The vast majority of the 300 million people in the
USA are workers and their families. Just
as they have learned that if we band together at work into a union, where
our strength is united into a single force, we can more effectively fight the
boss, if we band together into a political party, created by and under the
democratic control of the labor movement, we can better fight the government of
the employers.
The U.S. election cycle is in full swing a full nine months before voters actually go to the polls on November 4th. On "Super Tuesday" registered voters in 24 states came out to vote in caucuses and primary elections.
Editorial for US Socialist Appeal 36: The campaign to elect the
next President of the United States is in full swing. The Democratic
and Republican primaries and caucuses have begun, accompanied by a
media frenzy intended to make it seem as though there truly are
significant differences between the candidates, and to distract working
people from the pressing problems we face. As we go to press, the race
to nominate the next presidential candidates of big business is still
wide open. But the real question is, who will represent the working
class majority of American society?