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Conservative candidate Chloe Smith (Left) and Labour candidate Jessica Asato (Right)

Annabelle Dickson, Political Editor Monday, March 30, 2015 8:28 PM

Conservative Chloe Smith has been the unlikely target of a socialist spoof.

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Political opponents mocked her up as Citizen Smith - the young Marxist urban guerrilla attempting to emulate his hero Che Guevara.

The Norwich North candidate was accused of attempting plagiarise Labours branding, after including a Norwich Evening News letter, claiming Ms Smith seems to act more like a socialist than a Conservative in her election literature.

Left-wing website Political Scrapbook has mocked her up as Wolfie Smith, from the comedy series, outside Norwich Station.

Jessica Asato, who is standing against her for the Labour Party, claimed it was a sign of the Tories desperation in Norwich North and showed Ms Smiths double-standards, accusing her of being trying to be all things to all people.

Local people wont forget she is one of the most loyal Conservative MPs and shows unwavering support for the vicious bedroom tax, tax cuts for millionaires and the swift march of the profiteers into the NHS. If this is socialism Ill eat my hat, she said.

But Ms Smith - who said she was clearly not a socialist, but a proud Conservative, said she believed the letter had shown that her work could appeal across party lines.

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Ending Extreme Inequality = Socialism?
Scott Myers-Lipton, Professor of Sociology at San Jose State University, founder of the San Jose minimum wage campaign, and author of Ending Extreme Inequality: An Economic Bill of Rights...

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To the Editor:

I believe in socialism. There, I said it. Now before anyone erupts, let me also say that I believe in capitalism. I believe that either of these forces in its extreme is a negative. Unchecked capitalism is just as dangerous as unchecked socialism. These two viewpoints are the check and balance on each other.

I personally lean toward a liberal, progressive nature and fight for whatever moves us forward spiritually, intellectually and morally.

Capitalism is very responsible for greatness of this country. Human, free-willed creativity and the ability to own the fruits of one's labor has brought a level of ingenuity to the world never before imagined.

However, socialism is just as responsible for where we are. Socialism is the force that resists the greed that is inherent in pure capitalism. We have seen far too many times the damage that unchecked capitalism can do. There should be a "for the good of the people" consideration taken in the view of capitalism.

There are many innovations, ideas, and advancements that are repressed in the name of profit. For example, look how far the Internet has come in just 20 years and yet in over 100 years we can't get past the combustible engine. That is because profiteers don't want options that hurt their bottom line so they repress and attack anything that is different from the status quo.

Capitalism has many virtues, but its best interests lie in profit for shareholders and not in the advancement of civilization. That is its function. At least government's function is about the people and is accountable to us.

We do need capitalism to keep government in check, but we also need socialism to keep capitalism in check. Extremism is not the answer. Let's move society forward, not just business forward.

WILLIAM ROTH

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Comparative Politics - Democracy is a road to Socialism
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Like many colleges, Loyola is home to political discussions that include social justice, environmental issues and feminism. But few students go so far as to advocate for truly leftist views such as socialism, anarchism and communism. For those who do, two organizations exist: the Rogers Park chapter of the International Socialist Organization (ISO) and Platypus, a Loyola group that explores new ideas about left-wing politics.

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Formed in 1976, ISO has chapters around the country and has been one of the organizing forces of the Ferguson protests, Occupy Wall Street and the movement against the Iraq War. It describes itself as an organization that participates in the struggles for justice and liberation today and, ultimately, for a future socialist society.

ISO opened a Loyola chapter last fall, but it was absorbed into the Rogers Park chapter due to an unsuccessful recruitment of students. Tabling for Ferguson protests, however, attracted Nina Darner, a senior environmental studies major, to the ISO.

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Ive been attending meetings for six months. When it really started out, it wasnt about me being interested in socialism at all, said Darner. I didnt even know it was being run by a socialist group. They were passing out flyers about the shooting of Michael Brown. I went to a meeting, then went down to Ferguson with a couple carloads of people. I really liked what they were doing and over time I grew to be really interested in the politics.

Darner attends meetings every Thursday at the Willie B. White Center off the Howard Red Line stop.

We share articles, we learn about world history, politics, power structures, she said.

Darner points out the Black Lives Matter campaign, the Fight for 15 and the Chicago suburbs BP oil strike as ongoing ISO campaigns that many who dont consider themselves part of the Left support.

So many people say, I agree with this idea and that idea and that idea, but Im not willing to join a political organization, she said.

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