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Who
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from
the
SPUSA
Statement
of
Principles....
THE
SOCIALIST
PARTY
strives
to
establish
a
radical
democracy
that
places
people's
lives
under
their
own
control
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a
non-racist,
classless,
feminist
socialist
society... where working people own and control the
means of production and distribution through
democratically-controlled public agencies; where full employment is
realized for everyone who wants to work; where workers have the right
to form unions freely, and to strike and engage in other forms of job
actions; and where the production of society is used for the benefit of
all humanity, not for the private profit of a few. We believe socialism
and democracy are one and indivisible. The working class is in a key
and central position to fight back against the ruling capitalist class
and its power. The working class is the major force worldwide that can
lead the way to a socialist future - to a real radical democracy |
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below. The Socialist Party fights for progressive changes compatible
with a socialist future. We support militant working class struggles
and electoral action, independent of the capitalist controlled
two-party system, to present socialist alternatives. We strive for
democratic revolutions - radical and fundamental changes in the
structure and quality of economic, political, and personal relations -
to abolish the power now exercised by the few who control great wealth
and the government. The Socialist Party is a democratic, multi-tendency
organization, with structure and practices visible and accessible to
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Action
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| DEFEND PUBLIC
EDUCATION |
INTERNATIONAL
WOMENS DAY 2010 |
 National Call for March 4 Strike and Day of Action To
Defend Public Education
We call on all students, workers, teachers, parents, and their
organizations and communities across the country to massively mobilize
for a Strike and Day of Action in Defense of Public Education on March
4, 2010. Education cuts are attacks against all of us, particularly in
working-class communities and communities of color.
For
info
and a list of events and (non SP) contacts
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 International
Women’s
Day
1910-2010…
Women
Still
in
the
Streets
for
Socialism… Rights, Equity, Justice… Stop the Assault on the Public
Sector!
Commemorate the 100th
anniversary of International Women’s Day by honoring both its
socialist founders and today’s socialist feminist activists.
SPUSA IWD website - click
here
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SOCIALIZED
HEALTHCARE
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IMMIGRANT
SOLIDARITY
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ANTI-WAR
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 The
Socialist Party stands for a socialized health care system based on
universal coverage, salaried doctors and
revenues derived from a steeply graduated income tax. Healthcare
Campaign
Website |
 The
Socialist Party is active in struggle to defend the rights of immigrant
workers. We have joined and endorsed the
Alliance for Fair Food and support Fair Food coalitions
in our local areas.
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 The Socialist Party
calls for ending of the war and occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan and
bringing all the troops home now! Anti-War/Anti-Imperialism
Website
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News
and
Statements
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BLACK HISTORY
MONTH
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 Statement on Black History Month
From
the SPUSA People of Color Commission
February is Black History Month. It's a time when our public
institutions, and corporations give a little extra attention to the
accomplishments and contributions to the story of the Americas made by
Black Americans. Established by Carter G Woodson in 1926, it's purpose
was to promote the contributions made by Black Americans in an effort
to undo the contention that Black people have no history, and have made
no significant contributions to the history of the Americas.
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Since 1926 this project has come along way. What started as a one week
remembrance of Black American accomplishments has become an entire
month. As a child Black History Month began and ended with the ring of
the school bell. By the mid 90's McDonalds (if only on BET) began
crafting ads for fast food to coincide with the month of February. If
we weren't yet recognized as key players in the American experience,
our spending power certainly was. As with all things in our country
whatever can be turned into a commodity will be turned into a commodity.
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The Socialist Party USA is pleased to recognize and celebrate February
as Black History month. As socialists we recognize the central
role in American, and global history that African peoples occupy. You
cannot address the history of religion, science, art, or the study of
history itself without beginning with the story of the African. For
socialists it is also important to move the stories of Black people out
of it's box in February and into the larger narrative of American
History in order to reconstruct a story of the Americas as seen and
experienced from the people on the bottom.
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There can be no legitimate account of American history that
distinguishes between it's peoples contributions based on the color of
their skin.
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CALENDAR
OF
EVENTS
**MEETINGS** |
THE
SOCIALIST |
Feb. 12th: Northern
New Jersey Socialist Party General Membership Meeting: 5:30pm
@ Terra Tea Fair Trade Eco Market 10 Church St Montclair - Join us
after the anti-war vigil on the corner of Church St & Bloomfield
Ave. Info:
info@njsocialistparty-usa.org
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Feb 13th: South
Central Wisconsin General Membership Meeting - Wil-Mar
Neighborhood Center 953 Jenifer St. Madison, WIMadison, WI
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Feb. 14th:
Brattleboro Area Socialist Party General Membership Meeting:
1:00 - 2:30 pm in the Community Rm of the Brattleboro Food Coop 2 Main
St Brattleboro
For info:
malherbe@svcable.net
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Feb. 20th: Socialist
Party of Baltimore General Membership Meeting: 1:00 3:00 pm @ Ukazoo bookstore in Towson, MD. Info: me @ steve-sears.net
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Feb. 20th: Socialist
Party of Wisconsin State Committee Meeting - 1:30 pm at 1001
East Keefe Ave
Milwaukee, WI Info:
414-332-0654
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Feb 21st: Greater Boston Socialist Party General Membership Meeting: 5:30 pm @ Lucy Parsons Center
is located at 549 Columbus Ave. Boston, MA
Info: spboston
(at)
spboston
(dot)
org
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Feb.
26th
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Socialist
Party of New York City General Membership Meeting 7:00 pm @ 339
Lafayette Street, 10012 - 6 train to Bleecker St (buzzer #11)
NYC
Info: socialistpartynyc(at)gmail.com
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Feb. 27th: Greater Oklahoma City Socialist Party
General Membership Meeting- 430 pm @ Cafe Do Brasil 440
Northwest 11th Street, Oklahoma City, OK
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Feb 28th: 2009 State
Convention of the Socialist Party of Massachusetts: To be held at the
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) office in Cambridge, MA. For
more info click
here
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Feb 11th: Gaza Freedom March Discussion- 7:00
pm
@ Boston University's Kenmore Classroom Building room 101 565
Commonwealth Ave., Kenmore Square.
Boston, MA. Sponsored by: Socialist
Party
of Boston,
Greater Boston CODE PINK, BU Students for Justice in Palestine, Greater
Boston Stop the Wars Coalition
Info:
peopleunite@verizon.net
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Feb. 12th:
"Fighting Fortress Europe" - a Discussion with Kalle Larsson of the
Swedish Left Party - 7:00pm @ 339 Lafayette Street Buzzer #11 (6
Train to Bleecker St, crn. of Lafayette)- For a flyer click here
Feb. 14th: The Brattleboro Area Socialist Party will
continue its monthly film series 2:30 pm in the Community
Room
at
the
Brattleboro
Food Coop. Movie: "The Children of Ibdaa: To
Create Something Out of Nothing" Info:
malherbe@svcable.net
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Feb.
21st: Detroit Socialist Party's Movie Night-
7:00 pm @ The Painted Lady Lounge 2930 Jacob St. in Hamtramck.
Movie: Naomi
Klein's documentary "The Take" 18+ welcome (sorry but it's a bar)
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March 4th: National
day to Defend Public Education. Actions accross the US. Click here for info
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March 8th:
International Women's Day
click here for the
SPUSA's IWD website
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March
19-21: LEFT FORUM 2010-
Join the Socialist
Party of NYC at the Left Forum Pace University, One Pace Plaza
New York, NY * www.leftforum.org
* list of SP panels, etc will be posted in early March.
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March 20th: Join the SPUSA as we march on Washington for Troops Out of
Afghanistan and Iraq Now!- logistics will be posted soon.
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June
19-20th:
SPUSA
National
Committee
Meeting-
location tba Detroit, MI
• June 22-26,
2010 •
Detroit, Michigan
August 14-15th: SPUSA National
Organizing Conference- Neighborhood House
Community Center
29 S. Mills St.
Madison, WI
more info in April 2010
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