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Mission Statement
Students for Socialism is a political organization dedicated to providing an outlet to members
of the working class to make positive and lasting change. The organization seeks to build intimate
ties on and off campus with members of the working class, whether through aid drives with food
and resource distribution centers, joint operations with left-wing political parties, or simply
providing direct help to those in need. SFS is also dedicated to the education and practice of
left-wing principles, with a robust and dynamic political education team that seeks to act as a
catalyst in the community for spreading socialist ideas and beliefs.
We believe capitalism is an unsustainable, anti-democratic, inefficient, and illogical means of
organizing society. It has shown this through the ongoing collapse of the global environment, the
decay of our political systems, the ever so wealthy .00001% of society, deemed as “innovators”,
as well as the decrease in real wages despite ever increasing efficiency on the part of workers.
As students preparing to enter the world, we believe we are taught fundamental lies by our
institutions in the hopes of weakening our political and economic power. We hope to join the
fight for a system decided by merit and human empathy, not hapless greed and opulence,
a world made worse by a tiny number of increasingly idiotic people.
Six Point Program
1. We want a campus wide labor union and higher pay for workers on campus.
Multinational corporations engineered to crush working class power must be immediately
countered by the workers on campus. Their destructive policies based on profit for the
few and greed-filled penny pinching for those who do all the labor is increasingly
destructive and harming us as a society. On campus, we must build a labor organization
with the intent of recovering as much of our value stolen from us as possible, and
tightening our bonds as a community without the need for such theft.

2. We want a campus wide tenant union.
USF itself is bent on squeezing any penny out of us, pushing us further into debt and a
lower quality of life. This is a fundamental injustice for all of us, and must be met with
collective action. The quality of the residencies provided to us are no comparison to the
bill we are asked to pay at the start of each semester; As the landlord of each residency
on campus, USF toys with a necessity of human living, housing, stringing us all in a
costly process reflecting the university’s greed and increasingly vile strategy. As
students, it is only fair we exercise our right to unionize and exercise our own power,
economic and political. We are more than just subjects to be taken advantage of by the
university, we are human beings that demand dignity.

3. We want to spread working class politics on campus.
In the American political landscape, there is no home for the vast, vast majority of us.
Corporate interests within the Democratic and Republican party have worked together
for decades to separate and divide us, pushing Americans towards hate instead of their
own interests. The truth is that neither party supports us, and as a people their political
posturing will only get so far. Living standards are on the decline as the working class
continues to bear the brunt of global capitalism, and this must be countered by extensive
education and community discussions on both the future of our country as well as the
world. We demand the full value of our labor, and a sustainable future for all. These
demands will be spread through communal debates/discourse and a political education
system designed to combine history, ecology, economics, philosophy, and contemporary
politics, as well as an outreach team dedicated to broadening our links with other
campus organizations. We will also publish a monthly article, “Tooth and Nail”, covering
working class issues related deeply to us all from a Tampa-based but also global
perspective.

4. We want to create a tight-knit bond of organizers that lasts beyond our college
years. SFS will have numerous general body meetings to keep members up to date and
familiar with each other, but our ambition is also to create and maintain the upkeep of
clubs within our organization. Through these clubs, we hope our members can meet with
one another outside our main events and connect through personal interests and
hobbies. We will also hold general events as an organization to deepen these bonds as
a whole organization. This will serve as community for our members and increase our
political efficacy moving forward.

5. We want to take care of the weakest members of society.
The fight against greed extends beyond our campus borders. In Tampa, a metropolitan
and booming urban environment, there are thousands of homeless on any given night.
Beyond this, there are hundreds of thousands more living paycheck to paycheck, often a
missed payment away from eviction or extreme poverty. Given these circumstances, we
believe as an organization we must strengthen our ties to such people and help them
whenever possible. We will engage in food drives and various aid events to help curb the
most brutal effects of capitalism.

6. We want to increase political participation with other organizations. At its best,
Tampa has a proud and diverse political landscape. Using what we’ve learned on
campus, we want to reach out and collaborate with off-campus organizations and
parties to promote the common interest of bettering our livelihoods and conditions. This
will provide our members with experience and links that will help them on their political
journey post-college.