The Socialist Alternative has an event notice on their website about the “Northwest Socialism Conference”. Attendees include former Green Party San Francisco Supervisor and Vice Presidential candidate to Ralph Nader, Matt Gonzalez.…
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Socialist Alternative: Break with the two Corporate Parties!
By Ross Levin on April 29, 2010 2:01 PM
Read the full piece at SocialistAlternative.org:
The Obama campaign inspired millions to actively participate in politics in an era when many media commentators assumed political activism to be dead.…
A socialist perspective on the past, present and future of Haiti
By Kimberly Wilder on January 17, 2010 10:32 AM
The article below first appeared on the World Socialist Web Site, and was linked to at the Peace and Freedom Party blog.
excerpt from an article at WSWS.org…
Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate sole challenger to Long Beach mayor
By Ross Levin on January 4, 2010 9:53 PM
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. …
Mayor candidate Naked Cowboy receives press in Canada
By Kimberly Wilder on August 25, 2009 8:48 AM
Thank you to Elizabeth Benjamin who posted the link on her daily round-up at the Daily Politics.
(excerpt from) Edmonton Sun
Naked ambition
N.Y. icon reveals his mayoral campaign brief
…”I’m already mayor,” the Naked Cowboy said.
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Party for Socialism and Liberation announces candidate for mayor of New York
By Ross Levin on June 7, 2009 7:58 PM
On May 23, Frances Villar announced the start of her campaign to be mayor of New York City as a member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. …
Socialist Party USA presidential candidate on FOX News
By Ross Levin on April 14, 2009 8:31 PM
The 2008 presidential candidate for the Socialist Party USA, Brian Moore, was on FOX News last Saturday, April 11th. He was on a panel discussing the economy. …
Senator Bernie Sanders blocks vote to confirm Obama nominee
By Ross Levin on March 26, 2009 5:22 PM
On Monday, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) blocked a vote on confirming the Obama administration’s nominee for the Commodity Future Tradings Commission. The nominee is Gary Gensler, who has worked for Goldman Sachs and pushed to “deregulate electronic energy trading and exempt from regulation credit default swaps, which Sanders blamed for the downfall of” AIG.…
Election in El Salvador another victory for the left in Latin America
By Kimberly Wilder on March 19, 2009 10:15 AM
On Monday, March 16, the results of the presidential election in El Salvador, a central American country, were announced. The winner was Mauricio Funes. His party is the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN).…