Sentences with phrase «democratic socialist for»

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The Milwaukee Social Democratic Herald, for example, decried syndicated fake news stories as «deliberate attempts to discredit the administration» of Milwaukee's democratically elected Socialist mayor, Emil Seidel.

We in the Houston chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America are organizing aid efforts for those affected by the storm.

In terms of a secret agenda for collectivist authoritarianism, I admit a few liberal elites are that depraved — I was myself shocked by the degree to which the leaders of the Democratic Socialists of America, the ones who helped train our current President and whose leader (Michael Harrington) I myself read and admired in the 80s, were open to deception and smear - tactics, as revealed by Stanely Kurtz's Radical in Chief.

Politically I'm pretty much a socialist, though I tend to vote Democratic for practical reasons.

My personal belief is that democratic, free enterprise capitalism can provide a higher standard of living and more freedom than the socialist alternatives and can still be responsible in providing for those who are unable to provide for themselves.

It represents the culmination of his 15 years of identification with the «religious socialist» movement in Germany, dating back to the time just after World War I when he was called on the carpet by the synodical consistory in Berlin to account for his appearance as a lecturer at a meeting of the Independent Social Democratic Party — a party which, from the synod's standpoint, had added to the injury of being socialist the insult of having been antiwar as well.

Many liberation theologians and democratic socialists damn King with faint praise as they continue to pursue those goals for which he gave his life: peace, the empowerment of the poor and the Third World, and the elimination of racism.

I submit that their concern is not so much with the conservatives» possible manipulation of King's dream as with the difficulties that dream creates for the aspirations of the liberationists, democratic socialists and progressives.

Even when liberalism became so widespread among the educated classes, as it did by the end of the nineteenth century, that it was almost taken for granted, it was by no means securely institutionalized among the masses, as the rise of socialist, Catholic and fascist parties uncertainly or not at all committed to democratic institutions would subsequently show.

Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

On reading and reflecting on this work, I am reminded of why it is that I remained in dialogue with the Boston - area branch of the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC), founded by Harrington and led locally by John Cort (author of Christian Socialism) for more than a decade.

It turned out that it makes a great deal of difference whether one is a democratic socialist or a social democrat, for the relative location of nouns, which convey the substance of things, and adjectives, which represent the modifiers, weights priorities time after time.

In these arguments, Cobb's views overlap with the democratic - socialist views that have dominated most religious interpretations of contemporary economic life for a generation.

The onset of a long period in opposition for social democratic standard - bearers such as Labour in Britain and the SPD in Germany, coupled with continuing slow growth, high unemployment and falling unionisation, led the parties of the Socialist International into a comprehensive accommodation with neo-liberalism — albeit one wrapped in soothing social market rhetoric and homeopathic concessions at the margins.

I don't for a minute believe that a democratic socialist can win such a contest.

By the same token, I still believe that we need to rediscover and reinterpret the three overlapping political traditions — conservative, liberal and socialist or social - democratic — that have woven in and out of our history for well over a century; and that we have at least as much to learn from our complex religious traditions as from political ones.

Miller 2.0 I think the important point on which it would be worth trying to build agreement is that almost all social democratic and liberal socialist conceptions of equality and fairness do have scope for legitimate or merited differences of outcome.

Now that we have been rushed into a leadership contest, there is an urgent need for those MPs who see themselves as democratic socialists (of whatever hue) to get together at a meeting in the Commons to agree on a candidate for the leadership election.

Florida Rep. Alan Grayson, a Democrat known for bucking the Democratic establishment, announced his endorsement of Vermont Sen. Bernard Sanders, the Democratic socialist challenging Hillary Clinton for the party's presidential nomination.

From now on I will fight the Tories and fight for left wing democratic socialist policies and left wing democratic socialist candidates at all levels.

Progressives have even made inroads in less hospitable territory: On Tuesday in Nebraska, community organizer Kara Eastman beat a more moderate former congressman to win a Democratic primary for a House seat, and in western Pennsylvania, two Socialist candidates won Democratic primaries for legislative seats.

Breaking the mould with electoral reform would have transformed the political landscape, allowing a socialist and a social democratic party, a centre - right pro-EU Tory party and a hard - right faction for the likes of John Redwood and Liam Fox.

Some examples showing evidence that it isn't: Left - wing groups in Rojava are actively fighting against islamists, for a secular, democratic, socialist, feminist state, and those groups have considerable support among left - wing groups...

If, as democratic socialists, we are in favour of strong, independent trade unions for the British people, then we ought to support the same principle with respect to the Cubans.

Joseph M. Schwartz, a professor of political science at Temple University, a national vice chair of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), and author of Coalition Politics and the Fight for Socialism, talks about the reasons for the rapid growth of DSA to become the largest U.S. socialist organization in the U.S. since the 1940s.

We need to win elections but where we differ is as a left wing democratic socialist I believe we should stand for what we believe in and fight for this.

If the 13 million votes received by self - styled «democratic socialist» Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries accomplished nothing else positive, it put the questions of socialism and independent working - class politics up for public ddemocratic socialist» Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries accomplished nothing else positive, it put the questions of socialism and independent working - class politics up for public dDemocratic presidential primaries accomplished nothing else positive, it put the questions of socialism and independent working - class politics up for public discussion.

More importantly, by entering the Democratic Party, Sanders broke with the socialist principle of independent working - class political action.1 He became the «sheepdog» herding progressives, who had the option of voting for the Green ticket of Jill Stein and Ajamu Baraka in the general election, back into a party run by the billionaire class he professes to oppose.2 Nevertheless, the broad liberal to radical American left is now discussing what socialism is and debating whether the Left should be inside or outside the Democratic Party — or both inside and outside.

The New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America endorsed Khader El - Yateem for the same seat.

Bronx Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda, who bucked his borough's party establishment and endorsed the democratic socialist in February, blamed this for the failure of his candidacy.

Chilean politics is dominated by two main coalitions: the center - left Concert of Parties for Democracy (Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia), composed of the Christian Democrat Party, the Socialist Party, the Party for Democracy, and the Social Democrat Radical Party; and the center - right [2] Alliance for Chile (Alianza por Chile), composed of the Independent Democratic Union and National Renewal.

In the special election for U.S. House, 9th district, held September 13, 2011, there were only three candidates on the ballot: the Democratic - Working Families - Independence nominee David Weprin, the Republican - Conservative nominee Bob Turner, and the Socialist Workers nominee, Christopher Hoeppner.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo channeled his inner Bernie Sanders — the socialist Democratic US senator from Vermont who's challenging Hillary Clinton for the party's 2016 nod — at a NYC rally where he formally announced he'll convene a wage board to examine boosting the income of fast food workers in New York.

[5] Lane Kenworthy, professor of sociology at the University of California at San Diego, has stated that Sanders is a social democrat and not a democratic socialist -LSB-...] Mike Konczal, an economic policy expert at the Roosevelt Institute, also characterizes Sanders» positions as «social democracy» rather than «socialist», noting that social democracy means support for a mixed economy combining private enterprise with government spending, social insurance programs, Keynesian macroeconomic policies, and democratic participation in government and the workplace - all of which are a part of Sanders» platform.

Panel Debate in Boston: Ashley Smith (International Socialist Organization), Jake Altman (Democratic Socialists of America), Jason Lowenthal (People for Bernie), Howie Hawkins (Green Party).

Howie Hawkins, a Green Party co-founder and member of the socialist group Solidarity, wrote an essay in May for the ISO's Socialist Worker website attacking Sanders for «violating the first principle of socialist politics: class independence,» consorting with the «billionaire class» by pledging to «support their candidate» if he loses the Democraticsocialist group Solidarity, wrote an essay in May for the ISO's Socialist Worker website attacking Sanders for «violating the first principle of socialist politics: class independence,» consorting with the «billionaire class» by pledging to «support their candidate» if he loses the DemocraticSocialist Worker website attacking Sanders for «violating the first principle of socialist politics: class independence,» consorting with the «billionaire class» by pledging to «support their candidate» if he loses the Democraticsocialist politics: class independence,» consorting with the «billionaire class» by pledging to «support their candidate» if he loses the Democratic primary.

Possibly most of the «socialists» within the Labour Party — like even Tony Benn and Jeremy Corbyn — not being Socialist Workers Party style socialists, did not leave the Party and instead grudgingly accepted our dilution to social democracy for the main reason that pure socialism sans in - govt would remain a mere theory and would be worse than practical social democratic reforms / reliefs whilst in power -LRB--- and particularly bebeficial / necessary after a prolonged Thatcherite damage to our society!

While socialists debate how to relate to the many thousands of progressives attracted to Bernie Sanders» campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, the most viable independent left alternative for 2016 needs support from socialists now.

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On VTDigger.org, Greg Guma takes a look at how people and groups ranging from outright independents to Vermont's independent, democratic socialist, close - with - the - Progressive - Party Senator Bernie Sanders to a former Green Party candidate are playing a role in the race for Burlington mayor.

In addition to Citizen Action, a variety of other groups hosted the event including Albany Democratic Socialists, Albany Jewish Voices for Peace, Albany Social Justice Center, Alliance for Quality Education, Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace, the Capital District Coalition Against Islamophobia, Center for Law and Justice, the New York State Labor Religion Coalition and the New York State Council of Churches.

I am not interested in the rich and powerful but as a democratic socialist on the side of the oppressed I think the key sentence for this decade may be: «But you don't know me.»

I think that's very impressive for a first time candidate, and I'm happy to say the campaign built a great Green - Red alliance between my county Green Party, the Democratic Socialists of America, and Socialist Alternative.

Two pro-masses groups, Education Rights Campaign (ERC) and Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM), have declared that the fees increment for medical students by the Senate of University...

By the way, progressive socialists are now joining forces with «Islamic socialists», Code Pink (who are now calling for the murder of our soldiers), liberal democrats (some of whom are now supporting Code Pink and now the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt), and others to tear down our capitalistic democratic way of life.

By contrast, the Democratic machine has cleared the field for its own legacy candidate, ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who has only to avoid stumbling over a socialist from Vermont and a governor from Maryland whose home city was in flames just months ago.

As a grassroots activist who organized for Bernie Sanders in four different states — and have since joined NYPAN and the Democratic Socialists of America — I've heard from hundreds of Americans who are fed up with way the country runs its elections.

-- In Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Justin Brannan ran for the Council seat being vacated by his former boss, Vincent Gentile and defeated Rev. Khader El - Yateem, a Democratic socialist seeking to become the first Arab American on the Council.

Throughout the campaign, he regularly unloaded on both the Vermont socialist and the billionaire GOP nominee, perhaps seeing a more prominent role for himself in an incoming Democratic administration.

Yes for left wing democratic socialists in Labour there are perhaps 4 priorities.