http://socialistminnesota.org Welcome to the homepage of the Twin Cities branch of Socialist Alternative Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:00:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Aysha Zaki, Socialist from Lebanon, Speaks Out public meeting Wednesday, October 1 7:00 pm University of MN Coffman Union Board Room (3rd floor) 300 Washington Ave SE  The US occupation of Iraq is only the most recent chapter in the centurylong struggle for control of Middle East oil. The Bush administration claims the "surge" is working but ... http://socialistminnesota.org/2008/09/25/middle-east-in-crisis-and-the-socialist-alternative/ Nigerian socialist-feminist speaks out public meeting Monday, September 29 7:00pm Mayday Bookstore 301 Cedar Ave S. (West Bank - under the Hub Bike Co-op), Minneapolis Speaker: Bola Ajaiyi *Former Secretary of the Women's Section of the Nigerian Democratic Socialist Movement *African Women's Forum Steering Committee member Half a century after victorious struggles against direct colonial rule, most of Africa ... http://socialistminnesota.org/2008/09/25/the-struggle-against-poverty-and-neocolonialism/ --Public Meeting-- The case for breaking with corporate politics and supporting Nader's campaign Wednesday, September 17th 7:00 PM University of Minnesota Coffman Board Room (3rd floor) (for map, directions, parking, click here) With anger at the corrupt Bush regime and Washington politics at record highs, millions of Americans are looking to Barack Obama as a way out ... http://socialistminnesota.org/2008/09/14/will-obama-really-bring-change-2/ Thousands Take to the Streets Against War and the Right-Wing Agenda By Dan DiMaggio and Ty Moore From September 1-4, St. Paul, Minnesota was home to the Republican National Convention - and four days of protests and police repression. Though, the Republican Party has controlled the presidency for the past eight years and ... http://socialistminnesota.org/2008/09/09/protest-and-police-repression-mark-the-republican-national-convention/ By Laura Madsen, YAWR activist This fall, anti-war activists will be launching the ARMY OF NONE campaign, to counter military recruiters in Twin Cities schools. The military relies on youth as cannon fodder to continue its wars for oil and empire. Given the unpopularity of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the ... http://socialistminnesota.org/2008/09/08/join-the-army-of-none-campaign/ Vote Nader, Build an Alternative to the Two Corporate Parties! by Canyon Lalama After eight long years of war, economic crisis, corruption and lies, George W. Bush will be leaving the White House as the most unpopular president in U.S. history. Many are looking forward to the end of the Bush regime ... http://socialistminnesota.org/2008/09/08/we-need-real-change/ http://socialistminnesota.org/2008/08/11/student-strike-against-the-rnc/ Saturday, May 17 1:30pm Walker (Uptown) Library 2880 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of 1968, a year that saw revolutionary movements sweep the globe and threaten the foundations of the capitalist system itself. From the student revolt in France that helped inspire the greatest general strike in history when 10 million ... http://socialistminnesota.org/2008/05/06/40-years-since-1968-year-of-revolution/ Should we support the Democratic nominee or break from the corporate two-party system? Saturday, May 17, 2008 3:30pm Walker (Uptown) Library 2880 Hennepin Ave S, Minneapolis Speakers Panel: Gary Schiff: City Councilor ( Minneapolis Ward 9 ) and Democratic Party activist Elizabeth Glidden: City Councilor ( Minneapolis Ward 8 ) and Democratic Party activist Ty Moore: Socialist Alternative ... http://socialistminnesota.org/2008/05/06/election-debate/ By Dezee Walker Minneapolis, MN I first started having socialist views in middle school. In the sixth grade, we took a political survey and I was the most radical in my class. Even at my young age, I could not grasp why there were so many problems in our country when ... http://socialistminnesota.org/2008/03/20/why-i-became-a-socialist-8/