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From the Western Socialist, July, 1947 Throughout the world today, working men and women are planning, discussing, organizing in trade unions, demonstrating and supporting political groups, all with a view to improving their social conditions. In some countries, they have had the right to vote for many years, and have been instrumental in the rise...
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Our subject this evening is “Socialism – Utopian and Scientific.” Most relevant in the examination of this subject is history. Not the...
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Down through the ages there have been various interpretations of history. For example, there are the theories which see in history the working out and realization of some sort of divine plan – like Hegel’s philosophy of history, which sees the whole historical development of society as the realization stage by stage of the...
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As a true patriot, I would gladly die in battle defending my homeland. I love my country more than my own life. But I would also be more than willing to give my last breath in the name of, say, Mexico, Panama, Japan, or the Czech Republic. The most honorable thing...
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“The ranks of low-wage working families increased by 350,000 between 2002 and 2006, raising their numbers to nearly 9.6 million, or more than one in four of the nation’s working families with children. The report by the Working Poor Families Project, an advocacy group that analyzed census data, defined low-wage families as those earning...
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  Money – its origins, its nature, and its functions – is a subject laden with superstition and wild theory. Even those who are supposed to know all that is worth knowing about it, the economics experts, frequently find themselves tangled in the intricacies of their explanations. To the nonprofessional  students of Marxian economics the...
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“Dawoud Ameen, a former Iraqi soldier, lay in bed, his shattered legs splayed before him, worrying about the rent for his family of five. Mr. Ameen’s legs were shredded by shrapnel from a roadside bomb in September 2006 and now, like many wounded members of the Iraqi security forces, he is deeply in debt...
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The new World Socialist Review is available now. Issue 21 is a special issue focusing on Latin America. • Individual copies are available for $4 Bundles of 10 are available for $30 Contact us for prices outside of the US. • Send cash or checks (made out to WSPUS) to: World Socialist Party Box 440247 Boston, MA 02144 USA • Download...
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WSP, FN Brill, will be speaking at the Portland pre-Mayday event at the IWW’s Liberty Hall (311 N. Ivy) this Sunday April 27th at 7:30pm.
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You can meet WSP members at our table at the 5th Annual Brooklyn Peace Fair, Saturday April 26 between 11:00 am–6:00 pm. The fair is located on the Long Island University  – Brooklyn Campus at Flatbush & DeKalb Avenues.
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