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Party for Socialism and Liberation
LeaderCentral Committee[1]
FoundedJune 18, 2004; 20 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
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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.

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

PSL protesters at the 2016 Democratic National Convention

PSL was formed in June 2004[1] when the San Francisco branch of the Marcyite[11] 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,[12] Gloria La Riva,[4] and Eugene Puryear.[12]

At least five PSL members were arrested in 2020 during protests against the Aurora police department.[13][14]

Associated groups

PSL is a founding member of the ANSWER Coalition,[15][16] which has close ties to PSL leadership. ANSWER's National Coordinator is Brian Becker,[17] 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.[12] Becker also co-hosted a show with John Kiriakou on Radio Sputnik[18][19] of the RT state media network.

PSL is closely tied to the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research and its founder, Vijay Prashad, who has often appeared on BreakThrough News.[12]

Publications

PSL's main publication is the website and monthly paper Liberation News,[20] which replaced PSL's quarterly magazine, Socialism and Liberation.[21] PSL's secondary publication, Liberation School, includes longer articles, Party documents, study guides, and other educational materials.[22] PSL also publishes a quarterly magazine targeting women titled Breaking the Chains: A Socialist Perspective on Women's Liberation,[23] and a monthly Reds In Ed newsletter aimed at schoolteachers.[24]

Ideology

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

PSL identifies as a Leninist party[25][26] or Marxist-Leninist party.[4][27][28][29] Independent sources have labelled the PSL as Marxist-Leninist,[3][5][6] Marcyite,[30][31] and campist.[32][30][33]

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][34]

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.[35] PSL's highest body is its Party Congress, held every 2 to 3 years, which selects its Central Committee leadership.[35] The PSL Central Committee can appoint up to 40% of Congress delegates.[35] PSL allows a one-month "discussion period" before each Congress. However, "the pre-Congress discussion" is "a completely internal discussion".[35]

Russo-Ukrainian War

See also: Russo-Ukrainian War

PSL supported the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea.[36][37] While PSL did not support the 2022 Russian invasion, it condemned the United States-led NATO expansion and the "plight of ethnic Russians" in the Donbas.[38]

Syrian civil war

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.[39][40][41][42] PSL denies the conclusion of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)[43] and other international organizations[44][45] that the Syrian government used chemical weapons, which are banned under the Chemical Weapons Convention.[46][39]

Soviet Union

PSL describes the Soviet Union positively.[47] However, PSL argued that the New Economic Policy of Vladimir Lenin "led to a re-polarization of social classes, especially in the countryside".[47] PSL blames the reforms initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev for the dissolution of the Soviet Union.[47]

China

PSL views the Chinese Communist Revolution favorably,[48] 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".[49][50] PSL has sometimes criticized the Chinese government, particularly for failing communist ideals like the abolition of private property.[49]

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.[51] PSL supports China's policies towards Tibet[52] and opposed the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, calling them "chauvinist", "separatist", and "anti-China".[53][54]

North Korea

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.[55][56][57] PSL supports North Korea's nuclear weapons program.[58][59] 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".[60] PSL has also expressed skepticism towards Western claims of North Korea's human rights record,[61][62] 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".[62]

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

PSL supports the Palestinian side in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.[63] In the wake of the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, PSL released a statement calling for a "free Palestine", an end to U.S. aid to Israel, and the freeing of all Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons.[64] Local PSL chapters have since held rallies and other events in support of Palestine.[65][66]

Election results

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

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. The Peace and Freedom Party also nominated de la Cruz [67]
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] [68][69]
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] [70]
2012 Peta Lindsay Yari Osorio 7,791
0.01%
 0 Lost
146 / 538
 [71]
2008 Gloria La Riva Eugene Puryear 6,818
0.01%
 0 Lost
137 / 538
 [72]

PSL ran La Riva and Sunil Freeman in the 2020 United States presidential election.[73][74] Originally Leonard Peltier was the vice-presidential nominee, but he withdrew for health reasons.[75][76][77]

Congressional elections

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 [78]
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 [79][80]
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 [81][82]
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 [83][84]
2010 Gloria La Riva House California CA-8 5,161
2.5%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [85]
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 [86][87]
2008 Michael Prysner House Florida FL-22 6
0.0%
 Lost ran as write-in candidate [88][89][72]

State elections

Year Candidate Office State District Votes % Result Notes Ref
2024 Kevin Martinez State Assembly California 6 1,861
1.8%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [90]
2022 Noah Leininger State House Indiana 90 259
1.9%
 Lost ran as write-in candidate [91]
2022 Nathalie Hrizi Insurance Commissioner California n.a. 189,289
2.8%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [92]
2022 Meghann Adams State Treasurer California n.a. 242,234
3.6%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [93]
2021 Ernesto Huerta State Senate California 30 1,565
2.2%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [94]
2018 Gloria La Riva Governor California n.a. 19,075
0.3%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [95]
2018 Nathalie Hrizi Insurance Commissioner California n.a. 309,399
5.0%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [96]
2017 John Prysner State Assembly California 51 232
1.0%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [97]
2014 Nathalie Hrizi Insurance Commissioner California n.a. 212,991
5.4%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [98]
2010 Carlos Alvarez Governor California n.a. 92,856
0.9%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [99]
2010 Corey Ansel State House Ohio 22 716
1.4%
 Lost ran as Green Party candidate [100]
2008 Heather Benno State House Illinois 40 2,276
10.1%
 Lost ran as Green Party candidate [101]
2008 John Beachem State House Illinois 14 4,745
14.5%
 Lost ran as Green Party candidate [101]
2008 Lucilla Esguerra State Assembly California 48 11,173
12.9%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [102]

Local elections

Year Candidate Office City District Votes % Result Notes Ref
2024 Eduardo Vargas City Council Los Angeles 14 1,638
4.66%
 Lost non-partisan election [103]
2023 Ana Santoyo City Council Chicago 45 895
5.59%
 Lost non-partisan election [104]
2021 Colin Dodson City Council Urbana 2 57
40.1%
 Lost ran as Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate [105][106]
2021 Cathy Rojas Mayor New York n.a. 27,982
2.5%
 Lost ran as Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate [107][108]
2014 Eugene Puryear City Council Washington D.C. At-Large 12,525
3.5%
 Lost ran as D.C. Statehood Green Party candidate [109]
2010 Stevie Merino Mayor Long Beach n.a. 5,057
16%
 Lost non-partisan election [110]
2009 Carlos Alvarez Mayor Los Angeles n.a. 3,047
1.1%
 Lost non-partisan election [111]
2009 Francisca Villar Mayor New York n.a. 3,517
0.3%
 Lost ran as Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate [112]
2008 Stephen Hinze Board of Supervisors Los Angeles 5 29,875
20.7%
 Lost non-partisan election [113]
2008 Marylou Cabral Board of Supervisors Los Angeles 4 23,703
17.5%
 Lost non-partisan election [114]
2008 Amanda Todd City Council Sioux Falls unk unk
11.1%
 Lost unk [115]
2008 Sergio Farias City Council San Juan Capistrano unk 1,133
5.0%
 Lost unk [116][117]

National conventions

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

Notable members

See also

Notes

  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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