Socialist Party USA
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Socialist Party USA
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SPUSA Statement of Principles
From the SPUSA website;[1]
- The Socialist Party strives to establish 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; 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. We believe socialism and democracy are one and indivisible. The working class is in a key and central position to fight back against the ruling capitalist class and its power. The working class is the major force worldwide that can lead the way to a socialist future - to a real radical democracy
- from below. The Socialist Party fights for progressive changes compatible with a socialist future. We support militant working class struggles and electoral action, independent of the capitalist controlled two-party system, to present socialist alternatives. We strive for democratic revolutions - radical and fundamental changes in the structure and quality of economic, political, and personal relations - to abolish the power now exercised by the few who control great wealth and the government. The Socialist Party is a democratic, multi-tendency organization, with structure and practices visible and accessible to all members
Leadership
Socialist Party USA National Committee. Elected on October 10, 2009
- Female Chair - Andrea Pason
- Female Vice-Chair - Diana Demers
- Male Chair - Billy Wharton
- Male Vice-Chair - Jim Sanders
National Committee Members
- Sally Joyner
- Kristin Schall
- Stephanie Cholensky
- Susan Dorazio
- Sara Mc Clean
- Veronica Nowakowski
- Raphael Thurin
- Greg Pason
- Matthew Andrews
- Peter Moody
- Zelig Stern
- Larry Burks
National Committee Alternates
- Stephanie Gussin
- Gretchen Van Dyck
- Mal Herbert
- Doris Lake
- Tessa Salo
- Alice Kelsey
- Jerry Stastny
- Amilcar Navarro
- Marc Luzietti
- Brandon Collins
- Steve Sears
- Art Kazar
- National Secretary Greg Pason
- National Treasurer Jerry Stastny
- The Socialist Editor Billy Wharton
- Archivist Steve Rossignol
Socialist Party USA National Action Committee
The National Action Committee (NAC) is a body elected to decisions between National Committee Meetings. The NAC is composed of the National Secretary, National Treasurer, Editor and the following members elected by the NC: Andrea Pason, Jim Sanders and Diana Demers.
Locals
As of 2009;[2] Arizona
- Chair: Francisco Sanchez
- Secretary: John Rorke
- Treasurer: Stephanie Adames
Connecticut
- Chair: Todd Vachon
- Outreach: Tim McNichol
Florida
- Chair: Marc Luzieti
- Vice Chair: Darius Engel
- Secretary/Treasurer: Roy Fischler
Indiana
- Chair: Ronald Haldeman
- Vice-Chair: Rebecca Margaret Bow
- Secretary: Michael Murphy
- Treasurer: John Peter Bohrendt
Illinois
- Chair: Art Kazar
- Secretary: Janet Miller
- Treasurer: Charles Paidock
Kansas
- State Executive Committee
- Chair/ Secretary: Larry Burks
- Treasurer - Alan Holton/Candice Hare
- Webmaster - Thomas Long
- Northern Kansas Socialist Party
- Chair/Secretary- Thomas Long
- Treasurer- Deborah Long
- Southern Kansas Socialist Party
- Chair/Secretary- Larry Burks II
Maryland
- Socialist Party of Baltimore
- Chair: Steve Sears
- Secretary: Darnell Hart
- Treasurer: Sara Ann McClean
Massachusetts
- Socialist Party of Massachusetts
- Chair: David Schaich
- Secretary: Norah Anne Kyle
- Treasury: Matthew Andrews
- Socialist Party of Boston
- Chair: Billy Mulcahy
- Secretary: David Schaich
- Treasurer: Matthew Andrews
Michigan
- State Executive Committee
- Chairperson: Matt Erard
- Editor (TMS): Steve Tash
- Organizer: Alex Hernandez
- Secretary: James Arnoldi
- Treasurer: Adam Adrianson
- Socialist Party of Marquette County
- Chair: Nick Lentz
- Secretary: Mike Treacy
- Treasurer: Jean Treacy
- Detroit Socialist Party
- Chairperson: Stephen Tash
- Secretary: Joe Stonchus
- Treasurer: Raphael Thurin
Minnesota
- Chair/Treasurer: Stephanie Cholensky
- Secretary: Tina Buggs
- Member: Adam Underbakke
New Jersey
- Chair: Andrea Pason
- Secretary: Greg Pason
- Treasurer: Theresa Salo
- Socialist Party of Northern New Jersey
- Chair: Brian Valverde
- Vice-Chair: David Wreck
- Secretary: Greg Pason
- Treasurer: Theresa Salo
New York
- Chair: Lawrence Rockwood
- Secretary: Kristin Schall
- Treasurer: Stephon Boatwright
- Socialist Party of New York City
- Chair: Kristin Schall
- Secretary: Zelig Stern
- Treasurer: Michael Mauriel
- Organizer: Billy Wharton
Ohio
- Chair: Mary Loritz
- Secretary: Dan La Botz
- Treasurer - Cliff Brown
Oklahoma
- Greater Oklahoma City Socialist Party
- Co-Chairs: Christopher Hardin and Elizabeth Dowd
- Secretary: Crystal Sanchez
- Treasurer: Phillip Holmes
Tennessee
- Chair: Sally Joyner
- Secretary: Niall Gammill
- Treasurer: Keith Rash
Texas
- Chair: Steve Rossignol
- Secretary: Erik Toren
- Michael Bailey
- Earl Divoky
- Emma Gonzales
- Bill Fulcher
- Socialist Party of the Rio Grande Valley
- Chair: Raul Cano
- Secretary: Erik Toren
- Treasurer: Emma Gonzalez
Vermont
- Brattleboro Socialist Party
- Secretary: Mary Alice Herbert
- Treasurer: Doris Lake
- Member: Michael Marantz
- Member: Peter Dianmondstone
Virginia
- Chair: Reagan Greenfield
- Secretary: Brandon Collins
- Treasurer: Jeremy McMahon
- At-Large: Dick Lahey
- Newsletter Editor: Noah Kinsler
Wisconsin
- State Executive Committee
- Chair: Paul Cigler
- Vice-Chair: Matty O’Dea
- Secretary: Jerry Stastny
- Treasurer: Sean Hatley
- Member At-Large: Judy Luerquin
- Member At-Large: Nan Pfefferle
- Member At-Large: Myrtle Kastner
- Member At-Large: Jerry Shade
- Member At-Large: Linda Randolph
- Socialist Party of South Central Wisconsin
- Chair: Zach Gevelinger
- Vice-Chair: Judy Leurquin
- Secretary: Matty O'Dea
- Treasurer: Sean Hatley



