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Where and what did you hear about the PSL’s stances on settler-colonialism? I’ve learned to generally be cautious about any self-professed communist party in Seppoland, but my impression is that the PSL is one of the better parties yonder wrt Indigenous issues. It’s really the CPUSA and “American Communist Party” that I’ve heard bad things about, while people generally seem to only praise the PSL in my experience.
As far as I can tell from an outsider viewpoint PSL is the org with the best lines and also has electric growth energy. The latter being incredibly important in terms of motivation of the membership and future prospects of the org.
It’s doing something right to be an ML org actually seeing growth and popularity within the US.
PSL is not an explicitly ML org, although it seems like a lot of the membership is
is an ML org in every sense. We fully adhere to a Marxist-Leninist political line and organizing method. We identify as ML. We make candidates read Foundations of Leninism by Stalin.
I thought it was still at least nominally a Marcyite Trot org, but I’m happy to be corrected if that’s not the case
PSL is an explicitly ML org as far as I’m aware. It’s ML, upholds Stalin who is part of their required reading, and is dem cent in structure aside from a few adaptations to allow critical issues to bypass command structure to avoid local abuses.
Willing to hear otherwise but I’ve never heard members or former members say otherwise.
My experience with the PSL has been good as far as democracy goes, I feel like my ideas and the ideas of my comrades are taken into account and used to shape the overall structure which we work in and novel ideas are often celebrated internally, and while I want to say “this is just my experience with my branch” I’ve found the same experience when working with other branches in other geographic areas. However, as with all things, there’s constant improvements that need to be made always, but this is recognized by almost everyone I work with.
In regards to indigenous issues however, these things are touched on in the party’s book Socialist Reconstruction (available on your libgen instance of choice) in which it was openly recognized that much future indigenous policy would have to then be shaped by working with indigenous organizations and people. However I’d certainly not say from my experience that there’s a colonist chauvanism character to the party or it’s leadership, this has not been my experience.
Ultimately I joined the party because it’s the most visible, largest, and most dynamic socialist party and organization in the United States; while like all things in reality admittedly imperfect. Since joining I’ve been nothing but impressed with the people I work with, with the like-mindedness, and the really productive work ethic and desire towards building a revolutionary consciousness in this country and a revolutionary party ready to confront the next crisis of capitalism the US faces. I shouldn’t be taken at face value though, you should speak to others who’re active in the PSL or a potential recruiter if you’re interested by signing up at pslweb.org/join. If you find that it’s not a good fit for you it’s okay.
“upholding past treaties” with native Americans, which is a red flag
Why is that? It would immediately be an enormous land back program
why would you think “upholding past treaties” is a red flag? all of them were broken by the US goverment to take land from indigenous people
