Ashley Smith
Ashley Smith...is a socialist writer and activist in Burlington, Vermont. He has written in numerous publications including Truthout, The International Socialist Review, Socialist Worker, ZNet, Jacobin, New Politics and many other online and print publications. He is currently working on a book for Haymarket Books entitled Socialism and Anti-Imperialism.[1]
He is a member of Democratic Socialists of America in Burlington, Vermont. He has written in numerous publications including Harpers, New Politics, Jacobin, Truthout, Against the Current, and many other online and print publications.[2]
Open Letter from RWU to the President
In November 2022 Ashley Smith signed the Open Letter from RWU to the President, Tempest Collective .
Rally and March for Palestine Nakba Day, 2021
Hundreds of people in Vermont joined the international outcry against the violence in Palestine and Israel, routed in 73 years of oppression, occupation and Apartheid.
The rally/march in Burlington VT started at Battery Park and proceeded to City Hall.
Speakers included: Wafic Faour – VTJP; Hannah Rose – Decolonize Burlington; Asma Elhuni – RAD; Mark Hage – VTJP; Sara Brooks – VTJP and PSL; Rajni; Amanda Garces – Education Justice Coalition of Vermont; Zanevia Wilcox – The Battery Park movement; Rick (Spontaneous speaker); Mohsen Mahdawi; Dima; Marita Canedo (Migrant justice); Ashley Smith – DSA
Press Release Prior to the event
“Burlington rallies for Palestine” A short report by local media
Co-Sponsors:
Vermonters for Justice in Palestine; Decolonize Burlington; Jewish Voice for Peace, Vermont-New Hampshire; Community Voices for Immigrant Rights; Red Banner Anti-Imperialist Collective; Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL); Party of Communists, USA; Rise Upper Valley; Education Justice Coalition of Vermont; Vermont Workers' Center; The Battery Park Movement; Will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series; The Peoples Kitchen; The Center for Grassroots Organizing; VT National Lawyers Guild.[3]
Immigrants Rights Working Group
In August 2020 the Democratic Socialists of America Immigrants Rights Working Group just elected a new Steering Committee. Congratulations to the new Steering Committee members:
- Northeast Regional Co-Chair: Ashley Smith
- Southeast Regional Co-Chair: Alexander Hernandez
- Midwest Regional Co-Chair: Jorge Mujica
- Southwest Regional Co-Chair: Brianna Westbrook
- West Regional Co-Chair: Duane Campbell
- At-Large Co-Chairs: Jose Perez and Deborah Elsas[4]
DSA Socialist Feminists Call on Joe Biden to Drop Out
DSA Socialist Feminists Call on Joe Biden to Drop Out was a May 2020 letter to Joe Biden.
Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden stands accused of sexual assault. Members of the Democratic Socialists of America demand that he leave the race.
As socialists, we believe that the lessons of the #MeToo movement must not be forgotten. This movement challenged rape culture and upended myths about sexual violence and the credibility of survivors. For a short period, these issues were even embraced by many liberal politicians and commentators, as evidenced by the widespread support for Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford when she bravely spoke out about incumbent Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. #MeToo made previously tolerated behavior intolerable, and powerful men in numerous industries faced consequences for their misconduct....
We, the undersigned, call on Joe Biden to leave the race. We also call on elected officials endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of the Ozarks to rescind any endorsements of Joe Biden.
Signatories included Ashley Smith Champlain Valley Democratic Socialists of America.
Left Forum 2015
Should the Left Support Bernie Sanders?
International Socialist Review, Jacobin
- Amy Muldoon, Chair International Socialist Review
- Bhaskar Sunkara Jacobin
- Gloria Mattera Green Party USA
- Ashley Smith International Socialist Review
- Charles Lenchner People for Bernie, OWS Tech Ops, Ready for Warren
Socialist Scholars Conference
Bill Keach, Ashley Smith, Hillary Scott and Libero Della Piana were speakers on the Multiculturalism or Melting Pot? Fighting the "PC" Bashers panel sponsored by the International Socialist Organization at the Tenth Annual Socialist Scholars Conference. The conference was held April 24-26, 1992 at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York City.[5]
Socialism 2019
One of the panels at the Socialism 2019 conference was entitled “China and the US : Inter-Imperial Rivalry or Class Struggle and Solidarity?”
The panel featured three speakers Elaine Lu, Kevin Lin and Ashley Smith, a former leader of the International Socialist Organization. SO who has spent the past eight years romanticizing foreign-backed, far-right sectarian Islamist “moderate rebels ” in Syria.
Elaine Lu is the program officer at China Labor Watch. Kevin Lin coordinates the China program at the Washington, DC-based NGO the International Labor Rights Forum.[6]
#California Bernie family
Cullen Tiernan February 28, 2018 ·
A little slice of heaven, a little slice of our #California Bernie family, and it looks like we’re in control of the lighting now 💡💡💡 — with Ernesto Ascencio Gomez, Brandon Harami, Natalie Higley, Noemi Tungui, Alexis Edelstein, Ashley Smith, Tania Singh, Melissa Demyan, Alison Flemings Buliavac and Luci Riley.