the 29th state in the United States in past weeks to establish a layoff avoidance work-sharing unemployment insurance program. Unfortunately, time runs out next month for amending laws…
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DC Faces “Crisis in Affordable Housing” Tenants’ Group Warns: Residents Urged to Support 2 Rent Control Reform Bills
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Interview with California Socialist Candidate
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By mserard 11 July 2014By Mari P-AThe Red Vine “This paper, much like the Weekly Worker, spends a lot of time discussing, criticizing and reporting on the left. It is important that organizations on the left engage in active discussions…
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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…
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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…
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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…