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As the war effort in Afghanistan intensifies, momentum for the March 20 National March on Washington is growing. Iraq Veterans Against the War is now the latest to join hundreds of organizations and individuals who have endorsed the March 20 mobilization.
“A permanent presence in Iraq, escalation in Afghanistan, and incursions into Pakistan while people are [...]

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2008 Socialist Party USA vice-presidential nominee and California state party chair Stewart Alexander has received the endorsement of his national party in seeking the Peace and Freedom Party nomination for governor of California. From Alexander’s press release:
Alexander’s political career spans over three decades; working for the Florida Consumer Action Network in the mid 80s [...]

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A candidate for the Party for Socialism and Liberation in the Long Beach, California mayoral race could very well be the only challenger the incumbent mayor faces.  Not only that, but the socialist is only 21 years old.
Merino, 21, would not formally be considered a candidate unless she returns her paperwork and 20 signatures from [...]

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By: PSL Chicago Branch
Chicago
In Chicago, the Party for Socialism and Liberation is waging a legal struggle to defend the right for progressives to distribute political literature. The branch in Chicago is fighting an unconstitutional ordinance that the city has used for decades to prohibit and fine political speech.
In April, the city of Chicago [...]

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Posted at PSLweb.org by Ian Thompson:
Far from the “change” promised by President Obama and his new administration, 2009 reinforced capitalism’s status quo. It was a year of suffering for workers and poor people.
The greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression rocked the working class, as banks and corporations fell. But the banks had an [...]

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Posted at PSLweb.org by Natividad Carrera
Sheriff Joe Arpaio is the new Bull Connor

Thousands of undocumented treated like criminals
On Dec. 15, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) introduced HR 4321, the “Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity Act of 2009,” into the House with 89 cosponsors. The Obama administration has stated that it will [...]

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By: Corazon Esguerra
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Racist and discriminatory toys for children requirement dropped
On Dec. 3, the Houston, Texas, branch of the Salvation Army announced they would stop their discriminatory policy of asking parents to provide a Social Security number or some other form of legal documentation to receive Christmas toys for their children. If documentation could not be [...]

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By: Anne Gamboni

Only the defeat of ‘great nation’ imperialism will end war
In a seemingly surprising move this past October, the Nobel Prize Committee named U.S. President Barack Obama as the recipient of its prestigious peace prize for 2009.

Alfred Nobel, ‘merchant of death’

The nomination is ironic for at least two reasons:
Nominations for [...]

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By: Tamara Khoury

Anti-immigrant reaction gathers strength in Europe
Campaign posters all over Berne, Switzerland depicted a woman wearing a burqa standing next to a Swiss flag covered with missiles. The posters were pushing a
referendum on a proposed ban on the construction of new minarets. Minarets are architectural features of Islamic mosques, and the proposed [...]

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Report by PSL Los Angeles
On Nov. 21, around 200 people attended the Party for Socialism and Liberation’s Socialism Conference in Los Angeles. Held at Los Angeles City College, one of L.A.’s most working-class and multinational community college campuses, the conference drew people locally from Long Beach, Orange County, the Inland Empire, San Diego, [...]

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The Freedom Socialist Party comments on candidates in the New York City elections. It includes endorsements for candidates from the Party for Socialism & Liberation, as well as the Socialist Workers Party.

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The Tuesday, November 3, 2009 New York City Mayoral ballot will include eight candidates. This post lists all ballot-qualified candidates for NYC Mayor, Comptroller, and Public Advocate, with links.

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Posted at PSLweb.org (for working embedded links see original):

Socialism Conference & WorkshopsCapitalism Is A Crime!

Click here to get a PDF of the conference palm cardOrganize To Fight Back!

Saturday, Oct. 24, 9am-4pm
African American Art & Culture Complex, 3rd floor (Accessible)762 Fulton St. at Webster St., San Francisconear MUNI 5, 21, 22, 47, 49, 16AX/BX and Civic [...]

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On 38th Anniversary of Attica Uprising, socialist mayoral campaign calls for closure of jail
On Sept. 9, socialist mayoral candidate Frances Villar held a press conference at the gates of Rikers Island Prison in Astoria, Queens to commemorate the 38th anniversary of the Attica State Prison uprising. Joseph Little, a veteran of the [...]

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By: Enrique Vasquez
PSLweb.org
As Pakistan’s government continues its full-scale offensive in the northwest of the country, there have been reports of hundreds of bodies dumped on the streets. Bodies have been found with torture marks and a bullet to the neck or head.
Aftab Ahmed Sherpao, a senior politician from the Swat Valley region and a former [...]

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