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May 1, 2012Socialists of America, Unite! on May 1, 2012 Occupy spread like wildfire, setting America ablaze. From large cities like New York City and Los Angeles to small towns like Martinsburg, Virginia and Mobile, Alabama, occupiers are consistently organizing, planning, discussing, and taking direct action for the 99%. Not since the 1960s and 1930s have so many people taken militant action... 

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 NYC Local of the Socialist Party USA joined in a demonstration with the Break the Chains Alliance in celebration of May Day this year. The Alliance called for an end to the Employer Sanctions Act and equal rights for all workers regardless of status. More than 700 people participated. After a rally at Roosevelt Park in Chinatown, we marched to Union Square to join the main May Day demo. Unfortunately,... 

Editorial, The Socialist, May 2009 There is a new feeling this May Day. Though not exactly a haunting specter, there is sense that the world may be on the brink of something new and significant. In one short year, we have witnessed the near total collapse of a global financial system once so dominant that it motivated calls for “the end of history.” Capitalism is failing – drowning in a sea... 

Editorial, El Socialista Hay un nuevo sentimiento este Primero de Mayo. Tal vez no es exactamente un amenazante fantasma, pero hay un sensación que el mundo esta al borde de algo nuevo y significante. En menos de un año se ha visto casi el colapso total del sistema financiero mundial, que alguna vez parecía tan dominante que llamaba por el “fin de la historia”. El Capitalismo esta fallando—se... 

This May Day, more than any other in recent memory, is a perfect time to come out into the streets to demand an end to exploitation and suffering created by capitalist society. On Friday, the NYC Local of the Socialist Party USA will join other workers in the City in declaring that “another world is possible” where things like healthcare, transportation and a clean environment become our...