The Activist

What Now? Activism in Post-Election America
Saturday, November 22nd Conference
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300 Pompton Road, Wayne NJ 07040 Free, Open to the public
8:30am – Registration with light breakfast – Atrium lobby
10:00am - Panel I- Leftist critique of the Republican and Democratic parties - Shea Auditorium
Dr. Joseph Schwartz, Chair of the Department of Political Science at Temple University, author of
The […]

It’s interesting how our terms and categories are evolving over time. Recently, some friendly faces on the T.V. have been telling me that Sarah Palin is a “pro-life feminist.”
According to Patrick Buchanan (a longtime defender of feminist causes), there is a fresh new trend in feminism that would entrust the female body and its […]

Media Statement
17 September 2008
IUSY supports Evo Morales’ Government
In view of the seriousness of the situation and all the negative events that have been developing these days in Bolivia, the International Union of Socialist Youth supports the government of Evo Morales in Bolivia as well as its defence of the democracy, the liberty and the sovereignty […]

We Have the Ability, But What About the Will?:
Oil, Public Goods, and the Greatest Task of Our Time
What happened to the global warming issue? Over the past 2 centuries, the world as we know it has changed in ways no one could have fathomed at any other time in history. The earth’s climate has been […]

Obviously, if Barack Obama had a pregnant 17-year-old daughter, there’s no question that conservatives would be blowing every available dog whistle on the subject of spiritually fallen African American females and the moral disintegration of “urban” communities.But progressives should think very carefully before exploiting the fact that Bristol Palin is pregnant. Americans do not want […]

Every time I see Barack Obama on stage, booming in his low, reassuring baritone voice about the “Change We Can Believe In,” I begin to feel slightly uncomfortable. Perhaps it has something to do with his good looks, which our image-obsessed society can’t get enough of. Perhaps it is the almost messianic way he […]

To the Young Democratic Socialists and the Democratic Socialists of America,
I am pleased and excited to begin my tenure as Youth Organizer of the Young Democratic Socialists.   Thanks to all of you for giving me this opportunity.  As Youth Organizer, I hope to strengthen and expand YDS as an organization, a community, and a movement.
My […]

Activist Agenda Proposal: Election/Voting
 While we understand that electoral politics are not and should not be the final stage of political action, it is still critical to protect the right to vote without coercion, ignominious errors, and trivial impediments.  It is our hope that YDSers will involve themselves in voting rights campaigns in communities of […]

Activist Agenda Proposal: Expanding the Fight for Economic Justice: Immigration, Foreign Policy and Workers’ Rights
After two years of YDS’ Immigrant Rights Project, it is clear that we must continue our activism around this issue. Our communities (and often our families) are full of immigrants seeking a better life, but facing a xenophobic backlash in the […]

Activist Agenda Proposal: Renegotiate NAFTA
For most members of the Young Democratic Socialists, 1994 merely marks another year of their childhood. It was in 1994, however, that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the United States, Canada, and Mexico was signed. This trade agreement, under a Democratic president and during the beginning of post-Cold […]