Freedom Socialist Party

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Freedom Socialist Party
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Party leader Doug Barnes
Chairman of the Senate parliamentary group N / A
Chairman of the House of Representatives N / A
founding 1966
Alignment Feminism
Trotskyism
Colours) red
Website www.socialism.com

The Freedom Socialist Party (FSP) is a left-wing radical political party in the USA with a revolutionary feminist philosophy that emerged in 1966 from a split from the Socialist Workers Party (SWP). The party sees the struggles of women and minorities as part of the struggle of the working class .

The Seattle branch of the SWP split off with the help of people from other cities because of what they described as the entrenched opportunism and undemocratic practices of the SWP. The chairman of the FSP is Doug Barnes .

history

New Freeway Hall in Seattle, the party's headquarters

The party's direct predecessor was the "Kirk Kaye tendency, " led by Richard Fraser (Kirk) and his then-wife Clara Fraser (Kaye). At the time, Richard Fraser was seen as the central leader of the trend because of his development of the theory of revolutionary integrationism. In addition to their different positions on civil rights , derived from the theory of revolutionary integrationism, the tendency's attitude towards China was also more sympathetic than was the norm in the SWP. This was due in part to the connection between the Kirk Kaye tendency and Frank Glass and the Maoist Arne Swabeck .

The political differences, as illustrated by the future FSP, were, according to the FSP, among other things, the uncritical support of the nationalist-black views of Malcolm X , the orientation of the SWP towards the labor aristocracy , the opportunism towards the anti- Vietnam war movement and the condescending attitude towards the rising women's movement of the SWP. The burgeoning FSP defended the class solidarity of black and white workers, called for greater understanding and attention to the emancipation of women, and urged the antiwar movement to support the socialist and anti-imperialist goals of the August Revolution .

The FSP became a magnet for the Seattle political left , who opposed the domestic politics of the SWP, and established their headquarters in Freeway Hall in Columbia City. The party also founded the organization Radical Women with the dual aim of founding a radical feminist organization and teaching women organizational and leadership skills that were often denied them in the male-dominated organizations.

ideology

The FSP is Trotskyist . FSP leaders Clara Fraser (1923–1998) and Gloria Martin (1916–1995) built on the socialist analysis of the oppression of women to create a Leninist party that was "socialist-feminist" both in its ideology and in practice is. The party sees the liberation struggles of women, colored people and sexual minorities (such as homosexuals ) as intrinsic to the revolution of the working class, and it seeks that these people from the most oppressed parts of society take on revolutionary leadership roles. Women make up the majority of the party leadership. The party has also set up a body called the National Comrades of Color Caucus , which it sees as an offer to party members of different skin colors to work together as a group and to set the direction for the party's work in movements for people of color.

strategy

The party has often supported the efforts of united fronts on a wide variety of issues and helps other socialist groups gain voting rights while also allowing their own candidates to run for election.

The United Front Against Fascism (UFAF), which was established by the FSP, also consists of a broad coalition of the left, the LGBT -Gemeinde, trade unionists , colored people, Jews and freedom rights activists and has the leading role in the Pacific Northwest in the mobilization against neo-Nazism adopted .

The Freeway Hall in Seattle Northlake was the headquarters of the FSP for many years

The party has numerous branches in US cities and a sympathetic community in Australia . The Freedom Socialist newspaper is printed six times a year. Red Letter Press publishes books and pamphlets for the party. The FSP is allied with Radical Women , an autonomous socialist-feminist organization. In 2003, Red Letter Press and its editor-in-chief, Helen Gilbert, were the target of a complaint to the Federal Election Commission by the campaign committee of perpetual presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche . LaRouche alleged that Gilbert and the FSP book publisher, who published a pamphlet written by Gilbert that critiqued LaRouche's ideology and political history, violated party funding laws. The FEC found LaRouche's complaint to be unfounded and rejected it.

In 2004, Jordana Sardo, the party's organizer in Portland, Oregon , ran for election to the House of Representatives in Oregon's 45th electoral district, receiving 8.74% of the vote. Other FSP campaigns took place in New York , Washington and California .

In 2012, the party ran a "write-in" presidential campaign in which voters could vote for a candidate whose name was not on the regular ballot papers. The FSP candidates for this were Stephen Durham for the election of the President and Christina López for the election of the Vice-President . 117 votes were collected nationwide.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert Alexander: International Trotskyism, 1929–1985: A Documented Analysis of the Movement. Duke University Press, 1991, ISBN 0-8223-1066-X , p. 936.
  2. ^ Barry Sheppard, The Party: The Socialist Workers Party, 1960–1988. Volume 1, Resistance Books, 2005, ISBN 1-876646-50-0 , p. 104.
  3. ↑ Walt Crowley: Rites of Passage: A Memoir of the Sixties in Seattle. University of Washington Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-295-97493-4 , pp. 21-22.
  4. ^ Barbara Winslow: Primary and Secondary Contradictions in Seattle: 1967–1969. In: Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Ann Barr Snitow: The Feminist Memoir Project: Voices from Women's Liberation. 2007, ISBN 978-0-8135-3973-7 , pp. 227, 230-231, 235-236.
  5. ^ Ian McKay: Rebels, Reds, Radicals: Rethinking Canada's Left History . Between the Lines, 2005, ISBN 1-896357-97-0 , p. 242.
  6. ↑ Edward T. James, Janet Wilson James, Paul S. Boyer: Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Volume 5, Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-674-01488-X , p. 414.
  7. ^ Barbara J. Love, Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975 . University of Illinois Press, 2006, ISBN 0-252-03189-X , p. 158.
  8. ↑ Susan Ware, Stacy Braukman: Martin, Gloria. In: Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Volume 5: Completing the Twentieth Century. Harvard University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-674-01488-X , pp. 414-415.
  9. ↑ Amy Kubelbeck: Groups Of Gays Protest Picnic. In: The Seattle Times. August 4, 1990. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
  10. ↑ Erik Lacitis: An Ax To Grind - When It Comes To Skinheads And Nazis, Loggers, Gays Unite. In: The Seattle Times. July 16, 1991. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
  11. ↑ Constantine Angelos: Rice, Citizens Groups Join To Declare Seattle Won't Tolerate Hate Crimes. In: The Seattle Times. May 19, 1990. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
  12. ^ William Gough: A Gathering Of Neo-Nazis - Encampment Draws Protest. In: The Seattle Times. December 8, 1991. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
  13. ↑ Putsata Reang: Supremacist Guilty In Scuffle Klan - Federal Way You Broke Free- Lancer's Camera. In: The Seattle Times. October 2, 1996. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
  14. ↑ LairdWilcox: Who Watches the Watchmen? In: Jeffrey S. Kaplan, Heléne Lööw: The Cultic Milieu . Rowman Altamira, 2002, ISBN 0-7591-0204-X , pp. 334-335.
  15. ^ Helen Gilbert: Lyndon Larouche: Fascism Restyled for the New Millennium.
  16. ↑ COMPLIANCE CASE MADE PUBLIC. ( Memento of the original from August 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Federal Election Commission, November 4, 2004, Retrieved June 22, 2014.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fec.gov
  17. ↑ ourcampaigns.com
  18. ↑ Linda Averill: Enthusiastic support puts radicals on the ballot in four states. Freedom Socialist, October 1998. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
  19. ^ Freedom Socialist Party Nominates its First National Ticket. In: Ballot Access News. January 29, 2012. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
  20. ↑ Durham / Lopez campaign website http://votesocialism.com/
  21. ^ The Green Papers Votes for Stephen Gaylord Durham. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
  22. ^ New York State Posts Final 2012 Election Returns Tally; Presidential Vote Increases by 400,332 Votes. In: Ballot Access News. Retrieved June 22, 2014.