Vol. 73/No. 6 February 16, 2009
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Socialist campaigns at N.Y. transit hearing |
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Militant/Tom Baumann
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BROOKLYN, New York—Dan Fein (inset), Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of New York City, campaigned among the more than 400 people attending a Metropolitan Transportation Authority fare-hike hearing January 28 in downtown Brooklyn.
Among those outraged by the proposed fare hikes and elimination of popular bus lines, the most outspoken were the elderly and disabled. Part of the proposed increases would raise fares on the door-to-door transit Access-A-Ride from $2 to $5. “We are on fixed incomes,” explained one elderly rider. “Where are we supposed to get the money from?” “There is no solution under capitalism to this crisis,” Fein said, as he spoke with many attending the hearing. “The working class needs to make a revolution in order to reorganize society by what is needed, instead of by private profit.” —TOM BAUMANN Related articles: ‘Working people need to organize, take power’ L.A. socialist campaigns for mayor Front page (for this issue) | Home | Text-version home |