“When asked whether it was difficult to create a coalition between such different groups, Kebaili said no, that the issues of difference were minor and the parties held many programmatic points in common.” by Billy Wharton from the Socialist Webzine The growing resistance to capitalism is not confined to relatively spectacularly mobilizations carried out by Occupy Wall Street. Later this week,... 

“All over, we observe that resistances and struggles are multiplying and taking form. They are contributing to the emergence of a vast global movement of ideas.” from the Socialist Webzine We, academics, intellectuals, writers, artists, leaders of political forces, trade unions as well as citizen and social movements, are engaged in the construction of political and social, democratic and popular... 

by Pham Binh from Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist Pink Scare’s (PS) response  to the debate ignited by my review  of Tony Cliff’s Lenin: Building the Party affords me the opportunity to clarify issues of secondary importance like timing, judgments, method, and implications that did not fit with the content of my responses to the Cliff book’s two defenders, Paul Le Blanc and Paul... 

“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 spite of the increase in the franchise (i.e. right to vote), the average citizen has little more say in government than the holder of a life insurance policy has over the companies in which he holds a share by virtue of that policy.” by Chuck Hamilton  from Notes From the Ninth Circle “None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.” (Johann Wolfgang... 

by Andrea Pason and Billy Wharton, co-chairs Socialist Party USA- February 11, 2011 We send greetings to the working people of Egypt on the day of their victorious struggle to depose the dictator Hosni Mubarak. Their grassroots movement provides definitive proof to the world that radical political activity can change the course of history. The activities of the protesters in Tahrir Square transformed... 

FRIDAY, February 4th 3:30 – 5:30pm Gather at Times Square; March to Egyptian Mission at 44th & 2nd Avenue http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=194557633903265 Sponsored by the International Action Center This demonstration will coincide with what is being called the Day of Departure in Egypt. We expect that this will be the next major show of force by the protestors and could be decisive. *** SATURDAY,... 

by Sean Riley, member Socialist Party of Arizona, Billy Wharton, co-chair Socialist Party USA - As socialists we recognize and support the existence of a truly free and open internet, maintained by the principle of net neutrality. We reject the proposals being made by the digital media giants backed by the politicians they have purchased who wish to segregate the internet by dividing access to it between... 

Patrica Parachinni is a 18 year old student at Port Jervis High School. She enjoys many of the things that most high schoolers enjoy, with one exception. She’s a fan of the Cuban Revolution. This interesting political stance brought her into direct conflict with her art teacher and principal. Both said that displaying other students’ paintings was fine, but Patricia’s “went over the line.”... 

SCREENING OF THE COCA-COLA CASE THIS SUNDAY – FOR MORE INFO, CLICK HERE!   by Billy Wharton from Counterpunch “Sailing round the world in a dirty gondola,” Bob Dylan sang in 1971, “Oh, to be back in the land of Coca-Cola !” After forty years of corporate globalization, Dylan would be hard pressed to find a place that isn’t the land of Coca-Cola . Multinationals have torn up the... 

Our world is in the grips of the most calamitous economic crisis since the Great Depression – and its epicenter is the imperial United States, where hallowed investment banks have disappeared overnight, giants of industry have gone bankrupt, and the financial order has been shaken to the core. While many around the globe are increasingly wondering if another world is indeed possible, few are mapping... 

A Socialist Party USA Statement May Day 2010 “Ideas,” someone once wrote, “move rapidly when their time comes.” As we gather to celebrate May Day, the continuing capitalist crisis makes socialism an idea ready to move rapidly. While the banks have received trillion dollar bailouts, working people still face mass unemployment, state and local budget cuts and deepening personal debt. Capitalist... 

“The Agronomist” Jonathan Demme, 2004, 90 min. The Agronomist is about Jean Leopold Dominique who hosted Radio Haiti-Inter, Haiti’s first independent radio station. Jonathan Demme puts together this documentary with historical footage and interviews. The result is a serious recount of Haiti during its numerous regimes. Radio Haiti-Inter was Radio Haiti in 1960 and in 1969, it became... 

Solidarity With Alberto Durango JUSTICE FOR CLEANERS AT UBS (Union Bank of Switzerland) Friday March 19th, 3:00pm UBS Headquarters Meet at the corner of 52nd St. and 6th Ave. Cleaners at the London branch of the bank UBS began a drive to form a union when the bank changed the subcontractor that hires the cleaners. The new contractor, Lancaster, began an attack on the working conditions of the cleaners...