Socialist Party USA - Celebrating Over 100 Years As America's Voice For Democratic Socialism

Socialist Party USA - Celebrating Over 100 Years As America's Voice For Democratic Socialism

Like Communism, Socialism has been pretty badly fractured since the fall of the Soviet Union. In many ways, such as this, it's viewed as virtually identical to Communism. On an intellectual level, I know they're different. But, in any practical sense, I've never seen the difference. Still, for those of you out there wanting to see for yourselves, this is the web site for you to see what the Socialist Party, USA is up to and what they claim to stand for. If you're in the area and interested, the home page says the local chapter will be holding a meeting in Brattleboro, VT.

In the meantime, the Communist Party, USA has a little commentary of its own about what this last election did, and did not mean.

CPUSA Online - No mandate, no surrender

That article is actually troubling to me. There's a lot of reason to dismiss this Communist Party, most especially for the way it was a shill for the Soviet Union. But, at the same time, there's actually some good points to the article. What concerns me is that the article doesn't document them. For example, it states that the Bush campaign machine, "systematically and unrelentingly exploited the deeply felt anxieties and fears that are traceable to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks."

But it doesn't show how it was done. I wish it had. They aren't alone, and I think that may be a temporary project of mine going forward. Still, here's some information on a couple of alternative parties and what they're doing.

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