March 16, 2012toMarch 18, 2012    Join the SPUSA panels and events at the Left Forum:   Runnin’ Red: An Insider’s Look at Being a Socialist Candidate In U.S. Elections Date: Saturday, 03/17/2012 Time: 12:00pm - 01:50pm Room: E300 Abstract: The inherent obstacles and challenges of waging a Third Party campaign in the United States are well-documented. From ballot-access... 

Please join the Friends of 339 and historian, Lawrence P. Rockwood for a walking tour of the Peace Pentagon Competition Exhibition and important historical sites in the radical history of New York. Meet outside 339 Lafayette at 12:00 noon on April 17, 2010. (By subway: Bleecker (6) or Broadway/Lafayette (B,D,F,V). For more information contact: peacepentagoncompetition(at)gmail.com. The competition... 

by Billy Wharton Qualifying as an American hero has always been a slippery proposition. Slave owners such as Thomas Jefferson and George Washington are recognized for their contributions to political liberty. Conversely, the righteous struggles for justice waged by others such as socialist leader Eugene Debs and farm worker organizer Caesar Chavez go, for the most part, unnoticed. More often than not,... 

January 3, 2010 - On Sunday January 10th at 1:00 pm at the A.J. Muste Institute (339 Lafayette Street) , author Lawrence P. Rockwood will speak about his book Walking Away from Nuremberg: Just War and the Doctrine of Command Responsibility. In the book, Rockwood argues that United States has abandoned the “command responsibilities” developed during the Nuremberg trials. This has resulted...