Social Democrats


Committees of Correspondence



Self-Description: Marxist and pluralist. "To advance the true interests of the nation and its people." "Organization of grassroots activism, committed to electoral and non-electoral" activity.

Comments: Split from the Communist Party, USA in 1992. Social Democratic and reformist. Possibly merging with the DSA and Solidarity.

Further Info: "On the Origins of the Democratic Socialists of America," MT10 ($6).
Committees of Correspondence


Communist Party, USA



People's Weekly World
$15 per year

Self-Description: For "bill of rights socialism."

Comments: Was the vanguard party within U.S. borders until it sided with Soviet social-imperialism in the Sino-Soviet split. Degenerated as a result of its incorrect decision to base itself in the labor aristocracy and to orient itself around the labor aristocracy's demands. Currently tails Democrats and ignores (or slanders) the revolutions in Peru and the Philippines. A dinosaur.

Further Info: "Internal Anarchism in the International Communist Movement," MT8 ($6); "Lessons from the Comintern," MT10 ($6); "Struggle Rages in Imperialist Countries," MT11 ($6). Communist Party, USA


Crossroads



Crossroads
PO Box 2809
Oakland, CA 94609

Self-Description: Published by the "Institute for Social and Economic Studies."

Comments: Led by Irwin Silber, anti-Maoist publisher of the Guardian. MIM has heard but not confirmed that Crossroads published its last issue in August 1996.

Further Info: "Guardian bites the dust," MT4 ($6).


Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)


The Activist

Self-Description: Work within the Democratic Party. Oppose communism.

Comments: Pro-imperialist. The furthest right of all groups in this list

Further Info: See the section on social democracy in MT5 ($6), "On the Origins of the Democratic Socialists of America," MT10 ($6). Democratic Socialists of America


Socialist Labor Party



The People
914 Industrial Ave.
Palo Alto CA 94303

$4 per year


Self-Description: Established 1891. Saw ex-USSR as bureaucratic state despotism. Marxist DeLeonist.

Comments: That's Marxist-DeLeonist, not Marxist-Leninist.


Socialist Party



The Socialist
516 W 25th
New York, NY 10001

$5 per year, free to prisoners

Self-Description: Puts feminism, anti-militarism, and the tradition of Eugene Debs right up front. Opposes Democratic Party, but not the electoral strategy.

Further Info: "On the Origins of the Democratic Socialists of America," MT10 ($6). Socialist Party