The Party for Socialism and Liberation announced its national ticket: Gloria La Riva for president, and Eugene Puryear for vice-president. The party also announced a candidate for U.S. House, Florida 22nd district, Michael Prysner. It is understood that Prysner will attempt to get on the ballot in Florida, which requires either a very high filing fee (over $9,000), or a petition in lieu of filing fee. No Socialist has been on the ballot in Florida for either branch of Congress since 1920.
The party’s web site is www.pslweb.org. The campaign office is in Washington, D.C. The website lists local contacts or local offices in California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New York, South Dakota, and Washington state.
“No Socialist has been on the ballot in Florida for either branch of Congress since 1920.”
Richard, since you used a capital “S” in Socialist, I will give you a pass for being technically correct, but the reality is that there are more socialists represented in government, including from Florida, than any other political philosophy.:-) They certainly outnumber the constitutionalists and the libertarians. Of course, I suppose a dyed-in-the-wool Socialist may look at it differently.
Thanks, as always, for all your great news. Ballot Access News is a daily “must!”
Yes, Gary, we socialists and communists do “look at it differently.” The political-economic system in our country is referred to by the academic experts as “mixed capitalism.” The way that I see things is that it is very unfair for libertarians and other capitalists to blame the problems of monopoly capitalism on socialism and communism.
Constitutionalism is separate from the debate between capitalists and socialists. Good examples of leftists who promoted strong constitutionalism were the forces that elected President Salvador Allende and the Popular Unity government in Chile in the early 70’s (which was overthrown by fascist traitors with the assistance of the United States, the same country who has brought about the Patriot Acts and Gulf War II).
Thank God for the Patriot Act. We need to round up all the traitorous communist scum and throw them in jail.
The Party for Socialism and Liberation is a joke. Not even worth commenting on. Have a nice day