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The Party for Socialism and Liberation (or PSL) is an American revolutionary Marxist-Leninist[1][2][3] political organization, which split from the Workers World Party.[4] The Party for Socialism and Liberation believes that capitalism is on a collision course with the people of the world and the planet itself and must be stopped through the establishment of a socialist society. The party's goal is to lead a revolution paving the way towards socialism, under which a "workers' government" would be formed. The PSL proposes many radical changes to be implemented by this government.[5] Considering their opinions on existing nominally socialist states, one can wonder whether this socialist society would be much of an improvement.
The Party for Socialism and Liberation was formed in 2004.[6] Its members are active in a wide range of progressive movements and anti-police brutality movements such as Black Lives Matter. It has also been closely tied to the progressive ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) Coalition.[7] In the Leninist tradition, the PSL supports the right of nations to self-determination. It has been outspoken in condemning Israel and its role in the Middle East, leading various pro-Palestinian demonstrations.[8] The PSL voiced solidarity with Nepal upon the overthrow of the monarchy and the election of Pushpa Kamal Dahal in 2008.[9]
The PSL has been one of the better performing third parties. In the 2020 United States presidential election, their candidate Gloria La Riva placed 6th place, with over 84,000 popular votes,[10] while in the 2024 election, their new candidate Claudia De la Cruz placed in the same position, with over 165,000 votes.[11] This, however, might also be due to other third parties nominating these same candidates.[12]
Program[edit]
Under the socialist government, "all public officials, without exception, would be elected" i.e. no appointed officials, which would be "subject to recall at any time" by the electorate, and unable to engage in lobbying. Freedom of speech would be universal, but the PSL's definition would exclude bigotry and endorsement of capitalism.[13]
The party wants to achieve fully developed socialism and then open the way to communism and the end of class society. The PSL would, among other measures, prohibit the exploitation of labor for private profit, implement a working week of 30 hours, introduce "a guaranteed living income for any worker who is not able to find or hold a job," ensure "paid parental and family leave for up to two years," provide "paid sick and disability leave," require "a minimum of one month’s paid vacation," outlaw renting and selling land, provide free healthcare and education to all U.S. residents (citizens or otherwise), and eliminate "all fossil fuel and nuclear energy use."[13]
The PSL would grant the right for self-determination to what it considers oppressed groups of the United States, including "African American, Native, Puerto Rican and other Latino national minorities, the Hawai'ian nation, Asian, Pacific Islander, Arab, and other oppressed peoples who have experienced oppression as a whole people under capitalism." It would grant independence and reparations to Puerto Rico, and is open to granting the same to American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the Mariana Islands; it considers all overseas territories colonies.[13]
Apologetics and denialism[edit]
PSL is very anti-imperialist, but only in its capitalist incarnation, with communist and Eastern imperialism getting a free pass. Like many far-left parties, it goes to the extremes to support anti-American interests. PSL upholds Castro[14] and defends the Soviet Union,[15] especially Stalinism, Mao Zedong,[16] North Korea,[17][18] and Assad.[19] The PSL condones the Russian invasion of Ukraine and places nearly all of the blame on the US and NATO. Their solution is to disband NATO.[20][21][22] They also have promoted the false allegations of genocide against ethnic Russians in the Donbas region,[23] a claim promoted by Vladimir Putin with no evidence behind it.[24] The PSL also proudly promote Uyghur genocide denial.[25][26]
To put it simply, the PSL's entire platform is the epitome of eastern campism i.e 'AMERICA BAD EAST GOOD NO MATTER WHAT' and why or how they'd think they'd get anything done with not only insane moonbattery that they deem qualify as foreign policy, but with how Congress is with both Democrats and Republicans is anyone's guess.
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References[edit]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Community celebrates 14th annual Enero Zapatista event". Liberation News. Party for Socialism and Liberation. February 4, 2018.
As a Marxist-Leninist party we strive to uphold the tradition of the right to self-determination for oppressed nations.
- ↑ Kroitzsh, Aleka A. (August 2, 2019). "Local socialists see the "fog of anti-communism" lifting". Mission Local.
That small group became the PSL in 2004 when they split from the Marxist-Leninist Workers World Party after deciding that its leadership was 'no longer capable of fulfilling [their] mission.'
- ↑ "About the Party for Socialism and Liberation". Party for Socialism and Liberation.
- ↑ Party for Socialism and Liberation (June 21, 2019). "15 years of building the Party, growing and learning". Liberation News.
- ↑ See the Wikipedia article on Party for Socialism and Liberation § ANSWER Coalition.
- ↑ Casey, Leo (August 8, 2024). "The American Left's Problem With Antisemitism". The New Republic. Archived from the original on November 13, 2024.
Dean is a prominent member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, or PSL, a Marxist and Leninist sect of Trotskyist origins. The PSL has a long, dishonorable record of offering apologies and making excuses for bloody dictatorships worldwide: Syria's Assad, Russia's Putin, Zimbabwe's Mugabe, North Korea's Kim Jung Un, and China's Communist Party during the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy protests. Through its front group, Act Now to Stop War and End Racism, or ANSWER, the PSL has been deeply involved in the organizing of pro-Palestinian demonstrations around the United States. It was PSL member Eugene Puryear who, speaking at an October 8 Times Square demonstration, gleefully announced before the hundreds of dead from the Re'im music festival massacre had even been buried that "there was some sort of rave or desert party where they were having a great time, until the resistance came in electrified hang gliders and took out at least several dozen hipsters."
- ↑ "Fall of the house of Shah: end of an era for the world's last Hindu monarchy". The Guardian. May 28, 2008.
- ↑ "Presidential election, 2020". Ballotpedia.
- ↑ "Presidential election, 2024". Ballotpedia.
- ↑ See the Wikipedia article on Party for Socialism and Liberation § Election results.
- ↑ Jump up to: 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Program of the Party for Socialism and Liberation". Liberation School.
- ↑ https://www.liberationnews.org/salute-great-revolutionary-leader-fidel-castro/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110929113218/http://www.pslweb.org/party/why-socialism/3e-socialism-and-the-legacy-of-ussr.html
- ↑ https://www.liberationnews.org/09-10-01-psl-commemorates-60th-anniversar-html/
- ↑ https://www.liberationnews.org/psl-orientation-on-the-potential-of-trump-dprk-negotiations/
- ↑ https://www.liberationnews.org/u-s-not-dprk-threatens-peace/
- ↑ https://www.liberationnews.org/confronting-impending-war-danger-syria-psl-statement/
- ↑ PSL Statement on Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine
- ↑ Ukraine War: Who’s to Blame and What’s the Solution? A Socialist View
- ↑ https://www.liberationnews.org/psl-statement-no-war-on-russia-abolish-nato/ PSL Statement: No War on Russia! Abolish NATO!
- ↑ https://www.liberationnews.org/psl-statement-on-russias-military-intervention-in-ukraine/
- ↑ https://theconversation.com/putins-claims-that-ukraine-is-committing-genocide-are-baseless-but-not-unprecedented-177511
- ↑ https://www.liberationnews.org/why-china-is-not-the-aggressor/ Why China is not the aggressor
- ↑ https://www.liberationnews.org/chinese-people-boycott-the-xinjiang-cotton-boycotters/