Occupying the vote, uniting the left

[North Star]

Manuel Barrera's first installment discussing the campaign of Ty Moore of Socialist Alternative for Minneapolis's city council (and socialists and electoral politics more generally):
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=7050

Of related interest is the story of America's first communist mayor:
http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/58/v58i03p168-186.pdf

Below is an email from Andrew Ray Gorman of Appeal to Reason re: local red candidacies.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Andrew Gorman <andrewr...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 2:02 PM
Subject: 2013 Socialist Candidates
To: North Star <thenorth...@gmail.com>


Originally I was going to put this on my "Appeal to Reason" website. But I think you have a much broader readership that would appreciate this info. I have been considered re-doing my site to focus more on North Carolina itself, to help connect the socialist movement with issues in our state. I may still run, but the deadline for my application is approaching fast.

2013 Candidates

[Candidates are from multiple parties. Listing candidates here is not an endorsement. If you know of any other socialists that are running, please let me know and I will add them]

Massachusetts

• Chris Persampieri for Abington Town Clerk (Facebook) 
• Seamus Whelan for Boston City Council At-Large (Facebook)
  

Minnesota

• Ty Moore for Minneapolis City Council, Ward 9  (Website, Facebook)

Fraternally yours,

Andrew Ray Gorman