Socialist Alternative (United States)
Socialist Alternative | |
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| Abbreviation | SAlt or SA |
| Chairperson | National Committee (no single chairperson) |
| Founded | April 1986 (as Labor Militant) |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York |
| Newspaper | Socialist Alternative |
| Student wing | Socialist Students |
| Membership | ≈300 |
| Ideology | Marxism Revolutionary socialism Trotskyism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| International affiliation | International Socialist Alternative |
| Colors | Red |
| Slogan | "Struggle, Solidarity, Socialism" |
| Members in elected offices | 0 |
| Website | |
| socialistalternative | |
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Socialist Alternative (SAlt or SA) is a Trotskyist political party in the United States. SAlt formed as Labor Militant in 1986, when members of the Committee for a Workers' International created a US branch.
SAlt describes itself as a revolutionary socialist party fighting for a democratic socialist economy, because it argues that capitalism is fundamentally incapable of serving the interests of the majority of people.
SAlt's highest-profile public representative was former Seattle City Councillor Kshama Sawant, who left the party and created her own, Revolutionary Workers, in 2024.