August 2008 Local Meeting
From SP Boston
The Socialist Party of Boston met at noon on Sunday, 31 August 2008 in the Lucy Parsons Center. Among the many topics discussed were upcoming antiwar actions on October 11 and in September, as well as the Bread and Roses Labor Day Festival, and electoral campaigns. For more information, check out the full minutes.
[edit] Agenda
- Introductions and agenda approval
- Bread and Roses Festival in Lawrence on Labor Day (Monday).
- Organize a car pool and invite members.
- Table reserved, make sure people can get it set up on time.
- Membership
- Two new members
- Report from National Office on late dues
- Antiwar
- Weekly DMZ at Mass. Ave. and Boylston St., 6-8 pm every Friday.
- Motion: Cut back to just third Friday of every month. Repeat outreach with the Iraq Moratorium Project. Target campuses with returning students.
- October 11
- Motion: Call for anti-capitalist unity by organizing another Red and Black Bloc at the October 11th Demonstrations in Boston. - MRA
- Motion: Invite SPUSA candidates to attend October 11th in Boston and propose they be given stage time. - MRA
- Motion: The SP of Boston will participate in organizing efforts for October 11th and use the protests on that day to highlight the bipartisan support of Democrats and Republicans for US imperialism. An essential step toward building a new society will be the development of a mass party based on socialist principles that runs explicitly socialist candidates for office. - MRA
- Motion: To contribute $50 from the SP Boston account and include a fundraising appeal from the Oct 11th Committee in our next local mailing.
- Weekly DMZ at Mass. Ave. and Boylston St., 6-8 pm every Friday.
- Uniting Boston radicals
- Labor
- Report on labor situation at Harvest Co-op
- Harvest Co-op members potluck being planned
- Developing a Jamaica Plain workers alliance
- Electoral
- Matt requested contact information from Secretary of Commonwealth. Get update on the status of that; David can look into it a bit this coming week.
- Presidential campaign updates for MA, RI -- deadlines this week!!!
- November Ballot Questions in MA
- Motion: Focus on the decriminalization of Marijuana as the most important issue on the ballot for the working class this fall. - MRA
- Fundraising
- Mass Mailing
- Merchandise for tabling
- Sustainers Club
- Benefit show, possibly with SA.
- Proposal for SP to adopt expanded platform points.
- This is for the Massachusetts state SP.
- We should start planning a state meeting. I would propose holding it in western Mass. to help keep the Tom Mooney local active. -DS
- Solicit officers in upcoming issue(s) of bulletin?
- Next social
- Propose that Chris give a "dry run" talk about his recent trip to Venezuela. -DS
[edit] Minutes
- Coming soon!