By iso, on August 16th, 2010
Special Guest Lecture featuring DR. AL CAMPBELL (Professor of Economics, University of Utah)
Monday, August 16, 7PM
Rochambeau Library, 708 Hope St, Providence RI
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 Professor Al Campbell A lecturer at one of the nation’s outstanding research institutions for alternative economics, Prof. Campbell’s writing has appeared in such journals as Review of Radical Political Economics, Science and Society, and Critique. Don’t miss this acclaimed expert’s searing analysis of the state of the US economy today–from a radical working-class perspective.
Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization. For more information, email info@risocialism.org or call Shaun at 401-572-1663.
For background, check out “Let them eat fiscal responsibility” at SocialistWorker.org and “Contradictions of the recovery” from International Socialist Review. Dr. Campbell’s faculty page contains a selection of his articles from 2002.
By iso, on July 28th, 2010
Shaun Joseph tracks the fate of the left wing of the Democratic Party.
I think the usual approach when a left-wing socialist talks about the Democratic Party is to explain that the Party is a critical part of the political defense system of American big business–in Kevin Phillips’s apt phrase, “history’s second-most enthusiastic capitalist party.” This is proved quite easily through an examination of the typically awful reactionary policies of the Democratic “mainstream” throughout the ages–pro-war, anti-labor, against oppressed people–and by noting the many influential racists and dinosaurs in the Party’s right wing.
Now I completely agree with all that, but that’s not what I’m going to write about here, or not quite. When progressives or activists gravitate toward the Democratic Party, it’s generally not because of the panache of people like Joe Lieberman or Frank Caprio–it’s because of Dennis Kucinich or David Segal. That is, when people pin their hopes on the donkey, they pin it to the left flank. Therefore, an analysis of the progressive Democrats is of particular importance to those of us who want to build a non-sectarian yet independent political left.
Continue reading What Happened to the Progressive Democrats?
By iso, on July 18th, 2010
 An International Socialist Organization Public Forum
Thursday, July 22, 7PM
Wilson Hall 303, Brown University
8.5×11 Flyer | Quarter-sheets (4-up)
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After 2008, the Democratic Party—particularly its “progressive” wing—looked ready to break conservatism’s 30-year lock on political power. Two years later, the dreams of the Democratic left seem to be in disarray. Progressive voices for single-payer health care were silenced, and the number of Democrats voting against war funding declined to its lowest point in five years! Here in RI, not a single Democrat voted against income tax cuts for the rich. What happened? As election season kicks off, come discuss the fate of the progressive Democrats—and what it’ll take to secure real progressive reform.
Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization. For more information, email info@risocialism.org or call Shaun at 401-572-1663.
For background, check out “Why won’t Congress help the jobless?” at SocialistWorker.org and “PDA: A retreat from independent politics” from International Socialist Review.
By iso, on July 16th, 2010
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