29 January 2014
By Greg Pason, SPUSA National Secretary
"My name is Greg Pason, National Secretary of the Socialist Party USA,
the voice of democratic socialism in the US, and I speak this evening to
give the Socialist Party’s response to the State of the Union.
I probably do not have to remind you that the state of the union is
not good. The policies of the Democratic and Republican parties have led
to mass unemployment, extreme income inequality, endless war and cuts
to social services. Neither the president nor congress is putting
forward ideas to clearly address these issues.
The Socialist Party provides an alternative vision - a vision of
social justice and economic democracy – let me put forward some ideas. . . ."
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
New Jersey Elections Department Undecided on Whether to Grant Socialist Party Voter Registration Rights
15 January 2014
By Richard Winger
Ballot Access News
"On January 15, a status conference was held in Noble v State, Mercer County Superior Court, c-86-13. This is the lawsuit filed by the Socialist Party to win the ability for voters to register as members of the Socialist Party. At the status conference, the state said it is still deciding whether to give the party what it desires...."
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By Richard Winger
Ballot Access News
"On January 15, a status conference was held in Noble v State, Mercer County Superior Court, c-86-13. This is the lawsuit filed by the Socialist Party to win the ability for voters to register as members of the Socialist Party. At the status conference, the state said it is still deciding whether to give the party what it desires...."
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Friday, January 10, 2014
Michigan Socialist Party Ballot Access Suit Wins a Partial Procedural Victory
10 January 2014
By Richard Winger
Ballot Access News
"On January 9, a U.S. District Court Magistrate denied Michigan’s attempt to dismiss Erard v Ruth Johnson, eastern district, 2:12cv-13627. The case had been filed by a Socialist Party candidate for Congress in 2012, and argues that Michigan’s ballot access laws relating to newly-qualifying parties are unconstitutional. The Report, written by Magistrate Laurie Michelson, is 71 pages long...."
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By Richard Winger
Ballot Access News
"On January 9, a U.S. District Court Magistrate denied Michigan’s attempt to dismiss Erard v Ruth Johnson, eastern district, 2:12cv-13627. The case had been filed by a Socialist Party candidate for Congress in 2012, and argues that Michigan’s ballot access laws relating to newly-qualifying parties are unconstitutional. The Report, written by Magistrate Laurie Michelson, is 71 pages long...."
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Interview with SPUSA National Co-Chair on Socialism in American Politics
8 January 2014
Voice of Russia -U.S. Edition
Socialist Party USA National Co-Chair and 2014 California State Assembly candidate Mimi Soltysik was interviewed on 'Voice of Russia - American Edition' on the subjects of socialism in American politics and Socialist electoral action.
Click here to listen to the Podcast
Voice of Russia -U.S. Edition
Socialist Party USA National Co-Chair and 2014 California State Assembly candidate Mimi Soltysik was interviewed on 'Voice of Russia - American Edition' on the subjects of socialism in American politics and Socialist electoral action.
Click here to listen to the Podcast
Saturday, December 28, 2013
A Rare Elected Voice for Socialism Pledges to Be Heard in Seattle
28 December 2013
By Kirk Johnson
New York Times
"When she takes a seat on Seattle’s nine-member City Council on Jan. 1, representing the Socialist Alternative Party, she will become one of the few elected socialists in the nation, a political brand most politicians run from....
The spotlight on Ms. Sawant, as one of only a handful of self-avowed socialists to be elected to a city council in a major American city in decades, experts say, could be intense. Her party has supported Ralph Nader for president, but its website also links to the writings of the Bolshevik leader Leon Trotsky. It put up municipal candidates in Boston and Minneapolis this year, though none won. The Socialist Party USA, an older group, regularly fields candidates in state and federal races...."
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By Kirk Johnson
New York Times
"When she takes a seat on Seattle’s nine-member City Council on Jan. 1, representing the Socialist Alternative Party, she will become one of the few elected socialists in the nation, a political brand most politicians run from....
The spotlight on Ms. Sawant, as one of only a handful of self-avowed socialists to be elected to a city council in a major American city in decades, experts say, could be intense. Her party has supported Ralph Nader for president, but its website also links to the writings of the Bolshevik leader Leon Trotsky. It put up municipal candidates in Boston and Minneapolis this year, though none won. The Socialist Party USA, an older group, regularly fields candidates in state and federal races...."
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Monday, December 23, 2013
The Affordable Care Act is Not Socialism
23 December 2013
Dan Arel
Truthout
"Greg Pason, the national secretary of the Socialist Party USA said in a recent interview: 'The ACA program relies on private health insurance companies to manage health services,' Pason said. 'A socialized system would not include ‘health insurance,’ but would be an actual national health-care system which would be publicly funded through progressive taxation and controlled by democratically elected assemblies of health-care workers and patients.'
Dan Arel
Truthout
"Greg Pason, the national secretary of the Socialist Party USA said in a recent interview: 'The ACA program relies on private health insurance companies to manage health services,' Pason said. 'A socialized system would not include ‘health insurance,’ but would be an actual national health-care system which would be publicly funded through progressive taxation and controlled by democratically elected assemblies of health-care workers and patients.'
This is an actual socialist, commenting on the ACA. Not a
capitalist trying to sell it off as socialism, but an actual socialist,
who believes in socialist ideals, laying it out plain and simple."
Monday, December 2, 2013
This is What a Socialist Looks Like
OBAMA'S NOT A SOCIALIST......WE ARE
“People call me a socialist sometimes. But, no, you’ve got to meet actual socialists. You’ll have a sense of what a socialist is,” Mr. Obama said. “I’m talking about lowering the corporate tax rate. My health-care reform is based on the private marketplace. The stock market is looking pretty good last time I checked.” We agree Mr. Obama, you're NOT a socialist, but we ARE.
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