Month: August 2010

Statement to the Trotsky Museum Conference

Message from Jeff Mackler, National Secretary, Socialist Action, U.S. fraternal section of the Fourth International (founded by Leon Trotsky), and from Barry Weisleder, Federal Secretary, Socialist Action / Ligue pour l'Action socialiste, in solidarity with the Fourth International in Canadian state.Comrades and friends,Please accept our deepest apologies for not being with you on this special … Continue reading Statement to the Trotsky Museum Conference →

SA Answers Justin Raimondo’s Attacks

by Michael Schreiber, editor of Socialist Action newspaperJustin Raimondo, a contributor to numerous ultra-right media outlets and editorial director of the mis-named “Antiwar.com,” has now chosen a new target for his diatribes. At the end of July and early August, for two weeks running, he has concentrated his fire on the organized antiwar movement in … Continue reading SA Answers Justin Raimondo’s Attacks →

Chris Hutchinson Turns in Signatures to Get on the Ballot

Congressional Candidate Chris Hutchinson Announces Submission of over 5,744 Signatures Nominating him for November Ballot StatusWhat: Press ConferenceWhere: North Steps of the State Capitol Building in Hartford, CTWhen: Wednesday, August 11th, 10:30am, 2010On Wednesday, August 4, 2010 the Socialist Action campaign to elect Chris Hutchinson turned in the last of the roughly 5,744 signatures collected … Continue reading Chris Hutchinson Turns in Signatures to Get on the Ballot →

The Antiwar Movement is not Stalled, but Reawakening

by Christine GauvreauRight-wing ideologue Justin Raimondo's article "Why is the Antiwar Movement Stalled? In Two Words: the Left" (antiwar.com, July 27, 2010) demonstrates very clearly that for the far right, or what is euphemistically called "traditional conservatism," beating the drum for the "left-right coalition against Empire” is less about coalition and more about discrediting the … Continue reading The Antiwar Movement is not Stalled, but Reawakening →