Editorial, The Socialist, May 2009 There is a new feeling this May Day. Though not exactly a haunting specter, there is sense that the world may be on the brink of something new and significant. In one short year, we have witnessed the near total collapse of a global financial system once so dominant that it motivated calls for “the end of history.” Capitalism is failing – drowning in a sea... 

Editorial, El Socialista Hay un nuevo sentimiento este Primero de Mayo. Tal vez no es exactamente un amenazante fantasma, pero hay un sensación que el mundo esta al borde de algo nuevo y significante. En menos de un año se ha visto casi el colapso total del sistema financiero mundial, que alguna vez parecía tan dominante que llamaba por el “fin de la historia”. El Capitalismo esta fallando—se... 

More than 400 students assembled today at the Quad in Brooklyn College today to call for an end to the proposed $600 tuition hike for City University of New York students. NY State Governor David Paterson proposed the increase as one part of a series of budget cutbacks which will negatively impact the state’s education, transportation and social services systems. Demonstrators today demanded... 

Thanks to Thom Good at Next Left Notes, we have a video of the Socialist Party USA panel at the Left Forum 2009. The panel was titled “Not Our War: Afghanistan and the Global Peace Movement.” It featured Jonas Sjostedt of the Swedish Left Party, David McReynolds of the SP-USA and War Resister’s League and Adele Welty of Sept. 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows. The panel was chaired... 

This May Day, more than any other in recent memory, is a perfect time to come out into the streets to demand an end to exploitation and suffering created by capitalist society. On Friday, the NYC Local of the Socialist Party USA will join other workers in the City in declaring that “another world is possible” where things like healthcare, transportation and a clean environment become our... 

This week is DWU’s big Week of Action leading up to their lobbying day on April 28th when 200 domestic workers and allies will head to Albany to try to get this bill passed. The NYC Local of the Socialist Party will participate in this Saturday’s march! * April 25th March and Rally “Where Wall St Lives and Domestic Workers Labor” 11am at 86th and 5th ave We will be making a... 

by Billy Wharton from Socialist WebZine To start, I admit to being a thick-skinned New Yorker. After nearly forty-years here, there is little that this city can offer which would evoke even an emotion. This is particularly true in the New York City subways. Rats run across the subway tracks. People commit any number of lewd and crude public acts on a daily basis. Just a month ago, a drunken fellow... 

Come out and meet some NYC Socialists at our monthly membership meeting this Friday. We will be discussing the locals plans and strategies for participation in the movements against budget cuts, for single payer health care, against the war. We will also be making plans for summer ’09 organizing. When – Friday April 24, 6:30pm Where – 339 Lafayette St. Buzzer #11 (6 to Bleecker /... 

Party With the Party! This Saturday! The Socialist Party USA, NYC Local invites you to our Left Forum After Party. Saturday April 18th 7pm, 339 Lafayette St. Buzzer #11 6 train to Bleecker St. Refreshments will be served – BYOB contact: socialistpartynyc@gmail.com – 718-869-2279  Read More →

by Kristin Schall from Common Dreams In an April 2009 poll conducted by Rasmussen, respondents were asked “which is a better system—capitalism or socialism?” Just 53% of adult Americans prefer capitalism, 20% of respondents favor socialism and 27% responded not sure. These figures suggest that Americans’ attitudes toward alternatives to capitalism may be shifting and that we are living in a... 

Socialist Party USA (NYC Local) Panel at the Left Forum 2009! Not our war: Afghanistan and the Challenges for the Global Peace Movement The global tide of political opinion has clearly turned against the continuing US occupation of Iraq. Current US President Barack Obama campaigned on a pledge to build a roadmap for the removal of troops. However, the future of the US-led occupation of Afghanistan... 

Thousands of people came out on Saturday to march against Wall Street and US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. United for Peace and Justice sponsored the event and nearly every part of the progressive community participated. The march followed a smaller mobilization at Wall Street on Friday which was shortened by a torrential downpour. Protesters on both days expressed the growing popular anger with an... 

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