Comments on: La Riva Presidential Campaign Maintains Ballot Access Goals

By: C. X. Hall

C. X. Hall — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:07:11 +0000

Isn’t it strange that the PSL (allegedly) split from the WWP over a disagreement with the WWP’s decision to run a candidate for President in 2004? I say this because in 2008, while the PSL did have a candidate for President, the WWP did not and endorsed McKinney (GPUSA). So, perhaps the split was more for ideological than pragmatic reasons?

By: Phil Sawyer

Phil Sawyer — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:42:08 +0000

“Life is good.”

By: randallthayes

randallthayes — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:47:22 +0000

There may be three socialist parties on the ballot in some states:

http://thebaldcypress.blogspot.com/2008/08/so-many-socialists.html

By: Phil Sawyer

Phil Sawyer — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:32 +0000

Laine:

The presidential candidate for the Socialist Party USA is Brian Moore. His vice-presidential running mate is Stewart Alexander. Roger Calero is the presidential nominee for the Socialist Workers Party. His running mate is Alyson Kennedy.

By the way, you can find this information at http://www.politics1.com.

By: Scott West

Scott West — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:10:06 +0000

Neither the PSL nor Workers World released any kind of statement on the reason for the split. You should ask them yourself, Bolshevik-Leninist.

By: Steve Z

Steve Z — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:58:16 +0000

I find it interesting that two Socialist Parties are trying to gain access on the New York Ballot. Even with New York City, I didnâ€™t think that there were 30,000 Socialists in the state to put both parties on the ballot. Especially when the only Socialist Party on the ballot the last several Presidential elections only received a couple thousand votes. This could lead to a splitting of the available signatures resulting in neither party making the ballot.
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By: Steve Z

Steve Z — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:57:18 +0000

Do you know what the status of your New York State petition is?

By: Laine

Laine — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:32:49 +0000

I know Gloria La Riva is the candidate for the PSL but who is the candidate for the Socialist Party and the Socialist Workers Party? I know Brian Moore is the candidate for one of them. Regardless, congragulations to LaRive and the PSL.

By: Bolshevik-Leninist

Bolshevik-Leninist — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:29:39 +0000

We can all read Wikipedia. I asked “why?”

By: Trent Hill

Trent Hill — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:36:50 +0000

It was originally created as the result of a split within the ranks of the Workers World Party. The San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and Washington, D.C. branches of WWP left almost in their entirety to form the PSL. The PSL has since established branches in several additional urban centers across the United States.