Seeking broader change, a Peterborough socialist runs for library trustee

30 April 2017
 
By Ethan DeWitt
The Keene Sentinel
 
PETERBOROUGH — No one ever said the socialist revolution was going to happen overnight. Nor has any scholar pegged the seeds of the next social overthrow to Peterborough, New Hampshire.

But as self-described radical socialist Chris DiLoreto sees it, every movement has to start somewhere. And the 33-year-old progressive activist says he’s found the ideal launching point for a conversation, if not an uprising. Next month, at town elections, DiLoreto will compete for a seat on the library board of trustees.

It’s not quite the October Revolution. But for DiLoreto — who will compete against incumbents Ron Bowman and Marcia Patten May 9 for the two open seats — the election is a first step toward a broader goal: bringing the tenets of his ideology further into the mainstream....

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Who is Chris DiLoreto and why is he running for Library Trustee?

14 April 2017

A Statement by Chris DiLoreto, Socialist Party Candidate for Peterborough Library Trustee (New Hampshire)

 

15 Now NJ rallies for minimum wage increase

1 April 2017

By Corey W. McDonald
The Jersey Journal

"Speakers on behalf of a number of organizations including the Socialist Party USA, and the Green Party of New Jersey -- among others -- echoed the demands of 15 Now NJ.

'I think the current minimum wage is a joke,' said Pat Noble, national co-chair of the Socialist Party USA. 'I don't know why anyone could expect anyone to live on that. (A $15 minimum wage) would be a tremendous step in the right direction....'"

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Social justice 'warriors' jump into Kurdish-Syrian struggle

24 March 2017

By Hollie McKay
Fox News
  
"According to Zach Medeiros, co-chair of Socialist Party USA International Relations, the endeavors of the revolutionists – both native and newcomer – are for the most part, to be admired.

'Hundreds of foreign, non-Kurdish volunteers have joined the YPG/YPJ in their fight, and a number of them have paid with their lives, while others have been unjustly prosecuted for their actions upon returning to their home countries,' Medeiros told Fox News. 'I think there is a certain element of naivety in this phenomenon, especially among those who don’t seriously consider what they’re getting into. On the other hand, it’s also an inspiring display of internationalism. It takes a tremendous amount of courage to put your life on the line for another people’s struggle....'"

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More Americans joining socialist groups under Trump

9 February 2017

By Patrick Strickland
Al Jazeera
 
"The Socialist Party USA's national secretary office said by email that they had also encountered 'a solid spike from right after the elections', although they declined to provide further details."

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Maine Green Party splinters over school band performing at Trump inaugural event

 19 January 2017

By John Richardson
Portland Press Herald

"Former Green Party candidates Tom MacMillan and Seth Baker announced their resignations from the party this week and said they will change their voter registration political affiliation to Socialist Party USA. MacMillan is a past chair of the Green Party in Portland and ran for mayor there in 2015, and Baker was a Green candidate for a Portland state Senate seat last year...."

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Guam, which has historically predicted election winner, picks Clinton

8 November 2016

By Dana Williams
USA Today

"With 32,071 voters casting ballots, Democrat Clinton received 71.6% of the vote. Republican Donald Trump received 24.2%, and Socialist candidate Emidio Soltysik — the only third-party candidate on the ballot — received  4.2%...."

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