Unity and Independence – Socialist Organizer

Report on World Conference Against War and Exploitation, For a Workers’ International (Paris, October 29-30, 2022)

IN THIS POSTING – Report on the World Conference Against War and Exploitation, For a Workers’ International (29-30 October 2022) – World Conference Final [...]

November 18, 2022

T.O. Weekly 75 – Socialist Organizer Statement: South Carolina Dems Boot Labor Party Off Ballot

SOCIALIST ORGANIZER STATEMENT South Carolina Labor Party Candidates Booted Off Ballot After Dems File Lawsuit (September 5, 2022) Rarely has the political moment been as ripe [...]

September 5, 2022

A Contribution to the Discussion on Cooperatives

By ALAN BENJAMIN A question keeps coming up as we advance the struggle for independent working-class politics: How should we relate to the workers and activists who are part [...]

February 26, 2020

Teachers’ Strike Wave Returns to Chicago!

As we go to press (Oct. 22), the strike of 32,500 educators, all members of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), is entering its fifth day with even greater energy and [...]

October 23, 2019

Labor’s Resurgence, Bernie Sanders, the DSA and the Fight for Independent Working-Class Politics Today

Tribune des Travailleurs, the weekly newspaper of the Democratic Independent Workers Party of France (POID), Interviews The Organizer Editorial Board Member Alan Benjamin [...]

September 9, 2019

Is a Deal to Pass USMCA in the Works?

By Alan Benjamin Forgive me if I am a bit cynical when it comes to the Democratic Party and the issue of “free trade” agreements signed by the United States, [...]

September 3, 2019

The Democratic Party Three Months After the Midterms: A Discussion with Nick Brana of the LCCIP

[Intro Note: The following discussion with Nick Brana, executive director of the Movement for a People’s Party and organizer for the Labor-Community Campaign for an [...]

February 7, 2019

Centennial Commemoration of Eugene V. Debs Held in Cleveland: A Dossier

By DON BRYANT In May 1918, Congress expanded the Espionage Act of 1917 to include prohibitions on speech. The amendments, known commonly as the Sedition Act, forbade [...]

October 21, 2018

Support the Labor-Community Campaign for an Independent Party!

IN THIS DOSSIER: The Organizer Editorial Board Statement: An Important Step Toward Labor’s Political Independence Sign-on Statement: Join Us to Support the [...]

September 14, 2018

‘What Kind of Break from Democrats?’: A Response to the ISO

By ALAN BENJAMIN On July 18, the International Socialist Organization posted to its website a contribution from ISO member Owen Hill about how socialist organizations should [...]

August 6, 2018