Socialist Party
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- Nov 5, 1908A Republican Landslide—and a Socialist Spark—in Newport's 1908 ElectionStevens County swept Republican by roughly 1,000 votes, but Newport precinct drew just 267 of 333 registered voters and saw the Socialist tally more than double from nine to twenty-one.Newport, WA
- Oct 28, 1910The Socialist Pitch: Why Your Job Isn't YoursW.W. Smith, a local iron moulder, makes a fiery case that workers are voting against their own interests by supporting party-line politicians who represent the interests of the 'match trust' and the law-industrial complex.Everett, WA
- Mar 10, 1911The Socialist Critique of the 'Wage Slave'A speaker at Internal Hall argues that the 'Profit System' is the source of modern poverty and calls for a new industrial order.Everett, WA
- Jun 16, 1911A Three-Cornered Fight for City HallPolitical tensions are brewing in Everett as observers predict a 'red-hot' municipal election involving business interests, Bill Gillespie, and a rising Socialist movement.Everett, WA
- Aug 4, 1911The Socialist Civil WarA fiery dispatch from Spokane exposes a rift within the Socialist Party over internal discipline, alleged corruption, and the fight for union labor in city government.Spokane, WA
- Sep 22, 1911The Socialist Surge in Everett City HallVoters are turning to the Socialist ticket as a protest against rising costs and corporate influence in municipal governance.Everett, WA
- Sep 29, 1911Everett Candidates Face the 'Improvement Club' GrillingLocal improvement groups and the Socialist Party demand answers on everything from public markets and water works to taxing corporate utilities.Everett, WA
- Feb 2, 1912Socialist Party Opens Grand Hall on Rockefeller AvenueOrganizers lease the second floor of the new Dolton-Weaver building for a major new hub of civic activity.Rockefeller Avenue, Everett, WA
- Mar 8, 1912Everett Socialists Rally for Lawrence StrikersLocal unionists and radicals pack Liberty Hall to protest the brutal treatment of striking textile workers in the East and send a formal message to the President.Liberty Hall, Everett, WA
- May 3, 1912The Union Candidates for Everett's New CommissionLabor Journal highlights the three union-card carriers entering the race for city commission under Everett's new 1912 charter.Everett, WA