AMERICAN LEFT HISTORY

This space is dedicated to the proposition that we need to know the history of the struggles on the left and of earlier progressive movements here and world-wide. If we can learn from the mistakes made in the past (as well as what went right) we can move forward in the future to create a more just and equitable society. We will be reviewing books, CDs, and movies we believe everyone needs to read, hear and look at as well as making commentary from time to time. Greg Green, site manager

Thursday, August 30, 2018

Socialist Analysis: Trump and GOP Defeated in Missouri | Momentum Grows for DSA Challenger

Below you’ll find a collection of articles which were recently originally published on SocialistAlternative.org. Please check SocialistAlternative.org regularly for the socialist analysis, strategy, and tactics needed to build movements to defeat the billionaire class.

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MOMENTUM GROWS FOR DSA’S JULIA SALAZAR - CHALLENGING THE NYC DEMOCRATIC PARTY ESTABLISHMENT
In the aftermath of the stunning electoral victory of Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, momentum is growing for the campaign to elect Democratic Socialists of America member Julia Salazar to the New York State Senate. Salazar’s campaign is shaking up the Democratic Party primary race in her North Brooklyn neighborhood. Her campaign rejects corporate cash and calls for strong rent laws, ending cash bail, taxing the rich to fund transit, banning ICE from NYC, and passing the New York Health Act which would create a single payer health-care system in New York equivalent to Medicare for All on a national scale.

BURNING DOWN THE STATE: RECORD BREAKING CALIFORNIA FIRES
With over 400,000 acres burned since July, California is already having a record-breaking fire season. The Mendocino Complex Fire is the largest recorded fire in state history and is still expected to grow until September. What’s driving the destructive increase of wildfires? What’s the socialist solution to environmental destruction?

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Our editorial team brings the experience of leading the fight for $15 to its first major victory in the nation in Seattle in 2014 and then in Minneapolis last year. This year we played a leading role in building the movement to Tax Amazon and big business to fund permanently affordable, public housing in Seattle.

RIGHT TO WORK DEFEATED IN MISSOURI
Working people, led by unions, have just won a serious fight in Missouri. On Tuesday, August 7, a “Right to Work” (RtW) law was overturned by a massive 67.5% of those who voted in the referendum. Big business got handed a big surprise by workers in a state that the corporations thought they had locked up.

1968 – A TUMULTUOUS YEAR PACKED FULL OF LESSONS

1968 was a tumultuous year of radical struggle in the U.S. and internationally. From the anti-Vietnam war protests to the assassination of MLK, 1968 offers rich lessons and dire warnings for our struggles today. For working people and youth today, it provides a window into the power of mass movements.

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