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Party for Socialism and Liberation
AbbreviationPSL
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[5]
Colors  Red
Members in elected offices0
Website
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The Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) is a communist political party in the United States. PSL formed in 2004, when its members split from the Workers World Party.

PSL describes itself as a revolutionary socialist party, as the party believes that only a revolution can end capitalism and establish socialism.[6][7] PSL pursues this goal by participating in local protests, running candidates in elections, and conducting political education.

Notable members include Claudia de la Cruz, Eugene Puryear, Gloria La Riva, Jodi Dean, and Michael Prysner.

Organization

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Membership

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PSL does not release membership numbers.[8] In 2022, PSL claimed an "organized presence in over 100 cities".[9]

PSL is a democratic centralist party,[10][11] which means that "all members, including those who disagree, are duty bound to publicly defend and carry out" all PSL decisions.[11] PSL's highest body is its Party Congress, held every 2 to 3 years, which selects its Central Committee leadership.[11] The PSL Central Committee can appoint up to 40% of Congress delegates.[11]

Associated groups

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ANSWER Coalition

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PSL is a founding member of the ANSWER Coalition.[12][13] ANSWER's National Coordinator is Brian Becker,[14] a PSL co-founder who said "we do a great deal of work through" ANSWER.[15]

BreakThrough News

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PSL leadership are closely involved with BreakThrough News (BTN). BTN anchors include Brian Becker and Eugene Puryear, PSL's 2008 and 2016 vice-presidential candidate.[16] BTN's secretary is Claudia De la Cruz.[16] BTN works closely with Tricontinental Institute for Social Research and has often hosted Tricontinental founder Vijay Prashad.[16]

The People's Forum

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PSL leadership are closely involved with The People's Forum, an event space in NYC. Claudia De la Cruz sits on the board, and Neville Singham funds the organization.[16]

Neville Singham

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Many of the organizations above are funded in part by Neville Roy Singham, a Shanghai-based American businessman who supports organizations and media outlets that have been noted for echoing pro-Beijing talking points.[16][17][18] Most of this funding comes from the Justice and Education Fund (JEF), to which Neville Singham has donated more than $20 million, and for which Claudia de la Cruz works as a coordinator.[16][17]

History

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PSL protesters at the 2016 Democratic National Convention

PSL was formed in June 2004[7][1] when the San Francisco branch of the Marcyite[19][better source needed] Workers World Party left the organization. The San Francisco branch, alongside other members, announced that "the Workers World Party leadership is no longer capable of fulfilling [the] mission" of building socialism.[3] PSL co-founders included Richard Becker,[3] Brian Becker,[16] Gloria La Riva,[3] and Eugene Puryear.[16]

In 2020, at least five PSL members were arrested during protests against the Aurora police department for the killing of Elijah McClain.[20][21]

On October 8, 2023, after the Hamas-led attack on Israel, PSL Central Committee member Eugene Puryear helped organize a rally in support of Palestine in Times Square,[22][better source needed] in which he stated: "[T]here 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 at least several dozen hipsters, and I'm sure they're doing very fine despite what the New York Post says."[23]

Ideology

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

PSL identifies as a Marxist-Leninist party.[3] Other socialists have labelled PSL as Marxist-Leninist,[2][4] Marcyite,[24][25] and campist.[26]

The party 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".[6]

PSL strongly supports LGBT rights in the United States.[27] PSL supports a massive expansion of public housing, public transit, and urban green space.[28]

International affairs

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PSL defends the Soviet Union's suppression of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.[29]

The party supports the Communist Party of China,[7][27] criticizing only its capitalist economic reforms.[29] PSL argues that "militant political defense of the Chinese government" is necessary to stave off "counterrevolution, imperialist intervention and dismemberment".[30][27] PSL defends China's human rights records,[7] and strongly denies that the People's Liberation Army massacred student protestors in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.[27][31][29] PSL denies that China has suppressed democracy in Hong Kong.[32][33]

PSL supports Kim Jong-un.[27][29] PSL describes North Korea as "one of the few top-to-bottom, actually-existing, alternatives to the global capitalist system".[34] PSL supports North Korea's nuclear weapons program.[7][34][35] PSL rejects criticism of North Korea's human rights record,[36] which it calls "thinly veiled justification for U.S. aggression toward North Korea",[37] and argues that "conditions in North Korea are vastly better than those in other developing countries".[37]

PSL supported the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea.[38][39] PSL did not support the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, but did place blame for the invasion on NATO and the United States.[32] In its statement, PSL highlighted the "plight of ethnic Russians [...] in the Donbas", Russia's "legitimate security concerns", and NATO's "provocative behavior".[40]

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][41][42][43][29] PSL denies that the Syrian government used chemical weapons.[44][41]

Election results

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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

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Year Presidential candidate Vice presidential candidate Popular votes % Electoral votes Result Ballot access Notes Ref
2024 Claudia De la Cruz Karina Garcia T.B.D T.B.D T.B.D T.B.D
220 / 538
 The Peace and Freedom Party also nominated de la Cruz.[a] [45][46]
2020 Gloria La Riva Sunil Freeman[b] 86,239
0.05%
 0 Lost
195 / 538
 The Peace and Freedom Party also nominated La Riva.[c] [50][51][52][53]
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.[d] [54]
2012 Peta Lindsay Yari Osorio 7,791
0.01%
 0 Lost
146 / 538
 [55]
2008 Gloria La Riva Eugene Puryear 6,818
0.01%
 0 Lost
137 / 538
 [56]

In 2024, the Democratic Parties of Georgia and Pennsylvania successfully sued to remove PSL from the ballot. In Georgia, some early ballots still contained De la Cruz's name.[57]

Congressional elections

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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 [58][59]
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 [60][61]
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 [62][63]
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 [64][65]
2010 Gloria La Riva House California CA-8 5,161
2.5%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [66]
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 [67][68]
2008 Michael Prysner House Florida FL-22 6
0.0%
 Lost ran as write-in candidate [69][70][56]

Statewide elections

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Year Candidate Office State District Votes % Result Notes Ref
2022 Nathalie Hrizi Insurance Commissioner California At-Large 189,289
2.8%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [71]
2022 Meghann Adams State Treasurer California At-Large 242,234
3.6%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [72]
2018 Gloria La Riva Governor California At-Large 19,075
0.3%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [73]
2018 Nathalie Hrizi Insurance Commissioner California At-Large 309,399
5.0%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [74]
2014 Nathalie Hrizi Insurance Commissioner California At-Large 212,991
5.4%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [75]
2010 Carlos Alvarez Governor California At-Large 92,856
0.9%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [76][77]
2010 Marylou Cabral Secretary of State California At-Large 164,450
0.9%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [77]

State legislature elections

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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 [78]
2022 Noah Leininger State House Indiana 90 259
1.9%
 Lost ran as write-in candidate [79]
2021 Ernesto Huerta State Senate California 30 1,565
2.2%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [80]
2017 John Prysner State Assembly California 51 232
1.0%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [81][82]
2010 Corey Ansel State House Ohio 22 716
1.4%
 Lost ran as Green Party candidate [83]
2008 Heather Benno State House Illinois 40 2,276
10.1%
 Lost ran as Green Party candidate [84]
2008 John Beacham State House Illinois 14 4,745
14.5%
 Lost ran as Green Party candidate [84]
2008 Lucilla Esguerra State Assembly California 48 11,173
12.9%
 Lost ran as Peace and Freedom Party candidate [85]

Local elections

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Year Candidate Office City District Votes % Result Notes Ref
2024 Eduardo "Lalo" Vargas City Council Los Angeles 14 1,638
4.66%
 Lost non-partisan election [86]
2023 Ana Santoyo City Council Chicago 45 895
5.59%
 Lost non-partisan election [87][88]
2021 Colin Dodson City Council Urbana 2 57
40.1%
 Lost ran as Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate [89][90]
2021 Cathy Rojas Mayor New York At-Large 27,982
2.5%
 Lost ran as Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate [91][92]
2014 Eugene Puryear City Council Washington D.C. At-Large 12,525
3.5%
 Lost ran as D.C. Statehood Green Party candidate [93]
2014 John Beacham City Council Chicago 49 0
0%
 Lost withdrawn from ballot due to insufficient nominating petition signatures[94] [95][96]
2010 Stevie Merino Mayor Long Beach At-Large 5,057
16%
 Lost non-partisan election [97]
2009 Carlos Alvarez Mayor Los Angeles At-Large 3,047
1.1%
 Lost non-partisan election [98]
2009 Francisca Villar Mayor New York At-Large 3,517
0.3%
 Lost ran as Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate [99]
2008 Stephen Hinze Board of Supervisors Los Angeles 5 29,875
20.7%
 Lost non-partisan election [100]
2008 Marylou Cabral[e] Board of Supervisors Los Angeles 4 23,703
17.5%
 Lost non-partisan election [101]
2008 Amanda Todd City Council Sioux Falls
11.1%
 Lost [102]
2008 Sergio Farias City Council San Juan Capistrano 1,133
5.0%
 Lost [103][104]
2008 Crystal Kim Council Washington, D.C. At-Large 0
0%
 Lost write-in, votes not tabulated [105][106]

National conventions

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PSL does not publish its party constitution. The 2022 Constitution was leaked.

Name Date Location Report Program Constitution
Fifth Party Congress July 2022 no public report Program Constitution, 5th ed
Fourth Party Congress August 2019 no public report Program Constitution, 4th ed
Third Party Congress April 1–3, 2016 San Francisco, CA Convention report Program Constitution, 3rd ed
Second Party Congress February 2013 no public report Program Constitution, 2nd ed
First Party Congress February 13–15, 2010 Los Angeles, CA Convention report Program Constitution, 1st ed
Third National Convention June 2007 no public report no public program
Second National Convention February 18–20, 2006 San Francisco, CA Convention report no public program
First National Convention 2005 no public report Program
Founding Convention June 18–20, 2004 San Francisco, CA Convention report Founding statement

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ 2024: "Ballot access" above includes all states where Claudia de la Cruz was not a write-in; ie, where they were a listed PSL, PFP, or LUP candidate. Claudia de la Cruz has write-in status in 22 states, with 243 possible electoral votes from write-ins.
  2. ^ Replacing Leonard Peltier, who withdrew for health reasons[47][48][49] but remained on the ballot in Minnesota and Illinois.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Marylou Cabral also given as Marilu Cabral Romero.

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