By by Johanna Brenner This article was originally published in Socialist Studies: The Journal of the Society for Socialist Studies. This is the first of the article; the second half will be published separately.Looking back to the heady days of…
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Socialist Party L.A. Local September Membership Meeting
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By msoltysik When: Saturday, September 6th, 2pm Where: 2617 Hauser Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA What’s going on: Discussion of more solidarity work in response to Ferguson and L.A.? Our working groups have identified labor, education, community gardens, and anti-imperialism as…
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New Report Documents Urgent Need in Colorado for a Strong Home-Care Workforce
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By Lisa Adler Colorado Caring Across Generations – co-anchored by Colorado Jobs With Justice, 9to5 Colorado and El Centro Humanitario – has released a report documenting the growing and urgent need for affordable, quality in-home health care in the state.…
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Brazi election wide open as Socialists choose Silva
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By americansocialists Environmentalist Marina Silva will be the new presidential candidate for Brazil’s Socialist Party a week after its previous nominee was killed in a plane crash. Ms Silva, who had been Eduardo Campos’ vice presidential running mate, met members…
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Justice for Michael Brown: Community Control of Police and Equality for All
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By Dustin Guastella Statement by the Democratic Socialists of America National Political Committee, August 21, 2014 Democratic Socialists of America calls for a full federal civil rights investigation into the killing of Michael Brown and an end to the militarization…
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Colonialism and the Working Class in Canada
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By by David Camfield It’s good news that in a number of cities people “are meeting together in growing numbers to explore what it means – and doesn’t mean – to stand in solidarity with Indigenous peoples within Canada,” as…
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Occupy Davis to Democratic Socialism
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By Melody Yee Davis Democratic Socialists By Melody Yee In 2011, millions of people saw the footage of police officer John Pike pepper-spraying seated, unarmed protesters at the University of California-Davis, and many followed subsequent investigations, demonstrations, and court cases.…
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Brazil Socialists pick new candidate, target Rousseff
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By americansocialists Brasilia (Brazil) (AFP) – Brazil’s Socialist party named popular environmentalist Marina Silva its presidential candidate Wednesday, reshaping the political landscape after her late running mate Eduardo Campos died in a plane crash last week. Campos’s … News Source:…
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The Activist’s Guide to Using DSA Literature
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By Elizabeth Henderson NYC DSA By Elizabeth Henderson Now that the weather is warmer and the days longer, it’s time to set up a DSA table in a high-traffic site. Whether you’re collecting signatures for the Drop Student Debt! petition,…
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Hands Up, Don’t Shoot: Ferguson on Center Stage
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By by Malik Miah Two Americas. Two realities. Race matters. Us against them.The mass media have swarmed all over Ferguson, Missouri for one reason: The Black community went into the streets after the police murder of Michael Brown, and refused…
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The Socialist Alternative – A few modest proposals
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By americansocialists The party’s ideology is based upon democratic socialism, a society where both government planning and workers’ self-management are dominant features of the economy:[19] The party advocates nationalizing the top 500 corporations and banks within the U.S … News…
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“From Ferguson to L.A., Racist Cops Have Got to Pay!
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By Editor Click to view slideshow. August 18, 2014 — Downtown Los Angeles, 3:00 p.m. — It was 89 degrees with clear skies and low-ish smog levels — a perfect day to go to the beach. Instead, hundreds of concerned…
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Brazil: Socialist Pres. Hopeful Surges in Polls
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By americansocialists The politician chosen to replace the Brazilian Socialist Party presidential candidate who died in a plane crash has surged in a poll measuring voters’ intentions. The survey shows 21 percent of voters favor Marina Silva, who’s replacing the…
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Ferguson is fighting back
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By erickerl Angry protests and police violence have continued night after night in Ferguson, Mo., since the murder of an unarmed Black teenager, Mike Brown, on August 9. Despite claims by local and state authorities that they want to respect…
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Bay State Workers Win Min Wage Victory, Prepare for Sick Pay Fight
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By Eldon Almost half a million Massachusetts low-wage workers won a significant victory on June 26th, when Governor Deval Patrick signed a bill to raise the minimum wage in stages to $11 per hour in 2017, the highest minimum wage…