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Introduction: We believe in independent working class politics. We are 100% opposed to the twin parties of capitalism – the Democrats and Republicans – and don’t believe that reformist third parties, such as the Green Party, represent a real working class alternative. We believe that there is no community of common interests between workers and bosses, and therefore working people need their own party, that they control. That is why we call for a labor party based on the unions.

 

 

 

Socialist Election News & Views:

 

Socialist Perspective on Obama’s Victory: Barack Obama, a Black man, has been elected President of the United States. Few, if any, thought his victory was even  a remote possibility in racist America when capitalism’s two-party multi-billion dollar electoral charade began twenty-one months ago.  continued

 

The Socialist View on the 2008 Election: The two-party shell game of U.S. capitalist politics is now in full swing, with an impressive cast of characters lining up to support Obama, as they did with John Kerry. Some are helping to prettify his image and others proclaiming for the umpteenth time in history that "lesser evilism" is a viable political option.  continued

 

Does it Pay to Back the ‘Lesser Evil’? The arguments in favor of support to the capitalist "lesser evil" are endless, the latest version of which was recently presented by playwright/political activist Amiri Baraka, who likened the coming election between Obama and McCain to the 1933 coming to power of Adolph Hitler.  continued

 

Obama Follows the Money: Presumed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has retreated rapidly on promises to so-called Democratic Party progressives—the very ones he called upon, messiah-like, to believe in his message of "hope."  continued

 

Obama: Grassroots Movement? Over the last several months of the primary season, movement activists have increasingly funneled their hopes, money, and energy into the Barack Obama campaign.  While both Democratic contenders have received record attention and funds, Obama has won significantly more enthusiasm from activist groupings.  continued

 

A Reply to Howard Zinn on the Elections: Howard Zinn, in his column for “The Progressive” (March 2008), has written a political analysis that deplores the current “election frenzy.” In its place he offers a guide to action based on the understanding that presidential elections, in and of themselves, do very little to solve social problems.  Unfortunately, his overall argument is flawed by its inability to break free from the lure of the two-party system in general and of the Democrats in particular.  continued

 

Is Obama an “Antiwar” Candidate? Credit Senator Barack Obama and his staff for running an enormously successful primary campaign. Shrugging off a disappointing defeat in New Hampshire, he has, by late February, beaten former frontrunner Hillary Clinton in 11 straight primary and caucus elections and is poised to capture his party’s nomination for president.  continued

 

What John McCain Stands For: A good way to discover the truth is to compare the mistruths and lies. Recently, the likely Republican presidential nominee, Senator John McCain, let slip a prediction that the American military would remain in Iraq “for a hundred years.”  continued

 

Should We Look to Democrats to End the War?  On Sept. 26 the Democrat-controlled Congress passed its second blank check for war in Iraq. Three days later in a debate between leading Democratic presidential candidates, Clinton, Obama, and Edwards were each asked to commit to withdrawing all U.S. troops from Iraq by 2013 if elected president. All said that they could not.  continued

 

Jeff Mackler Launches Campaign for U.S. Senate:  Socialism means a society, the first in human history, where the basic decisions affecting our lives will be made by us, for us, and through institutions that we control on a daily basis.
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S.A. Member Elected to County Board:  In April of 2006 Adam Ritscher, a member of Socialist Action and Youth for Socialist Action, was elected to a two-year term to serve as the District 6 representative on the Douglas County Board of Supervisors.  Ritscher, who ran openly as a Socialist, is Socialist Action’s first elected public official, as well as being the first member of any socialist organization elected in this region in several decades. 

 


Archived Articles:

 

2008 U.S. Elections:

 

 

 Obama Follows the Money

 Untangling the Election Madness: A Reply to Howard Zinn
 Is Obama an Anti-War Candidate?

 The First Casualty: The Politics of John McCain

 Should Activists Look to Democrats to End the War?

 

SA Election Campaign News:

 


 Mackler Campaign Supports Defense of Lynne Stewart

 SA's Senate Campain in CA Wins New Support

 Socialist Senatorial Candidates in California Debate

 News From the Jeff Mackler for U.S. Senate Campaign

 Jeff Mackler Runs for U.S. Senate

 SA Candidate Elected to Douglas County Board!

 

2004 U.S. Elections:

 


 The twin party shell game: Bush trumps look-alike Kerry
 Was the vote for Bush a vote for war?
 Bush Claims ‘Mandate’ in 2004 Election Victory
 Vote Socialist in November!
 Vote Socialist: Leonard Peltier, Roger Calero & John Parker
 500,000 protest at Republican convention
 The worst of times: A tale of two conventions
 Democracy Uprising — from Boston to NYC
 John Kerry — A False Friend of Labor
 The demise of Ralph Nader and Green Party politics
 John Kerry won’t end the war - But independent political action can!
 John Kerry & the Politics of the Ruling Class
 What Does John Kerry Stand 4 Anyways?
 Ralph Nader's Flawed Strategy
 The Real Record of John Kerry
 2004 Elections: Democrats & the Myth of Lesser Evilism
 Democrats hustle votes with racist "Southern strategy"

Socialists & Elections:

 


 Who Should You Vote For?
 Early History of the Democrats & Republicans
 Marxist vs. Anarchist Views on Political Parties
 A One Party or a Multi-Party System?
 Socialist Revolution and Democracy
 Trotskyism vs. Stalinism on Democracy

2004 California Recall:

 


 An Analysis of the Recent California Recall Elections

Ralph Nader & the Green Party:

 


 The demise of Ralph Nader and Green Party politics

 Ralph Nader's Flawed Strategy
 Is Nader a Real Alternative?


2000 U.S. Elections:

 


 George W. Bush = (Big) Business as Usual
 Al Gore's Real Environmental Record

Previous Elections & Presidents:

 


 Ronald Reagan: Capitalism’s man of the hour

Independent Working Class Political Action:

 


 What Can Labor Expect From the Democrats' Victory?

 The Farmer Labor Party of the 1930s
 John Kerry — A False Friend of Labor
 How Even Small Town Liberals Betray Workers

For an Independent Black Party:

 


 A Look Back @ the National Black Independent Political Party
 A Look @ the National Black Independent Political Party's Charter

 

 

 

 

 

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