Socialist Alternative (United States)
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Socialist Alternative
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| Chairperson | National Committee (No Single Chairperson) |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Preceded by | Labor Militant |
| Headquarters | New York City |
| Newspaper | Socialist Alternative |
| Student wing | Socialist Students |
| Ideology |
Trotskyism Revolutionary socialism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| International affiliation | Committee for a Workers' International |
| Colors | Red |
| Slogan | Struggle, Solidarity, Socialism |
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| City Council members | 1 (2015) |
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Socialist Alternative (SA) is a Trotskyist political party active in the United States. It describes itself as "a national organization fighting in our workplaces, communities, and campuses against the exploitation and injustices people face every day", and "a community of activists fighting against budget cuts in public services; fighting for living wage jobs and militant, democratic unions; and people of all colors speaking out against racism and attacks on immigrants, students organizing against tuition hikes and war, women and men fighting sexism and homophobia."
Socialist Alternative's highest profile public representative is Seattle City Councillor Kshama Sawant, who was elected in November 2013.
It is active in over 50 cities in the United States including New York City, Cincinnati, Oakland, Minneapolis, Boston, Seattle, New Orleans, Madison, Tampa, Philadelphia, Mobile, Chicago, Austin and more. In September 2013 it began publishing a monthly newspaper called "Socialist Alternative" along with various local newsletters and media outlets, including a radio show in the Boston area.
SA is a member of Committee for a Workers' International, an international organization of Trotskyist parties.
Socialist Alternative was originally formed as Labor Militant in 1986 by members of the Committee for a Workers International who had moved to the United States. Labor Militant was a small group with its membership numbering mostly of trade union members. By the mid-1990s, Labor Militant became part of a campaign to form the US Labor Party where it was in the leadership of the New York Metro Chapter. The NY Metro Chapter, the largest in the country, saw Labor Militant and its allies run again for the leadership of the chapter under the "United Action" slate only to be defeated in an Executive Committee election. Labor Militant members and the United Action slate had argued that the Labor Party should vigorously run candidates against the Democrats, whereas the national leadership of the Labor Party refused to take such an approach. After the election, the New York Labor Party State Executive upheld the election results while suspending the NY Metro Chapter and several of its officers, eventually shutting down the chapter.
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