May 1, 20137:00 pmto10:00 pm    #MayDay2013: Labor Rights, Immigrant Rights, Jobs for All!  Read More →

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April 20, 20139:30 amto7:30 pm    The Socialist Party of New York City endorses the 2013 Ecosocialist Conference and looks forward to working with other organizations in combating Capitalism’s continued destruction of the environment.  Read More →

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  As stated in the platform of the Socialist Party USA (SPUSA),  the New York City Local (SPNYC) stands in support of equal marriage. From our platform: The Socialist Party recognizes the human and civil rights of all, without regard to sexual orientation.  We call for the end of all anti-gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBTQ) restrictions in law and the work place, the repeal of... 

Last Saturday sixteen year old Kimani Gray was shot seven times (at least three times in the back) by two police officers in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Although the police report recovering a .38 caliber pistol from the scene, at least one eyewitness has claimed Kimani was unarmed. In the days since the shooting, community residents and activists from throughout the city have been demonstrating in East... 

by Billy Wharton from Counterheg It is not everyday, though it is increasingly more common, that an “election” in the People’s Republic of China is more democratic than a political event in the United States.  The appointment of Kevyn Orr as the Emergency Financial Manager (EFM) of Detroit is one such moment.  Orr becomes the 14th such emergency manager appointed in the state of Michigan since... 

Kudos to our comrades from New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts who showed their support in the “Stop Violence against Women” march today in Washington Square.  Read More →

“Tonight, Barack Obama was declared the winner of the U.S. Presidential election. Obama ran a centrist, lackluster campaign that was fueled by an avalanche of campaign donations from corporate America.  The losers were poor and working class people all over the country.” by Billy Wharton from The Socialist Webzine Although, Mitt Romney was the other corporate funded candidate in the race, it... 

by Billy Wharton from Counterheg  During an unusual moment of clarity in an otherwise vanilla stint as the Governor of New York State, Andrew Cuomo spoke frankly about the longer term ramifications of Hurricane Sandy.  Instability in weather patterns will require serious changes in the ways that New York City’s infrastructure is situated and protected.  The weather field, in Cuomo’s mind, is... 

1000+ Turn-Out for #S17, 5 arrested including SP-NY Secretary outside Goldman Sachs On September 17th over one thousand protestors took to the streets to celebrate Occupy Wall Street’s first birthday. The festivities sent Wall Street and the surrounding area into chaos as jubilant protestors marched, chanted, danced and sang in the streets, effectively shutting down the machinations of the... 

“The simple fact of the matter is that after decades of neoliberalism, the Democratic Party is utterly unable to represent the interests of working people.  This is clear in the day to day operations of politics in Chicago and other cities throughout the country, but comes into even sharper focus when actions like a strike raise the level of resistance by workers to a higher pitch.” by Billy Wharton from... 

Prefiguration is a fancy word that means to try to live and think like the future, right now. It means that we do not have to wait until we have a perfect world to start creating the kind of society that we want. We can start right now, by creating alternative schools, offices, hospitals, factories, homes, senior centers, etc.   from Ecosocialist Horizons   “An important political principle...