Since the beginning of 2007, the period since FRSO/OSCL's most recent congress, our organization's strategy has been different from any in the past. In the previous three-year period between FRSO/OSCL congresses (2003-2006), the US Left faced chaotic and quickly changing political conditions--the US war on Iraq; the US-backed invasion of Lebanon by Israel; the devastation and displacement caused by Hurricane Katrina , with the attendant racism and criminal negligence of the state; and the extreme immigrant backlash leading to the mobilization and uprising of immigrants. From these conditions and from our continued belief in the need for greater organization by the Left, we believe that if we truly want to build a revolutionary movement in the United States, the Left cannot continue to function as it has.

To build such a movement, we must develop a real revolutionary organization--an organized vehicle and plan for moving forward that is based among all the oppressed. While we continue to engage and organize among sectors such as workers, oppressed nationalities, youth and students; in the anti-war movement; in Katrina survivor solidarity; for immigrant rights; etc., we will do so with an eye towards building stronger relationships and alliances among the social movements and the organized Left.

Towards that end, our new strategy document "Which Way Is Left? Theory, Politics, Organization and 21st-Century Socialism" gives an analysis of the current period and the challenges we face. It details the lessons learned from previous socialist experiments. And it argues for the crucial need to build a revolutionary party based on these lessons that can struggle for a socialism of the 21st century.

That said, we want to talk to you--those engaged in the struggle against capitalism and imperialism! We want to hear your ideas about what it is going to take to build a stronger Left, what forms of organization are needed, and what issues or concerns you may have about building revolutionary organization.

Download a PDF of "Which Way Is Left?"

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