Disgusted voters across Argentina dumped establishment politicians on the Oct. 27, 2013 ballot and chose instead some real-live socialist candidates from the Workers Left Front (FIT). FIT won three national… Read more »
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Freedom Socialist newspaper Letters to the Editor, February 2014
SOCIALIST CANDIDATES Dangers of reformism Your recent article, “Sign of the times: Kshama Sawant of Socialist Alternative unseats Seattle Democrat” [Vol. 34, No. 6], does an excellent job of connecting… Read more »
Leon Lewin, 1920–2013
On Sept. 28, one day before his 93rd birthday, Leon Lewin passed away. A Trotskyist and unionist, he was an active member of the International Typographical Union and a long-time… Read more »
May 2014 Freedom Socialist Party convention in vibrant Los Angeles: Four days of strategizing for change
The weather may be balmy in sunny Los Angeles, but the political climate is anything but. Police are targeting immigrants, unionists, and radicals; 58,000 people are homeless, 30 percent of… Read more »
Freedom Socialist opinion: Time for action, no time to lament
My granny was a single mom with nine children ranging from pre-teen to their 30’s by the time I came along. Mom was also on her own, with me. They… Read more »
Microcredit: good cause or neoliberal fairy tale?
In 1976, Bangladeshi economist Dr. Muhammad Yunus came up with the notion that poverty could be solved in developing countries with “microloans” — lending small amounts of money to poor… Read more »
Freedom Socialist Letters to the Editor, April 2014
GREAT REVIEW Antidote to immigrant bashing Thank you for reviewing NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names [Vol. 35, No. 1]. I might not have come across this novel and I… Read more »
Freedom Socialist editorial — $15 an hour now (not eventually)
Seattle has become a beacon of hope for low-wage workers as a movement to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour picks up steam. So it was quite a… Read more »
Freedom Socialist book review — Imagine Living In a Socialist USA, by Paul Street
It is progress that a book entitled Imagine Living In a Socialist USA has been published by Harper, a major mainstream publisher. The brief first section, “What’s Wrong With Capitalism?”… Read more »
Freedom Socialist editorial — Privatized sports breed bigotry
Some people find it hard to believe that racism is alive and well in the USA. But thanks to Los Angeles Clippers basketball team owner Donald Sterling, little doubt remains…. Read more »
