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The phony “socialist” takeover of the Nevada State Democratic Party On March 6, Judith Whitmer, formerly the chair of the Clark County Democratic Party and a member of the Las Vegas chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), beat Tick Segerblom to become the new chair of the Nevada State Democratic Party. Segerblom is a former state representative and long-time Democratic Party operative. He is also a member of the DSA. Judith Whitmer (Source: judithwhitmer.com) After then chair of the state party, William McCurdy II, announced on February 3 that he would not seek reelection, ...

Socialist Alternative’s Kshama Sawant joins the DSA: The Democratic Party politics of the pseudo-left Last week, Kshama Sawant, a leader of Socialist Alternative and member of the Seattle City Council, announced that she was joining the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in the US. Sawant’s declaration followed a December 15 statement by Socialist Alternative announcing that it would be sending a significant section of its membership into the DSA. City council member Kshama Sawant speaking in 2016. (Image credit: Flickr/Seattle City Council) Sawant said that her decision was motivated...

São Paulo teachers continue strike against deadly school reopenings despite union sabotage Teachers voted on Saturday, February 27, to continue their strike against the murderous reopening of public schools in São Paulo, the state with the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in Brazil. The vote, carried out through virtual assemblies, came the day after Brazil reported the highest number of COVID-19 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic over a year ago. Despite the deadly implications of school reopenings amid this surge in the pandemic and with the imminent threat of a nati...

Argentina: The death of ex-president Carlos Saúl Menem Argentine ex-president Carlos Menem died on February 14 at the age of 90. Menem’s health had deteriorated significantly since June 2020, due to persistent bacterial infections. Widely hated by Argentine workers for his destruction of jobs and living standards in the 1990s, his death evoked tributes from the country’s Peronist President Alberto Fernandez and Vice President Cristina Fernandez Kirchner, as well as from the right-wing ex-president Mauricio Macri and other Peronist and Radical Party leaders. Inauguration of Carlos Menem i...

Chicago elementary teachers begin returning to classrooms under near-total media blackout - our committee. Chicago Public Schools (CPS) teachers for kindergarten through fifth grades began returning to schools on Monday, a consequence of the sellout agreement the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) concluded with the district. With their students scheduled to return next week, the danger facing teachers and other workers is likely to escalate further as new variants of the COVID-19 virus are provided ample opportunities to infect new hosts. According to the Illinois Department of Public Health conta...