Del 24 al 27 de mayo, miembros, amigos y aliados internacionales del Partido de Libertad Socialista (FSP) de EE.UU. se congregaron en Los Ángeles para discutir los desastres económicos y ambientales que amenazan a la humanidad, y lo que se puede hacer al respecto. Justo unos días antes, se rompió una tubería que derramó 16,000… Read more »
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Congreso del Partido de Libertad Socialista — Partido Obrero Socialista comparte sus impresiones
El Partido de la Libertad Socialista (FSP) o Freedom Socialist Party es la organización más revolucionaria de los Estados Unidos. Fundado hace 43 años, en los últimos tiempos ha acrecentado su fuerza. Entre sus militantes hay muchas mujeres, trabajadores y profesores. Además de haberse destacado por la defensa de la clase obrera, especialmente de sus… Read more »
Freedom Socialist Party 2014 Convention — Partido Obrero Socialista shares impressions of the gathering
From issue No. 25, Spring 2014, of Pluma, magazine of Mexico’s Partido Obrero Socialista. The Freedom Socialist Party (FSP), or Partido de Libertad Socialista, is the most revolutionary organization in the United States. Founded 43 years ago, in recent years it has increased its strength. Among its members are many women, workers and teachers. In… Read more »
Freedom Socialist Party 2014 Convention — A world to win, a planet to save
From May 24 to 27, U.S. Freedom Socialist Party (FSP) members, friends, and international allies came together in Los Angeles to discuss the economic and environmental disasters threatening humanity — and what to do about them. Just days before, a ruptured pipe had spread 10,000 gallons of oil knee-deep over the streets of an LA… Read more »
Freedom Socialist Party 2014 convention — Camaraderie, education, and a meeting of minds
As someone who had never attended any sort of political convention, I didn’t know what to expect from the Freedom Socialist Party gathering. What I found was camaraderie, knowledge, and an array of perspectives on things affecting the working class, like education, labor, healthcare, feminism, and ecosocialism. All pointed to the same basic fact: capitalism… Read more »
Freedom Socialist Party convention 2014 — convention diary
I arrived in Los Angeles on May 24, several days before the start of the Freedom Socialist Party convention, to help with outreach and other preparation for our party’s most important event. I felt the electricity almost immediately, because our politics are about the biggest questions facing humanity. How to defend working people and our… Read more »
Freedom Socialist editorial — Ebola: fruit of poverty and racism
On Sept. 16, President Obama finally announced increased, but still woefully inadequate, aid to West Africa to fight the devastating Ebola epidemic. It came only after the president of Liberia desperately appealed for U.S. help. A few days before, the Defense Department announced with great fanfare that it would build a 25-bed field hospital —… Read more »
Freedom Socialist Party political resolution — Amid recession, reaction and rebellion: A world to win, a planet to save
This political resolution, written on behalf of the Freedom Socialist Party National Committee and incorporating changes by the FSP membership, was adopted at the party’s May 2014 convention. It is an inspiring call to arms for ecosocialism as the solution for capitalist injuries to workers and the planet. Contents I. Overview II. Capitalism: a twin-headed… Read more »
Should socialists align with Greens and liberals? Events in New York pose electoral questions once more
In the November 2014 election season, voter participation hit a record low. This is more than just a mid-term slump. Voters are increasingly alienated from the two major parties. Only slightly more than a third of eligible voters participated nationally. And of the minority who are registered, a record 42 percent ditched the Democrats and… Read more »
Freedom Socialist Letters to the Editor
UNITED FRONT Needed today The political resolution of the FSP [“A world to win, a planet to save,” Vol. 35, No. 5] references the need for “united front” action, as well it should. No one socialist party in this nation today can hope to take on and defeat the capitalist ruling elite on any national… Read more »