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Detroit Socialist Party chartered
By L. MEYERS
The Michigan Socialist
AT ITS MONTHLY meeting on June 5, the Detroit
Socialist Party voted to constitute itself as a chartered local of
the Socialist Party USA and Socialist Party of Michigan.
On June 27, the State Executive Committee voted to
approve the charter application.
The DSP was initially established in July 2003 as
an organizing committee, a subordinate working group of the SPMI.
However, as the tasks of the DSP expanded, the
need for developing as a local committee grew.
As well, the transformation of the SPMI from a
statewide local to a chartered state party made it more important to
seek a local charter for the DSP.
At its June meeting, the DSP also elected a Local
Executive, consisting of a Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer and
Organizer.
“I think it’s great,” said Martin Schreader, who
was elected Chairperson of the DSP.
“Our Party definitely needs to reach out more to
working people in cities like Detroit, and the chartering of our
Local allows us to show why that is so important.”
The chartering of the DSP marks the first time
since the re-founding of the Socialist Party in 1973 that there was
a local for the City.
The new DSP also discussed areas of work over the
next period, including endorsing and supporting Lisa Weltman’s bid
for the Green Party nomination for U.S. Congress in the 14th
District, and the municipal elections in 2005.
The DSP intends to run a slate of candidates in
Detroit for Mayor, City Council and City Clerk next year.
Local elections in Detroit are non-partisan, and
are often an arena for the various factions in the Michigan
Democrats to win control of one of the party’s largest political
machines.
The DSP meets at 2 p.m. on the first Saturday of
every month, at Java In The Park, on Detroit’s northwest side.
Meetings are open to the public, and readers are invited to attend.
For more information or directions to the meeting,
call the DSP at (313) 535-4234 or visit their website at
http://detroit.mi-socialists.org/. |
