by Larry Burks from The Socialist Party of Kansas Intro: Comrade David McReynolds’ work as an activist for Peace and Socialist Justice spans nearly six decades. He joined the Socialist Party of America (SPA) in 1951 and is one of the founders of the Socialist Party USA (SPUSA). McReynolds was the SPUSA’s presidential candidate in the 1980 and 2000 election, he ran for Senate in the state of New... 

Thousands of people came out on Saturday to march against Wall Street and US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. United for Peace and Justice sponsored the event and nearly every part of the progressive community participated. The march followed a smaller mobilization at Wall Street on Friday which was shortened by a torrential downpour. Protesters on both days expressed the growing popular anger with an... 

After marching in Washington D.C. against the war, NYC Local members organized an activist training sessions in NYC. More than a dozen people turned out for a discussion of democratic socialism and small group workshops on leaflet design and political organizing. The main exercise involved designing a campaign against a local paper (guess which one) which ran a racist cartoon. The meeting was productive... 

by Zelig Stern On Saturday February 7th the Socialist Party USA – NYC Local held a forum on the NY Budget Cuts. Over 50 activists from different parts of the progressive community attended. The featured speaker was University of Massachusetts, Amherst economist Rick Wolff. Wolff used easily accessible terms to explain the economic roots of the current global financial crisis, the hypocrisy of... 

SP-USA (NYC Local) February 2009 Upcoming Events Saturday Feb. 21st – 6:00 pm – Socialist House Party in Brooklyn – Find out more about socialism while sharing food and drink with others – email for details Socialistpartynyc(@)gmail.com Saturday Feb. 22nd – 1:00 pm – Celebrate Black History Month with a Free Screening of the movie “Lumumba” – A. J. Muste Institute, 339 Lafayette...