Socialist Party of America

Socialism is the redistribution of wealth among all social classes. Socialism has essentially been condemned in America since World War II and as a result of this has largely been misdefined for generations. Due to this lack of representation in the mainstream political spectrum, most Americans are ignorant to how a modern socialist system would operate in today's age. In modern day America socialism is more often than not cast in a decidedly dark overtone. This is most easily contributable to…

begun organizing National College Equal Suffrage League. Later she became Vice President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. In 1914, she finally joined the Socialist Party of America, a faction that strongly opposed American involvement in World War I, as well as called for draft resistance. The Socialist party stood for the abolition of every form of domination and exploitation. It denounced the capitalist system as incompetent and corrupt and believed that it was the source…

The Red Scare of 1920, starting in the middle of the first world war and ending about three years after. It was the wide spread panic across America, the fear of communism mixed with political racism. The Red Scare started from different causes, including the Bolshevik Revolution and World War one, the growing fear of immigration, radical and the socialist party, many different people played large and important roles. Another main cause is the Bolshevik revolution. The Bolshevik became…

and political conflict that that later had an impact in the economic crisis. Spain used to be a catholic monarchy, ruled by kings and queens, and was one of the World’s most powerful countries, as it conquered a lot of territories, such as Latin America and Philippines. Spain was basically an agricultural country. In Spain, since the 19th century the owners of large lands held the power. There was an oligarchy based in land. The economy was unable to meet people’s economic needs. The Army was…

Due to the publication of the Communist Manifesto, mid nineteenth century America gained a great deal of immigrants from Europe. This immigration came with an influx of new socialist beliefs, causing the development of political parties founded on these beliefs. In 1901, the Socialist Party of America was formed. Up until World War I, the Socialist Party gained large numbers, its members being mostly foreign-born people of the urban working class or native-born farmers. One of the party’s…

forces of the far right and activist left vie for popularity. In America, the unexpected strength of the independent socialist Bernie Sanders in last year's Democratic race, and in Spain, the electoral gains of the new Podemos party, led by a former Communist, are…

college in 1897, he focused on writing, and in 1904, went undercover to work at a meatpacking plant to research his novel The Jungle. From 1917 to the 1920s, he was a part of the socialist party, a main idea of the book. Most of the things in his life, specifically the alcoholic father, Meatpacking, and socialist party, are very prevalent in the book, and after researching, you can see why they were to him. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a novel. In this book, the…

congressional appeal making it hard to remove (Britannica, 2015). The relationship between the United States and Cuba has remained frozen beyond the end of the Cold War, which makes it fascinating to compare two countries that were former rivals. America is considered a superpower because of its influence in international affairs, Cuba to the same extent has less influence (Britannica, 2015). Through the embargo that was established…

The late 1800’s and the early 1900’s was a time when poverty and growth was at a record high for the American people. America was growing and becoming a force to be reckoned with; but at the same time, some American’s were struggling to make ends meet. Throughout 1877, until the last third of the 19th century farmers and sharecroppers were not profiting from their crops. The deflation of crops made it almost impossible for farmers to own land. Those that didn’t own land became sharecroppers…

or left wing domestic terrorism groups adopted a socialist and Marxist set of beliefs that originated in Europe. The Weather Underground, while originating in U.S., was heavily influenced by the ideals of socialism and Marxism. The Weather Underground originated in 1969 and was a branch of the Students for a Democratic Society. The Students for a Democratic Society has ties to the Intercollegiate Socialist Society and the Socialist Party of America. The Weather Underground started as university…