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{{Infobox political party|name=Party for Socialism and Liberation|logo=PSL.png|founded=June 2004|founders= [[Brian Becker]],<ref>https://www.liberationnews.org/global-times-interview-brian-becker-on-socialism-and-the-u-s-campaign-against-china/</ref> [[Richard Becker]], [[Gloria La Riva]],<ref>https://missionlocal.org/2019/08/local-socialists-see-the-fog-of-anti-communism-lifting/</ref> [[William Massey]],<ref>https://www.liberationnews.org/william-massey-presente-honoring-life-psl-founding-member/</ref> and others|newspaper=''[[Liberation News]]''|political_orientation=[[Marxism–Leninism]]<br>[[Anti-imperialism]]|website=https://pslweb.org}}{{Communist parties}} | {{Infobox political party|name=Party for Socialism and Liberation|logo=PSL.png|founded=June 2004|founders= [[Brian Becker]],<ref>https://www.liberationnews.org/global-times-interview-brian-becker-on-socialism-and-the-u-s-campaign-against-china/</ref> [[Richard Becker]], [[Gloria La Riva]],<ref>https://missionlocal.org/2019/08/local-socialists-see-the-fog-of-anti-communism-lifting/</ref> [[William Massey]],<ref>https://www.liberationnews.org/william-massey-presente-honoring-life-psl-founding-member/</ref> and others|newspaper=''[[Liberation News]]''|political_orientation=[[Marxism–Leninism]]<br>[[Anti-imperialism]]|website=https://pslweb.org}}{{Communist parties}} | ||
The '''Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL)''' is a [[Marxist-Leninist]] political party in the [[United States of America|United States]] founded in June 2004 after a split from the [[Workers World Party]]. Their platform is closely related to the broader [[The ANSWER Coalition|ANSWER Coalition]]. The PSL has funded numerous movements within the ANSWER Coalition including the movement to liberate [[Republic of Cuba|Cuba]] from [[United States imperialism|Statesian imperialism]].<ref>An article from the [https://www.answercoalition.org/actions_nationwide_to_demand_u_s_hands_off_cuba Answer Coalition] depicting their stance on Cuba, sponsored by the PSL</ref> The PSL held its first congress in February 2010 in Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Ian Thompson|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]|title=PSL’s First National Congress strengthens the struggle for socialism|date=2010-02-22|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/10-02-22-psls-first-national-congress-st-html/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714145018/https://www.liberationnews.org/10-02-22-psls-first-national-congress-st-html/|archive-date=2019-07-14|retrieved=2022-08-08}}</ref> | The '''Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL)''' is a [[Marxist-Leninist]] political party in the [[United States of America|United States]] founded in June 2004 after a split from the [[Workers World Party]]. Their platform is closely related to the broader [[The ANSWER Coalition|ANSWER Coalition]]. The PSL has funded numerous movements within [[the ANSWER Coalition]] including the movement to liberate [[Republic of Cuba|Cuba]] from [[United States imperialism|Statesian imperialism]].<ref>An article from the [https://www.answercoalition.org/actions_nationwide_to_demand_u_s_hands_off_cuba Answer Coalition] depicting their stance on Cuba, sponsored by the PSL</ref> The PSL held its first congress in February 2010 in Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Ian Thompson|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]|title=PSL’s First National Congress strengthens the struggle for socialism|date=2010-02-22|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/10-02-22-psls-first-national-congress-st-html/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714145018/https://www.liberationnews.org/10-02-22-psls-first-national-congress-st-html/|archive-date=2019-07-14|retrieved=2022-08-08}}</ref> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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== Controversies == | == Controversies == | ||
The PSL has been accused for decades of being cult-like in its organization methods and permitting sexual harassment and protecting sexual abusers (in locations across the country including Dallas, Philadelphia, Carbondale, Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Albuquerque) | The PSL has been accused for decades of being cult-like in its organization methods and permitting sexual harassment and protecting sexual abusers (in locations across the country including Dallas, Philadelphia, Carbondale, Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Albuquerque)<ref>[https://medium.com/@jacobscb/documentation-of-corruption-institutional-bigotry-and-high-control-group-cult-like-behavior-in-6afa65b8072e Medium post that is a directory of various accounts of PSL's bad behavior.]</ref><ref>[https://archive.is/yT5vp#selection-42.0-42.1 Writings of a PSL member who was allegedly abused by Steven Powers]</ref> | ||
Some controversies have arisen in recent years | Some controversies of the PSL have arisen in recent years as its prominence grows in the public eye, namely associations with right wing [[entryist|entryism]] Brian Becker<ref>[https://medium.com/@dotcommunism/psls-brian-becker-loud-clear-radio-and-right-wing-entryism-349cf6f29aa4 Medium Article surrounding the actions of Brian Becker (with its own citations)]</ref> and while no political organization is completely without fault, this must also be viewed within the context that communist parties in the US are regularly targeted by intelligence agencies for sabotage, as demonstrated by the FBI's [[COINTELPRO]] operation. Some critics said that Brian Becker hosted a radio show with reactionaries.<ref>{{Web citation|url=https://medium.com/@dotcommunism/psls-brian-becker-loud-clear-radio-and-right-wing-entryism-349cf6f29aa4|title=PSL’s Brian Becker, Loud & Clear Radio, and Right-Wing Entryism|author=dotcommunism|date=2018-01-05}}</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||