The Republican and Democrat conventions were glitzy ad campaigns to lure voters in November. To that end, the rhetoric of both claimed huge divides between them. But in the real… Read more »
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Electoral roulette: The 1 percent can’t lose
While Mitt Romney and Barack Obama joust for the White House, the U.S. economy limps along, teetering between “recovery” and another downturn. With competition for global markets and resources at… Read more »
The $6 billion election that settled nothing
On election night on Nov. 6, as returns showed Barack Obama winning, victory honks sounded in cities around the U.S. Compared to 2008, however, the mood still seemed somber, and… Read more »
Freedom Socialist Letters to the editor December 2012
ELECTION 2012 Great candidates It was so good to vote for two people I know for president and vice president, Stephen and Christina. To vote for socialists. To vote for… Read more »
Socialist feminist presidential campaign: bringing race and gender issues to the fore
Let’s consider. The forest of laws keeping minor parties off U.S. ballots just keeps thickening; all the major media act like alternative candidates don’t exist; and the price tag for… Read more »
Freedom Socialist Party candidates buoyed by strong response to socialist message
Stephen Durham “They ran on fear; we ran on belief in the potential of the working class” On July 14, 2012, former hotel workers’ union activist Durham visits a picket… Read more »
La gran división: La contienda presidencial de EEUU es un reflejo de la creciente polarización de la sociedad
¿Quién va ganando? Al escribir estas líneas, del lado del Partido Demócrata, la máxima operadora política, Hillary Clinton, se enfrenta al teóricamente “independiente” Bernie Sanders, el socialista del sistema. Del… Read more »
The role of socialists in the union movement today
This article is an edited and updated version of a talk given by Alison Thorne at a Freedom Socialist Party (FSP) meeting on 31 August 2005. Thorne is a workplace… Read more »
Victorian State election November 30, 2002 – A Radical Woman hits the Socialist Alliance Campaign Trail in Lara
When I was first approached to seek preselection as a Socialist Alliance (SA) candidate for the Victorian State elections I was filled with trepidation. How was I going to cope… Read more »
