Socialist Action (Canada)

Socialist Action Ligue pour l'Action socialiste
Abbreviation	SA/LAS
Federal Secretary	Barry Weisleder
Founded	1994 (1994)
Split from	Socialist Challenge
Newspaper	Socialist Action
Ideology	Democratic socialism Left-wing populism Anti-capitalism Anti-corporatism Marxism Trotskyism
Political position	Left-wing to far-left
National affiliation	New Democratic Party, Socialist Caucus
Website
www.socialistaction.ca
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Socialist Action (French: Ligue pour l'Action socialiste, lit. 'League for Socialist Action') is a democratic socialist political organization in Canada. Its members write for and distribute the North American monthly newspaper, Socialist Action, published in San Francisco. It has a youth affiliate called Youth for Socialist Action (YSA),.^[1]