On November 5th the Eugene V Debs Initiative will be hosting a celebration of socialism at the Adam Mikiewicz Library & Dramatic Circle. It is located at 612 Fillmore Avenue in Buffalo. It starts at 6 PM & goes until 10 PM. It will include a showing of a film about Debs created by Bernie Sanders. Hopefully there will be food & drinks. I know they have a bar there.
Attemding will be many groups that share one thing in common - the end goal of creating a socialist society.
America has a strong history of socialism going back before the Civil War, if one includes the unknown & unread writings of Thomas Paine. People do not know about this history because of the way textbooks are written. See James W Loewen Lies My Teacher Told Me for how textbooks are written. Let us remember that the capitalist class owns the press & media. And that great aphorism is true: Freedom of the press is guaranteed to those that own a press. The internet should be the great equalizer, but the capitalists own the major search engines & social media constructs.
So, take the time to come down to the Library and meet with like minded individuals & organizations. We may disagree on methods, but our goals are the same: a just society for all.
I hope to see & meet you there.
Solidarity.
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