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Party for Socialism and Liberation

March 02, 2024

This article is about the US party. For the former Moroccan political party, see Party of Liberation and Socialism. For the Brazilian socialist party, see Socialism and Liberty Party.

The Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) is a communist party in the United States. PSL was established in 2004, when its members split from the Workers World Party. The group believes that a socialist revolution is necessary to overthrow capitalism and establish socialism.[7] The organization works toward this end by organizing and participating in local protests, running candidates in elections, and political education favoring a revolutionary socialist vanguard party.

Party for Socialism and Liberation
LeaderCentral Committee[1]
FoundedJune 18, 2004; 19 years ago (2004-06-18)[1]
Split fromWorkers World Party
Headquarters
NewspaperLiberation News
Ideology
Political positionFar-left
International affiliationInternational Peoples' Assembly[8]
Colors  Red
Website
www.pslweb.org

Notable members include Gloria La Riva, Michael Prysner, Eugene Puryear, and Claudia de la Cruz. In 2022, PSL said it had members in "over 100 cities".[9] PSL does not release membership numbers.[10]

History edit

 
PSL protesters at the 2016 Democratic National Convention

PSL was formed in June 2004[1] when the San Francisco branch of the Marcyite[neutrality is disputed] Workers World Party left the organization, alongside other members; and announced that "the Workers World Party leadership is no longer capable of fulfilling [the] mission" of building socialism.[4] PSL co-founders included Richard Becker,[4] Brian Becker,[11] Gloria La Riva,[4] and Eugene Puryear.[11]

At least five PSL members were arrested in 2020 during protests against the Aurora police department.[12][13]

Associated groups edit

PSL is a founding member of the ANSWER Coalition,[14][15] which has close ties to PSL leadership. ANSWER's National Coordinator is Brian Becker,[16] a PSL co-founder who said "we do a great deal of work through" ANSWER.[2]

PSL leadership are closely involved with The People's Forum and BreakThrough News. Anchors on BreakThrough News include Becker and PSL 2016 vice-presidential candidate Puryear.[11] Becker also co-hosted a show with John Kiriakou on Radio Sputnik[17][18] of the RT state media network.

PSL is also closely tied to the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research and its founder, Vijay Prashad, who has often appeared on BreakThrough News.[11]

Publications edit

PSL's main publication is the website and monthly paper Liberation News,[19] which replaced PSL's quarterly magazine, Socialism and Liberation.[20] PSL's secondary publication, Liberation School, includes longer articles, Party documents, study guides, and other educational materials.[21] PSL also publishes a quarterly magazine targeting women titled Breaking the Chains: A Socialist Perspective on Women's Liberation,[22] and a monthly Reds In Ed newsletter aimed at schoolteachers.[23]

Ideology edit

 
A PSL supporter protesting against the 2021 killing of Ma'Khia Bryant

PSL identifies as a Leninist party[24][25] or Marxist-Leninist party.[4][26][27][28] Independent sources have labelled the PSL as Marxist-Leninist,[3][5][6] Marcyite,[29][30] and campist.[31][29][32]

PSL describes its primary goal as the revolutionary overthrow of capitalism and the institution of state socialism as a transitionary stage toward a communist society, stating that "humanity today has only two choices: an increasingly destructive capitalism, or socialism".[7][33]

PSL is a democratic centralist party, which means that "all members, including those who disagree, are duty bound to publicly defend and carry out" all PSL decisions.[34] PSL's highest body is its Party Congress, held every 2 to 3 years, which selects its Central Committee leadership.[34] The PSL Central Committee can appoint up to 40% of Congress delegates.[34] PSL allows a one-month "discussion period" before each Congress. However, "the pre-Congress discussion" is "a completely internal discussion".[34]

Russo-Ukrainian War edit

Main article: Russo-Ukrainian War

PSL supported the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea.[35][36] PSL did not criticize the 2022 Russian invasion, which it blamed on NATO expansion and the "plight of ethnic Russians" in the Donbas.[37]

Syrian civil war edit

PSL opposes US intervention in the Syrian Civil War, and has generally been supportive of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and Russian military efforts in Syria.[38][39][40][41] PSL denies the conclusion of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)[42] and other international organizations[43][44] that the Syrian government used chemical weapons, which are banned under the Chemical Weapons Convention.[45][38]

Soviet Union edit

PSL describes the Soviet Union positively.[46] However, PSL argued that the New Economic Policy of Vladimir Lenin "led to a re-polarization of social classes, especially in the countryside".[46] PSL blames the reforms initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev for the dissolution of the Soviet Union.[46]

China edit

PSL views the Chinese Communist Revolution favorably,[47] argues that the Chinese Communist Party has made important contributions to socialism and anti-imperialism, and argues that, despite its flaws, a "militant political defense of the Chinese government" is necessary to stave off "counterrevolution, imperialist intervention and dismemberment".[48][49] PSL has sometimes criticized the Chinese government, particularly for failing communist ideals like the abolition of private property.[48]

PSL has generally defended China's human rights records, denying, for instance, that the Chinese military massacred student protestors in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.[50] PSL supports China's policies towards Tibet[51] and opposed the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, calling them "chauvinist", "separatist", and "anti-China".[52][53]

North Korea edit

PSL argues that North Korea is unfairly targeted and advocates the lifting of sanctions, withdrawal of US troops from South Korea, and signing of a peace treaty.[54][55][56] PSL supports North Korea's nuclear weapons program.[57][58] For example, Stephan Gowans argued in 2013 in PSL's official newspaper that a North Korean nuclear arsenal is "to be welcomed by anyone who opposes imperialist military interventions; supports the right of a people to organize its affairs free from foreign domination; and has an interest in the survival of one of the few top-to-bottom, actually-existing, alternatives to the global capitalist system of oppression, exploitation and foreign domination".[59] PSL has also expressed skepticism towards Western claims of North Korea's human rights record,[60][61] arguing that "conditions in North Korea are vastly better than those in other developing countries" and stating that condemnations of North Korea's human rights records are "thinly veiled justification[s] for U.S. aggression toward North Korea".[61]

Election results edit

PSL has fielded electoral candidates for local, state, and federal offices. PSL candidates usually run as independent candidates or as third party candidates, such as with the Peace and Freedom Party or the Green Party.

No PSL candidate has yet won an election.

Presidential elections edit

Year Presidential candidate Vice presidential candidate Popular votes % Electoral votes Result Ballot access Notes Ref
2024 Claudia de la Cruz Karina Garcia t.b.a. t.b.a. t.b.a. t.b.a. t.b.a. [62]
2020 Gloria La Riva Sunil Freeman[a] 86,239
0.05%
 0 Lost
191 / 538
 The Peace and Freedom Party also nominated La Riva.[b] [63][64]
2016 Gloria La Riva Eugene Puryear 74,027
0.05%
 0 Lost
112 / 538
 The Peace and Freedom Party also nominated La Riva, with Dennis Banks as her running mate.[c] [65]
2012 Peta Lindsay Yari Osorio 7,791
0.01%
 0 Lost
146 / 538
 [66]
2008 Gloria La Riva Eugene Puryear 6,818
0.01%
 0 Lost
137 / 538
 [67]

PSL ran La Riva and Sunil Freeman in the 2020 United States presidential election.[68][69] Originally Leonard Peltier was the vice-presidential nominee, but he withdrew for health reasons.[70][71][72]

Congressional elections edit

Year Candidate Chamber State District Votes % Result Notes Ref
2022 José Cortés House California CA-51 3,327
2.2%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate; did not advance to top-two general [73]
2020 José Cortés House California CA-50 1,821
0.9%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate; did not advance to top-two general [74][75]
2018 Jordan Mills House California CA-49 233
0.1%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate; did not advance to top-two general [76][77]
2014 Frank Lara House California CA-12 2,107
1.9%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate; did not advance to top-two general [78][79]
2010 Gloria La Riva House California CA-8 5,161
2.5%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [80]
2008 Nathalie Hrizi House California CA-12 5,793
2.2%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate; did not advance to top-two general [81][82]
2008 Michael Prysner House Florida FL-22 6
0.0%
 Lost ran as write-in candidate [83][84][67]

State elections edit

Year Candidate Office State District Votes % Result Notes Ref
2022 Noah Leininger State House Indiana 90 259
1.9%
 Lost ran as write-in candidate [85]
2022 Nathalie Hrizi Insurance Commissioner California n.a. 189,289
2.8%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [86]
2022 Meghann Adams State Treasurer California n.a. 242,234
3.6%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [87]
2021 Ernesto Huerta State Senate California 30 1,565
2.2%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [88]
2018 Gloria La Riva Governor California n.a. 19,075
0.3%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [89]
2018 Nathalie Hrizi Insurance Commissioner California n.a. 309,399
5.0%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [90]
2017 John Prysner State Assembly California 51 232
1.0%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [91]
2014 Nathalie Hrizi Insurance Commissioner California n.a. 212,991
5.4%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [92]
2010 Carlos Alvarez Governor California n.a. 92,856
0.9%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [93]
2010 Corey Ansel State House Ohio 22 716
1.4%
 Lost ran as Green Party candidate [94]
2008 Heather Benno State House Illinois 40 2,276
10.1%
 Lost ran as Green Party candidate [95]
2008 John Beachem State House Illinois 14 4,745
14.5%
 Lost ran as Green Party candidate [95]
2008 Lucilla Esguerra State Assembly California 48 11,173
12.9%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [96]

Local elections edit

Year Candidate Office City District Votes % Result Notes Ref
2024 Eduardo Vargas City Council Los Angeles 14 t.b.a. t.b.a. t.b.a. non-partisan election [97]
2023 Ana Santoyo City Council Chicago 45 895
5.59%
 Lost non-partisan election [98]
2021 Colin Dodson City Council Urbana 2 57
40.1%
 Lost ran as Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate [99][100]
2021 Cathy Rojas Mayor New York n.a. 27,982
2.5%
 Lost ran as Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate [101][102]
2014 Eugene Puryear City Council Washington D.C. At-Large 12,525
3.5%
 Lost ran as D.C. Statehood Green Party candidate [103]
2010 Stevie Merino Mayor Long Beach n.a. 5,057
16%
 Lost non-partisan election [104]
2009 Carlos Alvarez Mayor Los Angeles n.a. 3,047
1.1%
 Lost non-partisan election [105]
2009 Francisca Villar Mayor New York n.a. 3,517
0.3%
 Lost ran as Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate [106]
2008 Stephen Hinze Board of Supervisors Los Angeles 5 29,875
20.7%
 Lost non-partisan election [107]
2008 Marylou Cabral Board of Supervisors Los Angeles 4 23,703
17.5%
 Lost non-partisan election [108]
2008 Amanda Todd City Council Sioux Falls unk unk
11.1%
 Lost unk [109]
2008 Sergio Farias City Council San Juan Capistrano unk 1,133
5.0%
 Lost unk [110][111]

National conventions edit

Name Date Location Report Program Constitution
Founding Convention June 18-20, 2004 San Francisco, CA Founding statement
First National Convention 2005
Second National Convention February 18-20, 2006 San Francisco, CA
Third National Convention June 2007
First Party Congress February 13-15, 2010 Los Angeles, CA
Second Party Congress February 2013
Third Party Congress April 1-3, 2016 San Francisco, CA Convention report
Fourth Party Congress August 2019
Fifth Party Congress July 2022 Constitution

Notable members edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Replacing Leonard Peltier, who remained on the ballot in Minnesota and Illinois.
  2. ^ 2020: "Ballot access" above includes all states where La Riva was not a write-in; ie, where they were a listed PSL, PFP, or LUP candidate.
  3. ^ 2016: "Ballot access" above includes all states where La Riva was not a write-in; ie, where they were a listed PSL, PFP, or LUP candidate.

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This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Party for Socialism and Liberation news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article is about the US party For the former Moroccan political party see Party of Liberation and Socialism For the Brazilian socialist party see Socialism and Liberty Party The Party for Socialism and Liberation PSL is a communist party in the United States PSL was established in 2004 when its members split from the Workers World Party The group believes that a socialist revolution is necessary to overthrow capitalism and establish socialism 7 The organization works toward this end by organizing and participating in local protests running candidates in elections and political education favoring a revolutionary socialist vanguard party Party for Socialism and LiberationLeaderCentral Committee 1 FoundedJune 18 2004 19 years ago 2004 06 18 1 Split fromWorkers World PartyHeadquartersSan Francisco California Washington D C NewspaperLiberation NewsIdeologyCommunism 2 Marxism Leninism 3 4 5 6 Revolutionary socialism 7 Political positionFar leftInternational affiliationInternational Peoples Assembly 8 Colors RedWebsitewww wbr pslweb wbr orgPolitics of United StatesPolitical partiesElectionsNotable members include Gloria La Riva Michael Prysner Eugene Puryear and Claudia de la Cruz In 2022 PSL said it had members in over 100 cities 9 PSL does not release membership numbers 10 Contents 1 History 1 1 Associated groups 1 2 Publications 2 Ideology 2 1 Russo Ukrainian War 2 2 Syrian civil war 2 3 Soviet Union 2 4 China 2 5 North Korea 3 Election results 3 1 Presidential elections 3 2 Congressional elections 3 3 State elections 3 4 Local elections 4 National conventions 5 Notable members 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 External linksHistory edit nbsp PSL protesters at the 2016 Democratic National ConventionPSL was formed in June 2004 1 when the San Francisco branch of the Marcyite neutrality is disputed Workers World Party left the organization alongside other members and announced that the Workers World Party leadership is no longer capable of fulfilling the mission of building socialism 4 PSL co founders included Richard Becker 4 Brian Becker 11 Gloria La Riva 4 and Eugene Puryear 11 At least five PSL members were arrested in 2020 during protests against the Aurora police department 12 13 Associated groups edit PSL is a founding member of the ANSWER Coalition 14 15 which has close ties to PSL leadership ANSWER s National Coordinator is Brian Becker 16 a PSL co founder who said we do a great deal of work through ANSWER 2 PSL leadership are closely involved with The People s Forum and BreakThrough News Anchors on BreakThrough News include Becker and PSL 2016 vice presidential candidate Puryear 11 Becker also co hosted a show with John Kiriakou on Radio Sputnik 17 18 of the RT state media network PSL is also closely tied to the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research and its founder Vijay Prashad who has often appeared on BreakThrough News 11 Publications edit PSL s main publication is the website and monthly paper Liberation News 19 which replaced PSL s quarterly magazine Socialism and Liberation 20 PSL s secondary publication Liberation School includes longer articles Party documents study guides and other educational materials 21 PSL also publishes a quarterly magazine targeting women titled Breaking the Chains A Socialist Perspective on Women s Liberation 22 and a monthly Reds In Ed newsletter aimed at schoolteachers 23 Ideology editThe neutrality of this section is disputed Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met January 2024 Learn how and when to remove this template message nbsp A PSL supporter protesting against the 2021 killing of Ma Khia BryantPSL identifies as a Leninist party 24 25 or Marxist Leninist party 4 26 27 28 Independent sources have labelled the PSL as Marxist Leninist 3 5 6 Marcyite 29 30 and campist 31 29 32 PSL describes its primary goal as the revolutionary overthrow of capitalism and the institution of state socialism as a transitionary stage toward a communist society stating that humanity today has only two choices an increasingly destructive capitalism or socialism 7 33 PSL is a democratic centralist party which means that all members including those who disagree are duty bound to publicly defend and carry out all PSL decisions 34 PSL s highest body is its Party Congress held every 2 to 3 years which selects its Central Committee leadership 34 The PSL Central Committee can appoint up to 40 of Congress delegates 34 PSL allows a one month discussion period before each Congress However the pre Congress discussion is a completely internal discussion 34 Russo Ukrainian War edit Main article Russo Ukrainian War PSL supported the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea 35 36 PSL did not criticize the 2022 Russian invasion which it blamed on NATO expansion and the plight of ethnic Russians in the Donbas 37 Syrian civil war edit This section relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this section by adding secondary or tertiary sources February 2024 Learn how and when to remove this template message PSL opposes US intervention in the Syrian Civil War and has generally been supportive of Syrian President Bashar al Assad and Russian military efforts in Syria 38 39 40 41 PSL denies the conclusion of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons OPCW 42 and other international organizations 43 44 that the Syrian government used chemical weapons which are banned under the Chemical Weapons Convention 45 38 Soviet Union edit PSL describes the Soviet Union positively 46 However PSL argued that the New Economic Policy of Vladimir Lenin led to a re polarization of social classes especially in the countryside 46 PSL blames the reforms initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev for the dissolution of the Soviet Union 46 China edit PSL views the Chinese Communist Revolution favorably 47 argues that the Chinese Communist Party has made important contributions to socialism and anti imperialism and argues that despite its flaws a militant political defense of the Chinese government is necessary to stave off counterrevolution imperialist intervention and dismemberment 48 49 PSL has sometimes criticized the Chinese government particularly for failing communist ideals like the abolition of private property 48 PSL has generally defended China s human rights records denying for instance that the Chinese military massacred student protestors in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre 50 PSL supports China s policies towards Tibet 51 and opposed the 2019 2020 Hong Kong protests calling them chauvinist separatist and anti China 52 53 North Korea edit PSL argues that North Korea is unfairly targeted and advocates the lifting of sanctions withdrawal of US troops from South Korea and signing of a peace treaty 54 55 56 PSL supports North Korea s nuclear weapons program 57 58 For example Stephan Gowans argued in 2013 in PSL s official newspaper that a North Korean nuclear arsenal is to be welcomed by anyone who opposes imperialist military interventions supports the right of a people to organize its affairs free from foreign domination and has an interest in the survival of one of the few top to bottom actually existing alternatives to the global capitalist system of oppression exploitation and foreign domination 59 PSL has also expressed skepticism towards Western claims of North Korea s human rights record 60 61 arguing that conditions in North Korea are vastly better than those in other developing countries and stating that condemnations of North Korea s human rights records are thinly veiled justification s for U S aggression toward North Korea 61 Election results editPSL has fielded electoral candidates for local state and federal offices PSL candidates usually run as independent candidates or as third party candidates such as with the Peace and Freedom Party or the Green Party No PSL candidate has yet won an election Presidential elections edit Year Presidential candidate Vice presidential candidate Popular votes Electoral votes Result Ballot access Notes Ref2024 Claudia de la Cruz Karina Garcia t b a t b a t b a t b a t b a 62 2020 Gloria La Riva Sunil Freeman a 86 239 0 05 0 Lost 191 538 The Peace and Freedom Party also nominated La Riva b 63 64 2016 Gloria La Riva Eugene Puryear 74 027 0 05 0 Lost 112 538 The Peace and Freedom Party also nominated La Riva with Dennis Banks as her running mate c 65 2012 Peta Lindsay Yari Osorio 7 791 0 01 0 Lost 146 538 66 2008 Gloria La Riva Eugene Puryear 6 818 0 01 0 Lost 137 538 67 PSL ran La Riva and Sunil Freeman in the 2020 United States presidential election 68 69 Originally Leonard Peltier was the vice presidential nominee but he withdrew for health reasons 70 71 72 Congressional elections edit Year Candidate Chamber State District Votes Result Notes Ref2022 Jose Cortes House California CA 51 3 327 2 2 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate did not advance to top two general 73 2020 Jose Cortes House California CA 50 1 821 0 9 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate did not advance to top two general 74 75 2018 Jordan Mills House California CA 49 233 0 1 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate did not advance to top two general 76 77 2014 Frank Lara House California CA 12 2 107 1 9 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate did not advance to top two general 78 79 2010 Gloria La Riva House California CA 8 5 161 2 5 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate 80 2008 Nathalie Hrizi House California CA 12 5 793 2 2 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate did not advance to top two general 81 82 2008 Michael Prysner House Florida FL 22 6 0 0 Lost ran as write in candidate 83 84 67 State elections edit Year Candidate Office State District Votes Result Notes Ref2022 Noah Leininger State House Indiana 90 259 1 9 Lost ran as write in candidate 85 2022 Nathalie Hrizi Insurance Commissioner California n a 189 289 2 8 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate 86 2022 Meghann Adams State Treasurer California n a 242 234 3 6 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate 87 2021 Ernesto Huerta State Senate California 30 1 565 2 2 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate 88 2018 Gloria La Riva Governor California n a 19 075 0 3 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate 89 2018 Nathalie Hrizi Insurance Commissioner California n a 309 399 5 0 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate 90 2017 John Prysner State Assembly California 51 232 1 0 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate 91 2014 Nathalie Hrizi Insurance Commissioner California n a 212 991 5 4 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate 92 2010 Carlos Alvarez Governor California n a 92 856 0 9 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate 93 2010 Corey Ansel State House Ohio 22 716 1 4 Lost ran as Green Party candidate 94 2008 Heather Benno State House Illinois 40 2 276 10 1 Lost ran as Green Party candidate 95 2008 John Beachem State House Illinois 14 4 745 14 5 Lost ran as Green Party candidate 95 2008 Lucilla Esguerra State Assembly California 48 11 173 12 9 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate 96 Local elections edit Year Candidate Office City District Votes Result Notes Ref2024 Eduardo Vargas City Council Los Angeles 14 t b a t b a t b a non partisan election 97 2023 Ana Santoyo City Council Chicago 45 895 5 59 Lost non partisan election 98 2021 Colin Dodson City Council Urbana 2 57 40 1 Lost ran as Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate 99 100 2021 Cathy Rojas Mayor New York n a 27 982 2 5 Lost ran as Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate 101 102 2014 Eugene Puryear City Council Washington D C At Large 12 525 3 5 Lost ran as D C Statehood Green Party candidate 103 2010 Stevie Merino Mayor Long Beach n a 5 057 16 Lost non partisan election 104 2009 Carlos Alvarez Mayor Los Angeles n a 3 047 1 1 Lost non partisan election 105 2009 Francisca Villar Mayor New York n a 3 517 0 3 Lost ran as Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate 106 2008 Stephen Hinze Board of Supervisors Los Angeles 5 29 875 20 7 Lost non partisan election 107 2008 Marylou Cabral Board of Supervisors Los Angeles 4 23 703 17 5 Lost non partisan election 108 2008 Amanda Todd City Council Sioux Falls unk unk 11 1 Lost unk 109 2008 Sergio Farias City Council San Juan Capistrano unk 1 133 5 0 Lost unk 110 111 National conventions editName Date Location Report Program ConstitutionFounding Convention June 18 20 2004 San Francisco CA Convention report Founding statementFirst National Convention 2005 ProgramSecond National Convention February 18 20 2006 San Francisco CA Convention reportThird National Convention June 2007First Party Congress February 13 15 2010 Los Angeles CA Convention report ProgramSecond Party Congress February 2013 ProgramThird Party Congress April 1 3 2016 San Francisco CA Convention report ProgramFourth Party Congress August 2019 ProgramFifth Party Congress July 2022 Program ConstitutionNotable members editEugene Puryear reporter and candidate for vice president in 2008 and 2016 112 Gloria La Riva political activist and perennial candidate Jodi Dean academic 113 114 self published source Michael Prysner anti war activist Kristin Richardson Jordan formerly poet activist and member of the New York City Council 9th district 115 Peta Lindsay presidential candidate Jon Siebels guitarist for the band Eve 6 116 Kimberly Barzola artist and organizer 117 See also editAmerican Left History of the socialist movement in the United States Workers World Party Democratic Socialists of America Communist Party USA Socialist Alternative United States Notes edit Replacing Leonard Peltier who remained on the ballot in Minnesota and Illinois 2020 Ballot access above includes all states where La Riva was not a write in ie where they were a listed PSL PFP or LUP candidate 2016 Ballot access above includes all states where La Riva was not a write in ie where they were a listed PSL PFP or LUP candidate References edit a b c 15 years of building the Party growing and learning Liberation News June 21 2019 Archived from the original on October 24 2023 a b Becker Brian October 1 2018 No separate destiny for US workers apart from the workers of the world International Communist Press Archived from the original on August 7 2023 We are a communist party We have existed for 14 years with the idea of building a communist party in the United States once again This is a complicated and long term project It is perhaps the most of the difficult of all projects But it s the imperative need because you cannot have revolutionary change without a revolutionary communist party leading that change Absent a communist party victory is impossible a b Ford Derek P June 1 2017 Making Marxist Pedagogy Magical From Critique to Imagination or How Bookkeepers Set Us Free Critical Education 8 9 10 I want to turn our attention to the magical thinking of the Party for Socialism and Liberation As a Marxist Leninist Party in the United States the PSL was founded in 2004 a b c d e Kroitzsh Aleka A August 2 2019 Local socialists see the fog of anti communism lifting Mission Local The PSL espouses a Marxist Leninist ideology one intent on fighting the war program in the U S fighting imperialism and fighting for Socialism said Gloria La Riva a socialist presidential candidate since 1993 and a PSL founder a b Harman Mike March 19 2018 Introduction Where s the Winter Palace On the Marxist Leninist Trend in the United States The Left Wind Retrieved 3 January 2024 In the United States today there exists a political trend which describes itself as Marxist Leninist This trend is organized as a loose constellation orbiting around organizations such as the Workers World Party WWP and the Party for Socialism and Liberation PSL a b Khan K Trottier Tom November 11 2021 USA The end of the Biden honeymoon Socialist Appeal Socialist Revolution USA The Party for Socialism and Liberation PSL a small Marxist Leninist organisation with limited resources ran a candidate under its own banner for mayor of New York City a b c About the Party for Socialism and Liberation Party for Socialism and Liberation Archived from the original on 20 November 2020 Who We Are International Process International Peoples Assembly Archived from the original on October 24 2023 We need your help to build the movement for socialism Liberation News Party for Socialism and Liberation Aug 15 2022 Retrieved 3 January 2024 We have an organized presence in over 100 cities and towns and have expanded our presence substantially throughout the South in recent years Lipsitz Raina Fall 2022 Where We Are and Where We re Going Socialist Forum Archived from the original on December 7 2022 a b c d Bredderman William May 29 2023 U S Tech Mogul Bankrolls Pro Russia Pro China News Network The Daily Beast Sitting on the People s Forum s board is Claudia De La Cruz who pulls triple duty as BreakThrough s secretary and as a co coordinator educator for the Justice and Education Fund An auditor s report filed in New York shows that more of Singham s money trickled down to BreakThrough from the Forum in the form of 80 575 in donated rent in 2021 the most recent year for which filings are available But when The Daily Beast visited the People s Forum address it found a bookstore hawking tomes by Prashad and titles from his Leftword imprint as well as a coffee shop and an event space but no evidence of a studio What s more none of BreakThrough s hosts appear among the staff listed in the outlet s filings Rather the underlying nonprofit s leadership consists of figures like De La Cruz who donate an hour a week to the organization and who like De La Cruz are affiliated with the Party for Socialism and Liberation a small far left sect that does not appear to receive substantial donations from Singham or from anybody else The PSL does however appear as an allied group to the International People s Media Network on its webpage Puryear and Becker two of the BreakThrough anchors are co founders of the party Protesters demonstration leaders arrested in connection to rallies in Aurora Denver Post MediaNews Group Inc September 17 2020 Kaplan Noah 10 November 2020 The Election May Be Over but Their Fight Has Just Begun westword com Denver Westword American socialists ANSWER to Trump International Communist Press January 23 2017 Durr Lillian November 8 2023 Party for Socialism and Liberation holds demonstrations for Free Palestine movement Missouri State University Standard Alongside the action in Washington D C the Party for Socialism and Liberation a member of the ANSWER Coalition has been holding demonstrations in support of the Free Palestine movement in Springfield Brian Becker Liberation News Liberation News Party for Socialism and Liberation Archived from the original on October 2 2023 Retrieved 8 October 2020 Brian Becker is the National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition He is a founder of and a central organizer for the Party for Socialism and Liberation Corn David September 28 2023 As a Presidential Candidate Cornel West Aligns Himself With Far Left Radicals Mother Jones The PSL has supported the North Korean regime and its pursuit of nuclear weapons and also hailed the Chinese Communist Party defending it against various charges of human rights violations Brian Becker a co founder of the PSL used to co host a show on Radio Sputnik a Moscow created propaganda network Kiriakou John March 11 2022 Yes I Work for Sputnik News LA Progressive Webmaster PSL Liberation News reporting from the front line of struggle Liberation News Retrieved August 15 2017 Socialism and Liberation magazine is changing June 5 2007 Archived from the original on February 22 2008 Our Mission Liberation School 25 March 2014 Retrieved 2021 05 30 About Breaking the Chains Breaking the Chains Retrieved 2020 11 01 RedsInEd redsined org 2020 03 13 Retrieved 2020 11 01 Becker Brian November 17 2016 The Leninist party in history and present Liberation News Archived from the original on September 26 2023 The Party for Socialism and Liberation was formed in 2004 by a small group of cadres who adhered to the organizational principles of the Bolsheviks that were codified in the original documents of the Third International We explicitly recognized that the construction of a Leninist type party was taking shape on a political and social landscape that could not have been more unlike that which existed in Russia but also in the other countries during the 1917 1923 period during which the Third International took shape Social Media and Democratic Centralism Opportunities and Challenges Liberation News November 7 2018 Archived from the original on November 16 2018 The following is an edited version of an internal document initially written in late 2015 and formed part of the basis for party wide discussions in the Party for Socialism and Liberation in early 2016 The document examines the new possibilities and difficulties posed by the proliferation of social media from the perspective of the Leninist party Revolution Manifesto Liberation School August 28 2016 Archived from the original on September 5 2016 Moreover the course is designed to facilitate new ways of understanding how the Marxist Leninist theory of the state relates to the struggles of our contemporary moment Powell Nicholas April 19 2010 Why I joined the PSL Archived from the original on July 14 2019 This Marxism Class is held in seminar style and it is great opportunity to ask questions and learn more about the Marxist Leninist view of socialism Community celebrates 14th annual Enero Zapatista event Liberation News Party for Socialism and Liberation February 4 2018 The Party for Socialism and Liberation has been involved in the planning of Enero Zapatista for the past several years and looks forward to continued involvement As a Marxist Leninist party we strive to uphold the tradition of the right to self determination for oppressed nations a b 2 9 23 Oakland Socialist Interview with Howie Hawkins Howie Hawkins for our Future 2023 02 10 Retrieved 2024 01 17 Libya and the Opportunist Left The Internationalist League for the Fourth International April 2011 Sculos Bryant William Summer 2020 Campism and the New Anti Imperialisms New Politics XVIII 1 Afinogenov Greg Spring 2022 Breaking Camp The US Left and Foreign Policy after the War in Ukraine Socialist Forum Program of the Party for Socialism and Liberation Liberation School Party for Socialism and Liberation July 10 2015 a b c d Party For Socialism And Liberation PSL Constitution 2022 Internet Archive November 29 2023 4 Decision making procedures 4 1 After a thorough discussion in any branch or Party body at the Party Congress or at a national internal conference decisions are arrived at by majority vote of all full members present except when otherwise noted herein All members including those who disagree are duty bound to publicly defend and carry out these decisions The Party Congress may also have voting delegates nominated directly by the Central Committee the maximum number of which shall not exceed 40 percent of the total elected delegates Such delegates shall be elected by a vote of two thirds of the members of the Central Committee for two thirds votes round up when the outcome is a fraction During this discussion all Party members have the right to express their views and propose changes including amendments to the Constitution to propose resolutions on all questions of policy and tactics and on the work of leading bodies for consideration by the Congress All existing policies and decisions remain in full force during the pre Congress discussion which is a completely internal discussion Martin George April 4 2022 Socialists and the War in Ukraine A Response to the Party for Socialism and Liberation Becker Brian March 17 2014 Crimea Referendum the hidden truth behind the U S Russia rivalry Liberation News Party for Socialism and Liberation PSL Statement on Russia s military intervention in Ukraine Liberation News Party for Socialism and Liberation February 24 2022 a b Confronting the impending war danger against Syria PSL Statement Liberation News 10 April 2018 Syrian Communist Party 14 December 2016 Syrian Communist Party Unified Syria facing barbarous imperialist aggression Liberation News Majidi Mazda 28 March 2016 Will the U S abandon Assad must go Liberation News Cornish Megan February 2013 A political critique of the Party for Socialism and Liberation Socialism org Retrieved February 26 2021 Hansler Jennifer 8 April 2020 Report finds Syrian government forces responsible for 2017 chemical attacks CNN Timeline of Syrian Chemical Weapons Activity 2012 2018 Arms Control Association United Nations Arms Control Association Archived from the original on 19 October 2019 Third report of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism United Nations Security Council 24 August 2016 Majidi Mazda 6 September 2013 12 myths and facts about Syria Liberation News Archived from the original on 14 July 2019 Myth There is evidence that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons Fact Despite vague claims of having proof not only does the U S government have no evidence it has worked hard to suppress any real investigation into what actually happened in suburban Damascus on Aug 21 The Syrian government had no incentive to use chemical weapons and every reason not to a b c Becker Brian Socialism and the legacy of the Soviet Union Why Socialism Party for Socialism and Liberation Archived from the original on September 29 2011 Retrieved July 14 2011 For the defense of China against counterrevolution imperialist intervention and dismemberment Liberation School 31 May 2007 The Chinese Revolution of 1925 to 1949 was one of the greatest events and achievements in the history of the working class struggle for emancipation a b Becker Brian 31 May 2007 What do socialists defend in China today Liberation School PSL commemorates the 60th anniversary of the Chinese Revolution Liberation News October 1 2009 Retrieved June 27 2017 Becker Brian 13 June 2014 Tiananmen The Massacre that Wasn t Liberation School What happened in China what took the lives of government opponents and of soldiers on June 4 was not a massacre of peaceful students but a battle between PLA soldiers and armed detachments from the so called pro democracy movement China Tibet and U S sponsored counterrevolution Liberation School 1 April 2008 Au Alex 29 July 2019 Extradition bill is dead so why are Hong Kong protests continuing Liberation News 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American running for US vice president The American Bazaar Retrieved 2022 02 08 Presidential candidates on Colorado s November 2020 ballot The Denver Post Colorado breaking news sports business weather entertainment in Kinyarwanda 2020 08 19 Retrieved 2022 02 08 Schoenburg Bernard 2020 07 20 Kanye West files for president in Illinois State Journal Register Retrieved 2022 02 08 Cox Benjamin 2020 07 21 Independents Third Parties File For General Election Ballot WLDS Retrieved 2022 02 08 The Tribune India 2020 10 20 2nd Indian origin candidate running for US Vice President Tribuneindia News Service Retrieved 2022 02 08 Stone Ken 2021 07 27 A Socialist for Congress Comrade Cortes Aims to Oust Rep Issa in GOP Heartland Times of San Diego Retrieved 2021 09 17 Election 2020 Jose Cortes for U S Congress in California s 50th District Peace and Freedom Party www peaceandfreedomparty org Retrieved 2021 09 17 Farber Zach Jose Cortes for Congress 2020 On health care Liberation News Retrieved 2021 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Hrizi Ballotpedia Retrieved 2022 05 13 PSL Staff Meghann Adams for California State Treasurer Liberation News Retrieved 2022 04 26 Britton Jon Socialist Ernesto Huerta runs for California State Senate District 30 Liberation News Retrieved 2021 09 17 Maiden Peter 2018 06 16 Interview with Peace and Freedom Candidate for Governor Gloria La Riva Community Alliance Retrieved 2021 09 17 Nathalie Hrizi Ballotpedia Retrieved 2021 09 17 John Prysner Liberation News Retrieved 2017 08 24 PSL Staff California socialist campaigns receive more than 200 000 votes Liberation News Liberation News Retrieved 2021 09 17 Liberation Staff PSL candidate Carlos Alvarez wins Peace and Freedom nomination for Calif Governor Liberation News Retrieved 2021 09 17 Columbus PSL Socialist campaign in Columbus Ohio Liberation News Retrieved 2021 09 17 a b Massey Beth 13 May 2008 PSL candidate addresses College of Complexes Liberation News Liberation News Retrieved 2021 09 17 Thompson Ian 15 October 2008 PSL Lucilla Esguerra campaign fights for workers rights Liberation News Retrieved 2021 09 17 Woo Daniel Socialist Lalo Vargas announces campaign for CD 14 in Los Angeles liberationnews org Retrieved 2023 05 31 Nadig Brian Union worker Ana Santoyo becomes fourth challenger to Alderman James Gardiner Santoyo plans to bring a fighting socialist campaign to Chicago s 45th Ward nadignewspapers com Retrieved 2021 09 17 Champaign County Official Results Henchek Catherine PSL s Colin Dodson runs for Urbana Illinois City Council Liberation News Retrieved 2021 10 12 Debusmann B Is New York City ready for a socialist mayoral candidate www lapoliticaonline com mx in Spanish Retrieved 2021 09 17 New York Election Results The New York Times 2021 11 02 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2021 11 04 Meet an at large D C Council candidate Eugene Puryear Washington Post Retrieved 2021 09 17 Kauffman Doug PSL campaign wins thousands of votes for socialist platform in Long Beach Liberation News Retrieved 2021 09 17 Our Campaigns Los Angeles Mayor Race Mar 03 2009 www ourcampaigns com Retrieved 2021 09 17 2009 NYC Voter Guide Candidate Profile Francisca Villar www nyccfb info Retrieved 2021 09 17 David Feldman 15 May 2008 Stephen Hinze takes on cops L A City Attorney Liberation News Retrieved 2023 11 28 Liberation Staff 27 May 2008 Socialist youth activist takes on three term incumbent for L A County Supervisor Liberation News Retrieved 2021 09 17 PSL s Amanda Todd wins 11 percent in Sioux Falls city council vote Liberation News April 12 2008 Meet Sergio Farias January 6 2008 Archived from the original on February 21 2011 Farias Sergio Election Results Archives Orange County Register of Votes Meet Eugene Puryear Archived 2008 05 01 at the Wayback Machine at pslweb org accessed 24 June 2020 Featherstone Liza May 17 2020 The Left in Lockdown Jacobin Retrieved January 11 2024 Without being part of a political organization she says Dean is a member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation PSL this difficult political moment might have overwhelmed her As soon as the shutdown hit however the PSL assigned her to lead online study groups I would have been sucked into misery she says But the party gave me a sense of duty and responsibility Fablo Syd January 2018 Jodi Dean Crowds and Party Rock Salted blog Retrieved 2020 06 25 Medina Justine July 9 2021 Black queer socialist makes history winning Democratic primary in Harlem Peoples World Retrieved August 19 2021 JonSiebels September 21 2020 cmg Eve6 OurLadyPeace ThirdEyeBlind pslweb I m also a candidate Tweet via Twitter Damiano Mike A day after landmark abortion ruling raw emotions on display in Boston The Boston Globe BostonGlobe com Retrieved 2023 04 01 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Party for Socialism and Liberation Official website nbsp Liberation News Liberation School Portals nbsp United States nbsp Politics nbsp Communism nbsp Socialism Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 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