Monday, August 31, 2026

In Vienna: 50% of the housing is public housing and rent is limited to 20% of your income

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wWBGBac2Ps

 Richard Wolff gives a great lecture!! In 1911, the SPA won election to about 1,141 local offices in total

  • Around 1911 to 1920, over 300 cities and towns across the U.S. had elected socialist officials, with Socialist Party members holding office in roughly 340 cities at its peak. More than 130 specific mayoral victories occurred during the broader 1901–1960 era. [1, 2]
  • Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Milwaukee had a famous 40-year run of socialist mayors—Emil Seidel, Daniel Hoan, and Frank Zeidler—who governed from 1910 to 1960. They focused on public infrastructure, parks, and honest, efficient administration. [1, 2, 3]
  • Other Notable Cities: Schenectady, New York (under George Lunn in 1911), Butte, Montana, and Murray, Utah, all elected socialist mayors who built public works, improved sanitation, and ran municipal utilities. [1, 2]
Core Focus of Municipal Socialists
  • Public Ownership: They pushed to municipalize local waterworks, gas, and streetcar lines.
  • Public Health & Welfare: They created public health systems, expanded school systems, and built extensive city park networks.
  • Clean Government: Their platforms heavily emphasized ending political corruption and modernizing city management

 

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