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Vol. 79/No. 34 September 28, 2015
SWP candidate: ‘For a labor party based on unions’
“A Socialist Walmart Employee Explains Why He’s Running for Philly
Mayor” headlines an Aug. 31 article on Osborne Hart, right, of the
Socialist Workers Party. The piece by Brian Hickey appeared on
Newsworks, the online site of WHYY News, the Public Broadcasting System
affiliate in the Philadelphia area.
“Set aside those preconceived notions that November’s mayoral-election
results were finalized” in the May primary, Hickey writes. “Historically
unexpected things happen from time to time. In that context, it made
perfect sense when, after handing his nominating-petition signatures
over to the county Board of Elections office last month, Osborne Hart of
the Socialist Workers Party spoke confidently about his mayoral mission.”
The interview notes that Hart is a Walmart shelf stocker and a “longtime
industrial worker (meatpacking, railroads, industrial factories, steel)”
and “he’s ‘very pro-union.’”
“We’re calling for independent political action based on the unions,”
Hart said. “The two-party system reinforces the social order. It’s
interested in profits, not human beings.”
“Hart vowed to ‘fight to be in any debate’ so his issues can be heard,”
Hickey wrote. Front-running Democratic candidate Jim Kenney has
supported all his rivals participating in upcoming candidates forums, so
Hart plans to be there, to represent the interests of working people.
—MAGGIE TROWE
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