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The Los Angeles County Local of The Socialist Party of The United States of America held an organizing meeting in LA on December 11, 2010.
I attended the meeting to capture for OEN what American Socialists are doing to free us from the one party, two name corporate dictatorship under which the American government operates. In the name of full disclosure, I am also a member of The SPUSA, but not of the LA County local.
In attendance at the meeting were Lynn Lomibao and Rich Fuller, leaders of The Feminist & Family Services Committee, Mohammed Arif, leader of The Muslim Affairs Committee, Justin Simons, leader of the Youth Action Committee and Lauren Avery, Gay and Lesbian Affairs Committee leader.
Also at the meeting was Stewart Alexander, The SPUSA's 2008 vice presidential candidate. Stewart's presence seemed to have an invigorating affect on the others in attendance.
The meeting was Chaired by Mimi Soltysik, Chair of the LA County Local of the Socialist Party.
I caught up with Mimi a few days after the meeting to ask him about the goals set at the meeting and his impression of how much longer Americans can exist under a corporate dictatorship.
MB: Mimi, thanks for taking the time to talk to me. I hope that this doesn't take more than an hour of your time. I know you've got some recruiting to do.
MS: Rock it, my friend.
MB: How many people actually belong to The Socialist Party of the United States of America and how many belong to your local?
MS: Your first question would probably be best directed to Greg Pason at national. He probably has the most accurate numbers.
I know that in the 2008 general election, there were 6,528 votes cast for Brian Moore and Stewart Alexander.
As far as the L.A. Local is concerned, the best figure I can give you is the number of those registered in the state, which I believe is right around 100.
Numbers haven't been a huge part of the focus in the first six or seven weeks that I've been in this position. Organizing a foundation that can be built upon has been the primary focus to this point, and we're starting to see some results in that area
MB: If not in numbers, how are you measuring your results? In what ways have these results manifested themselves?
MS: A few things we've been able to do in the first weeks.
We have a Facebook page up and running which has acted as an information hub.
