Unity and Independence – Socialist Organizer

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

Interview with MPP Coordinator Nick Brana on Why the Democratic Party Cannot be Reformed

(reprinted from the July-August 2018 issue of The Organizer newspaper) PRESENTATION Over the past several months, The Organizer newspaper — through its Unity & [...]

August 6, 2018

A.J. Muste and the League for Independent Political Action in the Late 1920s and ’30s

Part Seven of our reprint of the series on the history of the struggle for a labor party in the United states, by Stan Phipps The critical factor in building a viable [...]

August 2, 2018

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LaFollette’s “One Man Show” in the 1924 Presidential Election:

Seventh in our series of reprints of Cde Stan Phipps’ articles on the struggle for a Labor Party in the United States. For advocates of a class-based political [...]

July 9, 2018

Delegates to the November 1919 founding convention of the Labor Party

The Grassroots Labor Parties of 1919-1920: A Missed Opportunity for Labor

Sixth in our series of articles on the history of labor parties in the United states, by Stan Phipps Over time, there is a great variance in the extent to which workers are [...]

July 6, 2018