How I Became a Socialist
In this feature, members of the World Socialist Party of the US share personal stories of how they became socialists. More stories will be added as they become available.
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Sleeping Pods
As rents soar and swallow up more and more of the earnings of working people, landlords face a problem — how to pack an increasing number of tenants into a given space. A San Francisco developer has the answer.
Is Employment a Form of Slavery?
Socialists like to talk about ‘wage slavery’ and ‘wage slaves.’ But surely it is unreasonable to treat employment for a wage or salary as a form of slavery?
‘Revolution, Not Reform’ by Jordan Levi
In this pamphlet, Jordan Levi explains why reforms within capitalism can’t solve the main problems facing humanity and why we need to replace it with socialism.
Study Guide to Marx’s Capital for the Anti-capitalist
Last updated August 4, 2019 Introduction: You Don’t Need Marx To Be an ‘Anti-capitalist’ Why do we need to read Marx’s Capital? Or should I say: Why do you need to read Capital? And who do I think “you” are, anyway? Well, let me tell you. You are, I imagine, a fellow worker. That is, you depend on a wage …
A Hundred Years Ago: The Winnipeg General Strike
From the May 2019 issue of The Socialist Standard ‘The Winnipeg Strike will go down in history as a magnificent example of working-class solidarity and courage’ (Bill Pritchard). In February 1919, Seattle workers engaged in the general strike tactic, with 30,000 workers in 130 unions walking out for 5 days in sympathy with 38,000 shipyard workers. The city’s …
What Is ‘Millennial Socialism’?
Opinion polls suggest that the younger age groups in the United States – colloquially referred to as ‘millennials’1– are much more open to socialist ideas than their elders. At least the taboo that used to surround the word ‘socialism’ is rapidly disappearing. The figures are quite striking. A poll conducted in April 2009 found that …
WPA Strikes (1939)
From the December 1939 issue of The Western Socialist Karl Marx, in his writings, predicted that some day the capitalists would have to take care of their slaves; that they would be forced to feed and otherwise keep alive an ever increasing army of unemployed workers. Modern capitalism has fulfilled this prediction with a vengeance. In this …
A TV Program: The Sanity of Socialism
ARCHIVE: This is the script of a television program produced by members of our party and aired in Boston in 1975, reproduced from the journal of the WSPUS at that time — The Western Socialist. We have published a number of radio scripts in these pages, as you know if you read The Western Socialist …
The ‘Democratic Socialism’ of Bernie Sanders
To a socialist Senator Bernie Sanders is far and away the least distasteful of the current contenders for the American presidency. He seems decent and sincere. Although he is running in the Democratic Party primaries, he has a long history as an independent politician, starting with his election in 1981 as mayor of Burlington, Vermont. …
