By spmichigan Following a five-year period since a Socialist Party Local was last organized in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the Party has officially rechartered the Socialist Party of Marquette. The Local is now holding regular meetings in the Marquette County area…
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Houston Film Series
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By Socialist Party of Texas Please join us at the Houston Hearts and Minds Film Series. Saturday, April 26, 2014, from 6:30 pm until 8:30 pm at the Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston. Occupy Love! For more information climaterealitycorps@gmail.com…
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Austin May Day Celebration
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By Socialist Party of Texas The Original Blast! Calling all working class poets, musicians, filmmakers, artists, cooks, organizers,activists and everyone else invited to come and participate in celebrationand solidarity on Thursday, May 1 from 5:30 to 10 or so at…
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Long-term unemployment and the failure of capitalism
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By admin By Lew Jeppson, In a op-ed reprinted in the Deseret News, economist Robert Samuelson makes a startling admission: we don’t know what to do about the long term unemployed! Says Samuleson: “Long-term unemployment is a huge national and…
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4/22 A World to Win: Public Forum feat. Shaun Harkin
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By Umass Boston Socialists A World to Win:The Revolutionary Ideas of MarxismA public forum hosted by the Boston ISO Tuesday April 22, 3:30 PMUMass Boston – Wheatley Hall 4th FloorRoom 141 (CPCS Conference Room)Directions(JFK/UMass stop) You can’t keep a good…
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4/17 Organizing Meeting
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By Umass Boston Socialists Boston ISO Organizing MeetingThursday April 17, 7 PM 358 Washington Street, Dorchester(Fields Corner Station or #23 from Ruggles station)Directions Proposed Agenda: 1) Report-back from Labor Notes conference, 45m Suggested reading: How will labor be revived Organizing…
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Albuquerque Organizes for Radical Reform of Police Department
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By by Bill Bradley In the process of surrendering to Albuquerque police on March 16, 2014, James Boyd, a homeless and mentally ill man, was attacked by a police dog and shot in the back. Boyd was sleeping in the…
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Socialist Party L.A. Local Freedom School with Scott Tucker!!!
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By msoltysik When: Saturday, April 19th, 630pm Where: 2617 Hauser Boulevard, Los Angeles What’s going on: The German Revolution: Looking Back, Looking Forward Was the Russian Revolution a success? Was the German Revolution a failure? Among socialists to this day,…
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How U.S. Taxpayers Subsidize the Nation’s Wealthiest Family
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By Jobs With Justice A new report released by Americans for Tax Fairness reveals the true costs everyday consumers pay for Walmart’s low prices. The company, and specifically the several Walton family members who control it, receive an estimated $7.8…
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Now Trending: Whistleblowers in Low-Wage Jobs Turn to Social Media
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By Erica Smiley In a new trend, low-wage employees at some of the most profitable companies are turning to social media to expose rampant abuses and violations of labor law. Walmart associates could see more hours in their future through…
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Boston Climate Justice Teach-In: Race, Class, and the Anti-Ecological Logic of Capitalism (VIDEO)
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By by Boston Solidarity Around 150 people from Boston and surrounding areas attended the “Climate Justice Teach-In: Race, Class, and the Anti-Ecological Logic of Capitalism” on Saturday, April 5 at Northeastern University in Boston. The event was planned by an…
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Important First Steps in Tackling the Long-Term Care Crisis
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By Lisa Adler The number of Americans needing long-term care in the United States is expected to more than double from 12 million today to 27 million by 2050. Someone turns 65 every eight seconds, and more than 70 percent…
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Not One More Deportation! April 5 Day of Action Spreads Resistance to Deportations
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By by Alex Greene On April 5, undocumented organizers and allies gathered for actions in more than 70 cities calling for an end to deportations. The date was chosen because it’s the estimated date for when the Obama administration will…
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Interview with 2014 SP California State Assembly Candidate Mimi Soltysik
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By mserard 7 April 2014 By Jen McClellanThe Socialist “JEN MCCLELLAN: What does it mean to be running as a socialist? (What do you hope to accomplish?) MIMI SOLTYSIK: Initially we (as in the L.A. Local and the Ventura Local…
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The Moral Monday Movement: Transforming the South
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By Jonathan Williams Fifty-four years after the historic lunch counter sit-ins launched the civil rights era, in which four black students sat down at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter and demanded to be served, North Carolina once again captured the…