My Letter of Withdrawal from the Party for Socialism and Liberation
A letter I wrote to my comrades in which I formally withdrew my membership from the Party for Socialism and Liberation, with addendums and a preface.
PSL
The PSL Letters
Over the past week or so, two letters have emerged from internal PSL channels. The first purports to be written by one Walter Smolarek, a Central Committee member. It is addressed internally, to other PSL members, and lays out the justifications for his resignation.
Against Settler Socialism: Lessons from Minneapolis
The spontaneous development of the people is breaking free of the chains long cast over the struggle for liberation by the Four Opportunists. In every corner of the US Empire, the grip of the opportunists and the tailists is weakening. We must unite the most advanced theory with the most class-conscious elements of the people and we must fight against the settler-socialism of the opportunist groups.
Forward Out of FRSO
This most recent scandal again demonstrates the inseparability of the structures of organizing we have criticized in the past from the perpetuation of chauvinism and abuse.
Toward a Boston League of Workers and Students
It is necessary to strike at the chains the workers of the imperial centers have helped forge and to draw them away from the side of their “own” bourgeoisie.
Stagnant Parties Don’t Deserve Your Time
The CPUSA, FRSO, PSL, and DSA are not identical, but all suffer from a palpable stagnancy.
The Question of Spontaneous Terror
Our comrades clearly see the necessity of building the party, but in their eagerness, their analysis considers that party already built.
Liberalism and Fascism with Communist Characteristics
The Party will form the vanguard of the revolution only when the masses of the most oppressed internationally recognize it as their representative and their weapon in the class struggle, wielded by and in the interests of the international proletariat.
Forward the Red Flag
Denouncing violence will not endear the working class to communism. It will not fool the agents of the capitalist state. It will not deflect scrutiny or prosecution.
A Case For a United Front in 2024
It’s election season in the USA, and once again, we are being asked to choose between the lesser of two evils.