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| | + | :''If you're looking for modern brazilian right-wing party, see [[New Party (Brazil)]]'' |
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| | [[Image:Np1.JPG|right|300px|thumb| Spring 1996 edition of the New Party News; among the winners of the local elections in Illinois placed in this page is [[Barack Hussein Obama]]]] | | [[Image:Np1.JPG|right|300px|thumb| Spring 1996 edition of the New Party News; among the winners of the local elections in Illinois placed in this page is [[Barack Hussein Obama]]]] |
| | The '''New Party''' was a political organization founded in 1992 by Daniel Cantor and Joel Rogers, with the objective of electing [[leftist]] or [[socialist]] individuals to public office in several states; the goal was to move the [[Democratic Party]] further to the left, with the ultimate objective of creating a major third party whose platform is [[Marxism]]. | | The '''New Party''' was a political organization founded in 1992 by Daniel Cantor and Joel Rogers, with the objective of electing [[leftist]] or [[socialist]] individuals to public office in several states; the goal was to move the [[Democratic Party]] further to the left, with the ultimate objective of creating a major third party whose platform is [[Marxism]]. |
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| | ===Party members=== | | ===Party members=== |
| | In addition to Barack Obama, the New Party has attracted several well-known people involved with socialism, communism, or related anarchy, among them: | | In addition to Barack Obama, the New Party has attracted several well-known people involved with socialism, communism, or related anarchy, among them: |
| − | *[[Manning Marable]], a founder of DSA. | + | *[[Manning Marable]], a founder of [[DSA]]. |
| − | *[[Elaine Bernard]], labour academic, associated with [[Democratic Socialists of America|DSA]]. | + | *[[Elaine Bernard]], labour academic, associated with [[Democratic Socialists of America]]. |
| | *Author and activist [[Noam Chomsky]] | | *Author and activist [[Noam Chomsky]] |
| | *Author and activist [[Gloria Steinem]] | | *Author and activist [[Gloria Steinem]] |
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| | *[http://www.chicagodsa.org/ngarchive/ng47.html#anchor781435 Chicago Democratic Socialists of America website, including "New Party" update from 1996 referencing Barack Obama] | | *[http://www.chicagodsa.org/ngarchive/ng47.html#anchor781435 Chicago Democratic Socialists of America website, including "New Party" update from 1996 referencing Barack Obama] |
| | *[http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2008/10/obama-file-41-obama-was-new-party.html New Zeal blogspot, containing key documents on the New Party] | | *[http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2008/10/obama-file-41-obama-was-new-party.html New Zeal blogspot, containing key documents on the New Party] |
| − | *[http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/5600 "A Messiah Manufactured by Marxism" By Judi McLeod, Canada ''Free Press'', October 16, 2008] | + | *[http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/5600 "A Messiah Manufactured by Marxism"], By Judi McLeod, [[Canada Free Press]], October 16, 2008 |
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| | [[Category:Socialism]] | | [[Category:Socialism]] |
| − | [[Category: Barack Hussein Obama]] | + | [[Category:Barack Hussein Obama]] |