SEP (US) 2008 Election Campaign

Australia: State provocations, security and Socialist Alternative

By Patrick O’Connor, December 3, 2008

The failure of the protest organisation Socialist Alternative (SA) to issue any serious response to revelations that a police agent provocateur spent a considerable period of time working within their...

Election Day 2008: The class issues

November 4, 2008

While tens of millions of Americans go to the polls, the outcome of the US election is awaited with intense interest by billions of people all over the world. This is not because they view the US pres...

Jerry White addresses students at candidates’ forum in Dayton, Ohio

By our reporter, November 4, 2008

SEP candidate Jerry White spoke to high school students at a candidates’ forum in Dayton, Ohio on Monday.

“Socialism and the Future of Humanity”— SEP (US) meeting on 70th anniversary of the Fourth International

By Tim Tower, November 3, 2008

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Fourth International, the Socialist Equality Party held a meeting at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Saturday, November 1.

SEP candidates complete successful campaign tour

By Tom Eley, November 3, 2008

Socialist Equality Party candidates Jerry White and Bill Van Auken have completed a successful tour in the month leading up to the US general elections, speaking at meetings across the US and Canada, ...

SEP candidates speak to workers in Toronto and Montreal

By our correspondent, November 3, 2008

The SEP candidates for president and vice president addressed meetings in Toronto and Montreal last week.

Obama begins to “lower expectations” for a Democratic White House

By Patrick Martin, November 1, 2008

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has begun to back away from his promises of social change, even before balloting concludes on Election Day next Tuesday.

The Democrats’ “economic recovery” fraud

By Barry Grey, October 22, 2008

The “economic recovery” plan being pushed by congressional Democrats, far from representing a serious response to the social disaster threatening working people, underscores the complete subservie...

US Republicans target ACORN: the great “voter fraud” fraud

By Tom Eley, October 18, 2008

A community activist group called ACORN has become a lightning rod for Republican attacks on voting rights as the US presidential election approaches.

Jerry White in Berlin: “At the heart of the financial crisis lies the historical decline of US imperialism”

By our reporter, October 18, 2008

SEP presidential candidate Jerry White spoke Thursday evening at the Technische Universität in Berlin.

Socialism vs. the government bailout of capitalism

By Tom Eley, October 15, 2008

The breakdown of the US financial system and the government bailout of Wall Street have seriously discredited the ideological justifications of capitalism.

Letters from our readers

October 14, 2008

The following is a selection of recent letters sent to the World Socialist Web Site.