May 19, 2012    The Socialist Party USA has endorsed and will mobilize for the May protests against the G-8 and NATO in Chicago.                   May 19th, 2012: Protest the NATO/G8 Summit  Noon rally at Daley Plaza, then march to McCormick Place Join in a legal, permitted, family-friendly march and rally! More info soon!    Read More →

“To speak of the class struggle is abstract because the real or concrete struggle is being fought by people of color against the various forms of racism which not only disparage and strip people of respect through discrimination, but also dehumanizes them through the reinforcement of economic policies that make resources for People of Color that much worse.” The Importance to the Radical Democratic... 

Gar Alperovitz met with Wolff to discuss an issue they both work on heavily: worker-managed and worker-owned companies. by Richard Wolff and Gar Alperovitz from rdwolff.com In partnership with Truthout, Professor Richard Wolff hosts a weekly radio show on WBAI 99.5 in New York called Economic Update. In December, historian and political economist Gar Alperovitz met with Wolff to discuss an issue... 

“The living wage campaign is demanding a minimum wage for direct, contracted, and subcontracted employees of no less that $13, and that wages be adjusted each year to comply with the Economic Policy Institute’s regionally sourced cost-of-living and inflation calculations.” by David Swanson from The Socialist Webzine Twelve students at the University of Virginia on Saturday began a hunger... 

“Direct action was the main tactic utilized and in a matter of days thousands of people were sitting-in, picketing and demonstrating at dozens of Woolworth’s and other stores with similar policies.” by Andy Piascik Fifty-two years ago this month, on February 1, 1960, four African-American students from North Carolina A and T University walked into the Woolworth’s in downtown Greensboro, sat... 

“Memoirs from participants have to be read critically, but on the whole, they confirm the view taken by Pham and supported by newly published documents. Paul D’Amato tells us that this whole issue is not one on which we should waste any ink. Since the ultimate outcome in 1917 was the existence of two separate parties, accuracy about the process by which this result took place seems to him unimportant... 

“So, people like A. Philip Randolph formed mighty and militant organizations that not only fought for economic justice, but fought for civil rights.” by Keon Skelton Year after year “Black History” is memorialized in the United States. This past year, a large monument of the late great Martin Luther King Jr. was unveiled. Many gathered in awe. I certainly plan to make a trip to see this monument... 

“This is exactly what’s wrong with us, the U.S. socialist left. The fact that there has been almost no concrete and explicit discussion on the socialist left about the new tasks Occupy’s eruption has created for us is disturbing.” a Reply to Paul D’Amato by Pham Binh The first response to my “Occupy and the Tasks of Socialists” piece written by a leading member of an American socialist... 

February 25, 20127:30 pmto11:30 pm     Come join us for an evening of fun, political conversation, and food! When: Saturday, Feb. 25th 2012, 7:30 pm Where: 28-34, 35th St. #2, Astoria, NY 11103 [get directions] Join/RSVP here. For information call (718) 869-2279 or email us.  Read More →

February 15, 20125:00 pmto6:00 pm    In the first session of our Brooklyn College Socialist Shorts, we will be having a discussion on economist Rick Wolff‘s article regarding capitalism, crisis, and the opportunity for socialist renewal. Bring a friend, pull up a chair, and join the discussion! Read Rick Wolff’s article here. Find all the reading material here. Join Facebook event... 

“Yes, that’s right, think Cavemen Facebook. Without, of course, all the annoying Pokes, incessant updates and endless Farmville requests.” by Billy Wharton from The Socialist Webzine  Socialists are gaining allies in their efforts to transform capitalist society. The latest are a bit more odd then most. They were probably quite smelly. They lived in caves. And they had only very recently acquired... 

On January 28th, 2012, Occupy Oakland moved to take a vacant building to use as a social center and a new place to continue organizing. This is the story of what happened that day as told by those who were a part of it. it features rare footage and interviews with Boots Riley, David Graeber, Maria Lewis, and several other witnesses to key events.  The Battle of Oakland from brandon jourdan on Vimeo.  Read More →

“We do not have the lives we want and our children’s future is threatened because of social conditions that can and should be changed. One key cause for this intolerable state of affairs is the lack of genuine democracy in our economy as well as in our politics.” A new historical vista is opening before us in this time of change. Capitalism as a system has spawned deepening economic crisis alongside... 

“In reality, a $25bn mortgage deal with banks is a drop in the ocean – given US homeowners’ $700bn of negative equity.” by Richard Wolff  from The Guardian Big announcements of breakthrough legislative deals during election campaigns should be taken with huge grains of salt. Generally more rhetoric than reality, they sometimes contain real concessions made by politicians seeking votes....