Editor's note: This document was initially circulated within our Party in advance of our 3rd Party Congress in April 2016 — and publicly released in September 2016. It addresses the historical and contemporary relationship between revolutionary theory and...
Reviving the communist movement: Building organization in 2016
Editor's note: The following is part of an internal document circulated by the Central Committee of the PSL in advance of our 3rd Party Congress in 2016. Here, we focus on ways that communist organizations have historically grown in strength, size, and...
Winning the battle against anti-communism
The capitalists’ ideological weapon against the working class In 2012, the dictionary site Merriam-Webster announced that the words most looked up that year were “socialism” and “capitalism.” This was undoubtedly because the Republican Party had spent so much time...
Building democratic centralism: stages of Party growth and internal development
For revolutionaries, the organizational question is critically important Since its inception 10 years ago, the PSL leadership and membership have focused considerable thought, effort and time on creating a revolutionary organization based on the organizational...
How can we make a revolution? Lessons of Egypt and Occupy
The need for a revolutionary party Without mass struggle, there is no hope for real change. But activism and struggle alone are not enough to achieve socialism. What is also essential is a revolutionary communist party. This has been proven by history on many...
A party of action: Building the people’s movements in the streets
Fighting for reforms while pointing toward revolution The Party for Socialism and Liberation is built on two essential premises. One is revolutionary Marxist theory and analysis on all issues affecting humanity and the environment we live in, especially the most...
For the defense of China against counterrevolution, imperialist intervention and dismemberment
The following document is the result of almost two years of deliberation and discussion by members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. It was first distributed as part of pre-convention discussion for the party’s 2006 convention. At that convention and then...
Founding statement of the Party for Socialism and Liberation
(August 1, 2004) We are in a period where the world’s poor and working people are waging heroic struggles against imperialist war and exploitation. Millions of people poured into the streets in the last few years to prevent Bush and Cheney’s rush to war against Iraq,...