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 →

by Justin Rogers-Cooper In order to understand what happened during the G-20 Pittsburgh protests last month, one must frame the clashes between police and protesters through the lens of martial law. This martial law framework lies outside the typical liberal political lens, which necessarily sees public demonstration as ineffective and the police response as excessive. For the liberal, both are written... 

Saturday October 3rd 1:00pm A.J. Muste Institute 339 Lafayette St. (corner of Bleecker St.) Buzzer #11 Come out for an open discussion with activists who participated in last weeks’ G20 demonstrations in Pittsburgh. Panelists will report on the repressive tactics employed by the police, which included sound cannons, tear gas and dogs. We will have an open discussion about the lessons of the G20... 

by Billy Wharton After an evening of pitched street battles between protesters and police, things are relatively calm in Pittsburgh on day two of the G20. A mass “People’s March” touched off without a hitch and thousands are now in the streets in opposition to the G20. A section of the Free Tibet movement, monks clad in their now familiar orange robes, lead the march. A stop downtown... 

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by Kristin Schall We have arrived in Pittsburgh after an approximately nine hour car trip. After leaving New York City at 12:30pm, we drove for three hours and stopped for lunch at a Perkins restaurant at a rest stop in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. One bowl of canned chicken soup, a plate of fried food, and a microwaved quesadilla later we were back on the road for the second half of the journey. This... 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pittsburgh, PA – From September 22nd to 25th members of the NYC Local of the Socialist Party USA, will be in Pittsburgh, PA to participate in mass demonstrations in opposition to the G20 meeting being held in the city. We will be providing live reports, pictures and videos to the Socialist Webzine and our Twitter account (@socialistzine). We will also be available by phone... 

March with the Socialist Party-USA NYC Local this weekend for a democratic future where people’s needs come before corporate profits. On Friday and Saturday we will join national mobilizations on Wall St. calling for the end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and social justice at home. These protests follow major mobilizations in Europe against the G20 meetings. German protests were transformed...