After marching in Washington D.C. against the war, NYC Local members organized an activist training sessions in NYC. More than a dozen people turned out for a discussion of democratic socialism and small group workshops on leaflet design and political organizing. The main exercise involved designing a campaign against a local paper (guess which one) which ran a racist cartoon. The meeting was productive... 

Members of the NYC Local (and other SP members) participated in the March 21st demonstration against the continuing war and occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan. Although President Barack Obama has pledged to remove a significant number of US combat troops next year he also intends to keep a force of 50,000 soldiers in Iraq and escalate the war in Afghanistan. Around 3,000 people turned out for the...