Introduction: Why we are running There are few things more vilified in the mainstream political conversation than “third party” campaigns for president. Candidacies outside the two major political parties are called spoilers. Those who vote for alternatives are...
Video: “Socialist reconstruction in America”
Watch an insightful discussion about the Party for Socialism and Liberation's latest book, Socialist Reconstruction in America: A Better Future for the United States! The webinar, facilitated by Kym Smith, features contributors Ben Becker and Jodi Dean, as well as...
VIDEO: We need your help to build the movement for socialism
We started the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) with a small handful of members, determined to build a multi-national, multi-generational and large-scale socialist party in a country that seemed to have mostly rejected socialism. The task seemed daunting. We...
PSL Statement on Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine
Editor's note: This statement was originally published on Liberation News on February 24, 2022. The Russian military operation in Ukraine highlights that the world has reached a dangerous fork in the road. It is critically important for people in the United States,...
How will the police be abolished? A Marxist perspective
12 points on the U.S. state and the necessity of revolution 1. The Party for Socialism and Liberation stands for the overthrow, dismantling and complete replacement of the core institutions of the capitalist state, which are the “special bodies of armed men,” namely...
Rebellion and repression: capitalism’s long hot summer begins
Introduction Trump declared last night from the White House that he would “end the riots” with a national military mobilization to “dominate the streets” and that “if a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary,” he would “deploy the United States...
Dual power, base building, and serving the people in the U.S. revolutionary movement
The current period is the most favorable for socialists in the United States in decades. Against the backdrop of the Great Recession, waves of activity around the Occupy Movement, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the Bernie Sanders campaign have produced a...
Interview with Gloria La Riva: ‘the fog of anti-communism is lifting’
Republished from Independent Political Report Gloria Estela La Riva, a labor, community, and anti-war activist based in San Francisco, is running for president under the Party for Socialism and Liberation banner. Peter B. Gemma: I appreciate your time for this...
System Change not Climate Change
As humanity teeters on the brink of irreversible climate change, world leaders joined the COP21 UN Climate Change Conference in Paris in December 2015. But are international conferences like these really capable of resolving the issue? The two-week long conference...