Socialist Equality Party (United States)

Socialist Equality Party
Chairman	David North
Secretary	Joseph Kishore
Assistant Secretary	Lawrence Porter
Founded	September 1964; 59 years ago (September 1964), (as American Committee for the Fourth International)
Headquarters	PO Box 48377 Oak Park, Michigan 48237
Youth wing	IYSSE
Ideology	Trotskyism Communism Revolutionary socialism
Political position	Far-left
International affiliation	ICFI
Colors	Red
Website
socialequality.com
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The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is a Trotskyist political party in the United States, one of several Socialist Equality parties around the world affiliated with the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). The ICFI publishes daily news articles, perspectives and commentaries on the World Socialist Web Site and maintains Mehring Books as publishing house.

The SEP was formed in 1995 by the Workers League, the US supporters of the ICFI. The Workers League had been founded in 1966 by the American Committee for the Fourth International (ACFI), headed by Tim Wohlforth, which emerged out of a split with the Socialist Workers Party, in opposition to the latter's support for Castroism.

According to the party's website, the SEP "seeks not to reform capitalism, but to create a socialist, democratic and egalitarian society through the establishment of a workers' government and the revolutionary transformation of the world economy. We seek to unify workers in the United States and internationally in the common struggle for socialism—that is, for equality and the rational and democratic utilization of the wealth of the planet."

In 2008, the SEP held its official founding congress, where it adopted a statement of principles and official organizational history. It has participated in elections in the United States, including running Jerry White for President and Niles Niemuth for Vice President in 2016,^[1] and Niemuth in Michigan's 12th congressional district in 2018.^[2]