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Libertarian Socialist Party (United States)
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The Libertarian Socialist Party is an unregistered third party in the United States. The Libertarian Socialist Party was formed on September, 29, 2014. Still in formation the party ideology and platform are still debated and worked upon. The party is expected to be fully formulated around the year 2016. The foundations of the party are built on three solid principles. The first is the Constitution of the United States, the second is Marxist-Evanism and the third are the ideals of Left-Libertarianism.

The Libertarian Socialist Party promotes a social-liberal platform supporting social justice and promotes an economic platform influenced through Marxist-Evanism. The Libertarian Socialist Party takes the approach of "Limited-Enforcement" in regards to the government believing that the government should not interfere on the civil rights and liberties of individual citizens but believes in regulations and limitations to the power of industry. The Party attracts social progressives, small-government inclined persons and centrists.

As of the 113th Congress elections the party holds no seats in both the federal and state level.

Ideology
The ideology of the Libertarian Socialist Party consist of three main pillars, the United States Constitution, Marxist-Evanism and classical Libertarianism. It is the belief that the rights in the constitution shall not be infringed as they apply to individual citizens.

The U.S. Constitution
The Libertarian Socialist Party holds the constitution of the United States as its first pillar of the party platform. The party ideology believes in the rights of individuals and that they should not be infringed upon. Libertarian Socialist platform is for the protection of the rights to bear arms and the rights to marry. The party is opposed to gun control legislation as a violation of a persons second amendment rights. The right to marriage has been affirmed by the supreme courts of the past and thus is an uninfringeable right for American citizens, therefore the party is in favor of the right to marry for gay and lesbian citizens.

Marxist-Evanism
The Libertarian Socialist Party holds the ideology of Marxist-Evanism as its second pillar of the party platform. The Marxist-Evanist ideology is an interpretation of Marxism and Libertarian Socialism. Unlike Marxist-Leninism the ideology of Marxist-Evanism does not believe in state control but state incentive. Through democratic means slowly the forces of production will go into the hands of the workers and exploitation shall cease. Marxist-Evanism also advocates a market economy where the means of production are either cooperatively owned or owned through a system of representatives. Marxist-Evanism is also influenced by Libertarian Socialism, which holds the idea that the state is not a system for liberation but rather a system of repression. This is adapted in Marxist-Evanist ideology, the state is present but limited.

Left-Libertarianism
The Libertarian Socialist Party holds the ideology of Left-Libertarianism. The main concepts of Left-Libertarianism are adapted to fit the party platform. The anti-authoritative nature of Libertarianism is adapted through the means of Marxist-Evanism, in which it is stated "A state can be limited in its oppressiveness if those elected are to serve in a manner which does not favor the exploitation of the worker, a gradual transformation of logic will take place as a movement in the citizenry will be aided by the representatives in the state." Anti-authoritarianism is mixed with a protection of personal liberties and rights awarded to citizens in the constitution. This mixing of ideology allows for ideological flexibility within the party. In addition by the means of democracy Left-Libertarians and furthermore Libertarian Socialists can both be active in the citizenry and in the state.

Economic Policy:

 * Revision of Social Security
 * Tax Cuts for Small Businesses, Middle Class Americans and Cooperatives
 * Tax incentives for Cooperatives and Worker-Owned businesses
 * Promotion of legislation equalizing work and profit
 * Support for the Affordable Care Act
 * Revision in spending on Public Education
 * Protection and expansion of the rights of Unions
 * Reduction of the burden of student loans
 * Promotion of legislation implementing taxation on emissions and ground pollution
 * Reform of defense spending
 * Support for Senator Elizabeth Warren's Equal Pay for Equal Work initiative

Social Policy:

 * Implementing Reform of Financing of Political Campaigns
 * Supporting Marriage Equality and the right to marry
 * Supporting the right to have an abortion
 * Supporting Immigration Reform including certain proposals from Senator Rand Paul
 * Supporting the separation of church and state
 * Opposing infringement on the freedom to own assault weapons and other firearms
 * Opposing infringement on the freedom of the Internet
 * Opposing infringement on sensible access to reproductive care
 * Opposing infringement on the right to religious expression (or lack there of)

The Official Animal
The official animal of the Libertarian Socialist Party is the Star Lion. Dubbed the "Che Lion" by some due to its resemblance to Che Guevara. The lion was officially adopted as the party animal in 2014. The lion was meant to represent the force of the proletariat or the working class and the spirit of Democracy and peoples rule. The figure of a lion is the incarnation of both the powers of the working class and the power of democratic rule. The Star Lion is most recognized as the logo for the party, however the official party Logo is the Quad-Star.

The Official Logo
The official logo of the party is the Quad-Star logo which encompasses the four truths of the Libertarian Socialist Party. Each slice of the star represents one truth either, reason, democracy, workers power or Science. Reason is attributed to the star because it is through reason to which we explore the universe. Democracy is attributed to the star because there can be no Socialism without democracy. Workers power is attributed to the star because of the intense power workers yield. Science is the final expression in the star because of the wonder of science and how it can not just educate but liberate.