Party for Socialism and Liberation

The Party for Socialism and Liberation (or PSL) is a revolutionary Marxist-Leninist socialist/communist political organization based out of San Francisco, which split from the Workers World Party.

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PSL is very anti-imperialist, and like many left-wing parties it goes to the extremes to support anti-American interests. PSL upholds Castro[1] and defends the Soviet Union,[2] Mao Zedong,[3] and North Korea.[4][5]

Candidates

Gloria La RivaFile:Wikipedia's W.svg ran for president under the PSL in 2016 and did quite well, getting almost 75,000 votes (7th place), the most for any explicitly communist candidate in the US in modern times (William Z. Foster, who ran on the Communist ticket in 1932, gained over 100,000 votes). The main reason for this is the support of the Peace and Freedom PartyFile:Wikipedia's W.svg, one of California's more powerful third-parties.[6][7] She did about as well in 2020, receiving slightly under 68,000 votes and earning 6th place.[8] She has run for vice-president four times, president four times, governor of California three times, and mayor of San Francisco once.[9] She hasn't won yet, but we'll keep you posted.

In the 2018 California elections, Natalie Hrizi, their candidate for Insurance Commissioner, running on the Peace and Freedom ticket, won 316,149 votes, getting about 5%.[10]

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References
  1. https://www.liberationnews.org/salute-great-revolutionary-leader-fidel-castro/
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20110929113218/http://www.pslweb.org/party/why-socialism/3e-socialism-and-the-legacy-of-ussr.html
  3. https://www.liberationnews.org/09-10-01-psl-commemorates-60th-anniversar-html/
  4. https://www.liberationnews.org/psl-orientation-on-the-potential-of-trump-dprk-negotiations/
  5. https://www.liberationnews.org/u-s-not-dprk-threatens-peace/
  6. http://ballot-access.org/2016/08/13/peace-freedom-party-nominates-gloria-lariva-for-president/
  7. See the Wikipedia article on Peace and Freedom Party.
  8. https://ballotpedia.org/Gloria_La_Riva
  9. wikipedia:Gloria La Riva
  10. https://ballotpedia.org/Nathalie_Hrizi#2018
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