Ballot Access News: On August 25, the Socialist Party of Michigan asked for reconsideration in its ballot access lawsuit, Socialist Party of Michigan v Land, in Ingham County Circuit Court. On August 18, the judge had ruled that the party had filed the case too late. The brief for reconsideration points out that Michigan can’t [...]

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Damon Eris at Poli-Tea: There are a variety of means by which the Democratic and Republican parties ensure the reproduction of their joint misrule despite the fact that dwindling numbers of Americans are willing to support them in their efforts. Double standards governing access to the ballot for Democrats and Republicans, on the one hand, [...]

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Darcy Richardson at Uncovered Politics: Brian P. Moore, the Socialist Party’s candidate for president in 2008, polled more than 200,000 votes in yesterday’s Democratic gubernatorial primary in Florida. With approximately 92 percent of the statewide precincts reporting, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink was garnering 664,183 votes to 199,623 for Moore, who waged an under-funded [...]

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From the Philly IMC via TPID: In July, U.S. Socialist Stewart Alexander announced that he would seek the 2012 Presidential Nomination for the Socialist Party USA; now Stewart Alexander has announced that he will also seek the Presidential Nomination for the Green Party in 2012. In 2008, Stewart Alexander was the Vice Presidential Nominee for [...]

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From City Beat via Third Party and Independent Daily: OH: City Beat Profiles Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for US Senate As Republicans and Tea Party members continue to throw around the term “socialist” as a sort of epithet, LaBotz, a Clifton resident, is one of just three national candidates from the Socialist Party, [...]

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From the Philly IMC via TPID: During the 2008 presidential campaign, Stewart Alexander was the Vice Presidential Nominee for Socialist Party USA; now with the US economy falling deeper into an endless recession and President Obama’s approval rating dipping below 50 percent, Stewart Alexander says he will run for president in 2012 to make Washington [...]

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Via TPID: A press release from Dan La Botz, the Socialist Party candidate for US Senate in Ohio: OHIO SENATE DEBATE: MINOR PARTIES MUST BE INCLUDED – LA BOTZ Republican Rob Portman and Democrat Lee Fisher are reported by the press to be preparing to hold a series of debates in several Ohio cities, debates [...]

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Dan La Botz is the Socialist Party of Ohio’s candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010. He was quoted in this article in the Cincinnati Enquirer discussing Obama and whether he is or is not a socialist. Dan La Botz knows with certainty that President Barack Obama is no socialist. He’s sure because he’s one himself, [...]

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Austin Cassidy reports from Uncovered Politics that former Socialist Party USA Presidential candidate Brian Moore is running for Governor in Florida. Moore is not, however, running as a Socialist Party candidate. Rather, he’ll be participating in the Democratic Party primary. Brian Moore, the Socialist Party’s 2008 candidate for President, has filed to run for Governor [...]

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Howie Hawkins is a longtime activist in the Green Party, as well as the gubernatorial candidate for the New York Green Party. He seems to be getting a boost from the Socialist Party of New York, too. Syracuse resident Howie Hawkins’ Green Party candidacy for governor is getting a boost from the Socialist Party of [...]

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Passed by the SPUSA International Commission May 25, 2010 The Socialist Party USA resolutely supports the workers and students protesting against the IMF/European Union imposed austerity package. Greek trade unions and socialist organizations have acted swiftly and correctly by using one of the most powerful tools available to workers, the general strike, to combat this [...]

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Posted at Socialist Webzine: Socialist Party USA members took part in May Day protests all across the United States. All major US cities saw protest, many of which centered around demands for justice for immigrant workers. Below are some photos from SP-USA participants who kept the tradition of socialist organizing on May Day alive! The [...]

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Darryl Perry, a member of the national committee of the Boston Tea Party, writes at Free Patriot Press: On a rare occasion I find myself agreeing with a person or group that I otherwise have nothing in common with. Just days ago I found myself agreeing with the Socialist Party USA. The SPUSA National Committee [...]

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Ballot Access News: On May 17, the U.S. Supreme Court said it won’t hear the Mississippi ballot access case, Moore v Hosemann, 09-982. Two other ballot access cert petitions are still pending, one from Alabama, and one from Louisiana. The original issue in the Mississippi case was whether Brian Moore, Socialist Party presidential candidate, should [...]

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Posted at http://socialistparty-usa.org/statements/repealaz420.html: Passed by the Socialist Party USA People of Color Commission April 29, 2010 The Socialist Party USA calls for the immediate repeal of the “Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act” (SB 1070) in Arizona. This law sanctions racial profiling and gives cover to the repressive actions of officials such as [...]

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Dan La Botz, the Socialist Party USA candidate for US Senate in Ohio, was recently interviewed by The Real News Network on the subject of Mexican economics and how it affects immigration.  He talked about neoliberal policies like NAFTA and how they have created conditions which force Mexicans to immigrate.

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Posted at socialistparty-usa.org: May Day 2010 Passed by the Socialist Party National Action Committee April 2010 Socialism – An Idea Whose Time Has Come! “Ideas,” someone once wrote, “move rapidly when their time comes.” As we gather to celebrate May Day, the continuing capitalist crisis makes socialism an idea ready to move rapidly. While the [...]

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via http://thirdpartydaily.blogspot.com/ by N.J. Beachum benzinga.com In a statement that surprises absolutely no one who has any kind of grasp at all of what socialism actually means, the director of the Democratic Socialists of America stated that Obama, contrary to popular belief, is not a socialist – and that Sarah Palin is far more representative [...]

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http://www.socialistwebzine.org/2010/04/unclassified-story-of-david-mcreynolds.html: by Anthony Giacchino from Vimeo On October 25, 2009, my friend David McReynolds – long-time pacifist, War Resister & Socialist Party member – turned 80. I’d like to introduce him to you by way of a 15-minute piece I did for his birthday celebration. Since it would have been too hard to sum up [...]

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Posted at http://thirdpartydaily.blogspot.com/ From a letter to the editor of the Socialist Webzine: I’m a new kid on the block, just joined the Party the other day. But I’ve been thinking about socialism as an alternative to whatever you wish to call the present American system of politics and government and at the risk of [...]

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