SOCIALIST PARTY STEPS INTO 21ST CENTURY.(EDITORIAL)(JOHN NICHOLS)(Column)

From: The Capital Times (Madison, WI) | Date: July 31, 2001 | Copyright information

Byline: JOHN NICHOLS

The refrigerator magnets on sale at the Socialist Party USA's 100th anniversary celebration are the first sign that American socialism has entered the 21st century.

The red -- but, of course -- lettering on the magnets reads, "Socialist Party USA: Celebrating 100 Years as America's Voice of Democratic Socialism." To the side is the party's sleek "workers of the world unite" logo -- with white and black hands clasping across the planet. At...

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