Socialist Party USA
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Socialist Party of the United States of America
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| Presidential nominee | Mimi Soltysik (CA) |
| Vice Presidential nominee | Angela Nicole Walker (WI) |
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| Vice Chair |
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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 |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colors | Red |
| Seats in the Senate |
0 / 100
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| Seats in the House |
0 / 435
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| Governorships |
0 / 50
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| State Upper House Seats |
0 / 1,972
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| State Lower House Seats |
0 / 5,411
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| Other elected offices | 1 (2016) |
| Website | |
| socialistparty-usa |
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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".
The SPUSA's National Office is located at 168 Canal Street in the Chinatown neighborhood of New York City. It had been headquartered at the AJ Muste Institute, also in New York City, but the party and all other tenants were forced to move when the building was sold in 2016. The party has four chartered state organizations in California, Michigan, New Jersey, and New York, as well as eighteen chartered locals throughout the country.
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