Dear Sisters and Brothers,
This is a reminder that you are invited to participate in the “Rally against Republicans, Who are Hurting Us!†on Saturday, February 28, at 2 pm, on the sidewalks at the intersection of Harrisburg and Macario Garcia (Hwy 90) in Houston.
As our previous email noted, the purpose of the Rally is to expose the Republicans and the Far Right for their increasingly dangerous attacks on workers, people of color, women, immigrants, LGBTQ communities, and the masses as a whole—and to help develop the kind of independent working class political action which will be required to stop these dangerous attacks. Of course, we will also have something to say about reformist politicians whose real loyalty is to the wealthy few, not the people.
So if you’re opposed to further militarization and racist militias on the border; repealing in-state tuition, DACA, and executive relief for undocumented people; openly racist attacks on people of color, Muslims, and other minorities; the attacks on women’s rights; the refusal to expand Medicaid and attempts to cut Social Security and Medicare; the refusal to adequately fund public schools, services for the disabled, and veterans care; widespread unemployment and poverty wages; the constantly growing legal and economic privileges and rights of the very rich; calls for new wars in Iraq, Syria, and Iran; giving Latin American governments taxpayer money to repress their people under the guise of fighting the drug trade; and more…You should join us on February 28!
This event is being organized by the Houston Socialist Movement. We are a new organization of long-time activists who are resolutely opposed to the Republicans and the Far Right–and their reformist counterparts–harming the working class and the masses of people. We are committed to helping workers and democratic-minded people of all nationalities understand that these problems are rooted in the capitalist system and that socialism here in the United States and around the world is the answer to these problems.
The February 28 Rally will feature short speeches, chants, music, the distribution of flyers, and an open microphone. We hope to see you there. If you would like more information, please contact us at movimientosocialistahouston@gmail.com or (832) 692-2306.
In Solidarity,
Houston Socialist Movement
I like this call and even though I’m not a socialist I’ve always liked the social analysis, commentary of the WSWS Web Site and the Socialist Party of Great Britain. Years ago when I was in London I met people that were members and they invited me to some of their rallies and functions; even after I returned here to Virginia they sent me booklets, CDs explaining different aspects of their movement…If I lived in England I probably would have joined, the literature, magazines they sent me were indispensable in my education of what was happening in the world…
At one time in these United States in the 30’s 40’s in the South there was a large population of Blacks belonging to the Communist Party USA and Socialist organizations, that has changed when the United States went through its ‘Red Scare’ instill fear and public witch hunts by Joseph McCarthy at anyone that was considered a member…I remember there was an elder black lady told me she was a member and they arrested her at a March in Washington, D.C. In the fifties, she said she stayed in jail for almost a week before her father got her out…
It was only in America where certain organizations were demonized and shunned. In Britian they don’t have the same hang ups over the words Communist or Socialist…
The struggle continues
A worker activist from Virginia