22 October 2015
A Statement by 2016 SPUSA Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates Mimi Soltysik and Angela Walker
"Love is an action, never simply a feeling.” bell hooks
On
Saturday, October 17th in Milwaukee, WI, the delegates of the
Socialist Party USA National Convention put their faith in us to
represent the organization and its principles as its Presidential
candidates. We are humbled with gratitude and will work hard to deserve
that trust. It is with great love and fire that we forge ahead in this
campaign.
The campaign's focus throughout the upcoming year will
not be on the candidates. The campaign's focus will be on you. You are
the mother, the father, the student, the worker. You are the community -
the community that fights for the breath of dignity as the boot of
oppression digs its heel into your throat - and you are the sacred,
essential ingredient necessary for liberation. Capitalism and its
defenders tremble when contemplating your power. That fear makes us
smile, as we are seeing the dawn of a new era of equality, peace, and
justice peeking over the horizon. Its light heals our collective wounds.
It is the light of socialism....
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