La Riva/Puryear PSL Presidential Campaign
on the ballot in Rhode Island!
PSL now on the ballot in 12 states!
The La Riva/Puryear PSL Presidential Campaign is proud to announce that we have achieved ballot status in Rhode Island! We are now on the ballot in a total of 12 states—Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin.
Please make an urgently needed donation to help us take the message of the La Riva/Puryear socialist campaign across the country! 
Over the past eight months, our volunteers have collected over 45,000 signatures while petitioning all over the country at every place imaginable. We have recruited over a hundred electors and held state conventions. We have fought blizzards, tornadoes and hurricanes to get on the ballot in some states. We have done all this for the purpose of getting on the ballot in as many states as possible so that the message of socialism will reach tens of millions of working-class people.
We are proud to announce that the La Riva/Puryear PSL Presidential Campaign is now on the ballot in 12 states.
Rhode Island was the final stop on our pursuit for ballot access. PSL volunteers collected over 1,750 signatures in several weeks. Volunteers from across the country convened in this tiny state to hit bus depots, festivals and shopping malls to collect petition signatures.
Although it is the smallest U.S. state, the effects of poverty and racism in Rhode Island are striking. Working-class people in Rhode Island suffer from one of the highest poverty rates in New England, with 12 percent of the population living below the poverty line. The poverty rate in neighboring New Hampshire is seven percent. Nearly 20 percent of jobs in Rhode Island pay poverty level wages. Nearly one in five children in the state are growing up in poverty.
Rhode Island’s communities of color bear the brunt of economic oppression, with over one in five African Americans living in poverty, and nearly one in three Latinos living in poverty.
Our campaign hopes to inspire and build a fightback movement in these communities.
A message of real hope amidst a plummeting economy
As the economic crisis grows, workers are being attacked in every facet of their lives. The need for revolutionary change has become all the more urgent. Millions of people are losing their homes, being laid off and losing their life savings. Millions more will not be able to afford vital necessities such food, quality education and transportation.
While the government continues to bail out one multi-billion-dollar corporation after another, the vast majority of people are left to fend for themselves. Who will bail us out? Socialism is the only solution to this economic crisis. It is a system that justly turns capitalism on its head—it puts people over profits. This is the message that our campaign will be taking to every corner of this country.
Our campaign is about building a movement
Our campaign will speak to workers in every corner of this country.
In this first-ever election campaign by the PSL, our strategy has included gaining ballot status in every major region of the country. We will be on the ballot in New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont in the Northeast; Florida, Arkansas and Louisiana in the South; Iowa and Wisconsin in the Midwest; and Colorado, Utah and Washington in the West.
Unlike the capitalist candidates, who will say anything to win the votes, our goal is to build a movement. We are not a party of professional politicians. We are a party of revolutionary activists, organizers and leaders.
The La Riva/Puryear PSL Presidential Campaign will raise the banner of socialism everywhere we go. We will champion the cause of the working class.
We will get into the debates, go door to door, and hold rallies, speak outs, protests and sit-ins to be heard. The PSL’s campaign will reach out to workers and the oppressed with a message of hope and real struggle.
We have already begun to campaign all over the country. People who had never thought about socialism before are subscribing to our publications and eagerly learning about the inherent contradictions of capitalism. Our volunteers have been thanked by workers who are sick of being attacked by a system that cares only about profits. They are excited to know that a militant party is on the streets fighting for our class’s liberation.
We need your financial support to bring the message of socialism to millions across the country. Please make a generous donation today.
Join our movement. If you are interested in volunteering for the campaign, hosting a meeting in your community or home, or helping out in any way, please contact us. Click this link to volunteer with the VotePSL campaign.
Become an advocate for people’s rights and revolutionary change. Click this link to go to VotePSL.org and read more about the campaign.
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