Socialist Party (United States)
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Socialist Party of the United States of America
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| National Secretary | Greg Pason (NJ) |
| Founded | May 30, 1973 |
| Preceded by | Socialist Party of America |
| Headquarters | 168 Canal Street, 6th Floor New York, NY 10013 |
| Ideology |
Multi-tendency, Democratic socialism, Socialist feminism, Eco-socialism, Revolutionary socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing to Far-left |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colors | Red |
| Elected offices | 1 (2016) |
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The Socialist Party of the United States of America (SPUSA), usually simplified as Socialist Party USA or Socialist Party, is a multi-tendency democratic socialist party in the United States. The SPUSA was founded in 1973 as a successor to the Socialist Party of America, which had been renamed Social Democrats, USA a year before.
The party is officially committed to multi-tendency democratic socialism. The Socialist Party USA, along with its predecessor, has received varying degrees of support when its candidates have competed against those from the Republican and Democratic parties. The SPUSA advocates for complete independence from the Democratic Party.
The SPUSA self-describes as opposing all forms of oppression, specifically capitalism and authoritarian forms of communism, the Party advocates for the creation of a "radical democracy that places people's lives under their own control—a non-racist, classless, feminist socialist society [...] where working people own and control the means of production and distribution through democratically-controlled public agencies, cooperatives, or other collective groups; where full employment is realized for everyone who wants to work; where workers have the right to form unions freely, and to strike and engage in other forms of job actions; and where the production of society is used for the benefit of all humanity, not for the private profit of a few".
Headquartered at the AJ Muste Institute, the SPUSA's National Office is located at 168 Canal Street in the Chinatown neighborhood of New York City. The party has four chartered state organizations in California, Illinois, Michigan, and New Jersey, as well as twenty one chartered locals throughout the country.
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