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Colorado Springs Socialists

Founded	2016
Dissolved	2020
Merged into	Democratic Socialists of America
Headquarters	Colorado Springs, Co
Newspaper	Rocky Mountain Revolution
Ideology	Marxism Socialism Non-Tendency
Political position	Far-left
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cssocialists.com
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Colorado Springs Socialists was a small organization located in the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado.

History

The CSS was initially founded as a Marxist reading group in the Autumn of 2016, before developing into a formal political organization in 2017. By late 2018, the group exceeded 100 members,^{[citation needed]} operating on two university campuses and in the city of Pueblo, Colorado.^[1] In January 2020 the group announced on their Facebook page that they would be dissolving and merging into the DSA Communist Caucus.^[2]

Ideology

The CSS was an organization that holds the position that capitalism must be abolished and replaced with a socialist based political and economic structure. The organization took a non-tendency position on Marxism and Socialism, accepting Democratic Socialists, Anarchists, Libertarian socialists, Left Communists, Maoists and Trotskyists.^[1] The CSS was involved in a project called the Marxist Center, an attempt to unite other non-tendency revolutionary socialist organizations across the United States into "the first nation-wide, non-tendency Marxist organization."^[3]

Police infiltration and arrests

In March 2017, four members of the CSS were arrested during "March Against Imperialism" protest in downtown Colorado Springs, on charges of obstructing traffic ways, a misdemeanor crime in Colorado.^[4]^[5] The CSS referred to these arrests as the "Trial of the Socialist Six", alleging The Colorado Springs Police Department took part in outrageous conduct, endangering of protesters,^[6] and frequently participating in arbitrary arrests.^[7] On August 2, 2017 Colorado Springs Independent writer Nat Stein uncovered body-camera footage of Colorado Springs officers discussing the infiltration of the organization.^[8] The Colorado Springs Police Force placed two undercover officers, under the aliases of "Mark" and "Amy", into the CSS as part of a surveillance of the organization.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b "About - Colorado Springs Socialists". cssocialists.com. Archived from the original on 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
^ "Colorado Springs Socialists". facebook.com.
^ "About | Colorado Springs Socialists". cssocialists.com. Archived from the original on 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
^ Benzel, Lance (24 May 2018). "4 members of socialist group dodge jail time after arrests at Colorado Springs protest march". Colorado Springs Gazette. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
^ Benzel, Lance (30 March 2018). "Jury: Colorado Springs protesters infiltrated by undercover officers guilty of blocking traffic". Colorado Springs Gazette. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
^ Stein, Nat. "Socialists get arrested for marching in the streets". Colorado Springs Independent.
^ "Trial of the Socialist Six - Rocky Mountain Revolution". cssocialists.com. Archived from the original on 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
^ Stein, Nat. "Jaywalking case exposes law enforcement embedded in far-left group". Colorado Springs Independent.
^ Stein, Nat. "Undercover officers take the stand to explain infiltration of local Socialists". Colorado Springs Independent. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

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+The CSS was an organization that holds the position that capitalism must be abolished and replaced with a socialist based political and economic structure. The organization took a non-tendency position on Marxism and Socialism, accepting [[Democratic socialism|Democratic Socialists]], [[Anarchists]], [[Libertarian socialists]], [[Left Communists]], [[Maoists]] and [[Trotskyists]].<ref name="cssocialists.com"/> The CSS was involved in a project called the Marxist Center, an attempt to unite other non-tendency revolutionary socialist organizations across the United States into "the first nation-wide, non-tendency Marxist organization."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cssocialists.com/about.html|title=About {{!}} Colorado Springs Socialists|website=cssocialists.com|access-date=2019-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130071626/https://cssocialists.com/about.html|archive-date=2018-11-30|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 ==Police infiltration and arrests==

Revision as of 13:12, 6 November 2023

History

Ideology

Police infiltration and arrests

References