Yes, there is a CT PSL chapter…

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During the first week of July, the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) held an online “Introduction to Socialism” class that openly called for revolutionary upheaval in the US.

The moderator, Cameron — a longtime PSL activist from Los Angeles — told viewers that millions worldwide are turning to socialism. He insisted that “history has shown capitalism cannot exist without resistance, protest, and rebellion,” and boldly claimed a socialist revolution is possible “right here in the belly of the beast.”

The main presenters were Satia, a nurse and Atlanta PSL organizer, and Natalie Hrizi, a teacher-librarian, vice president of her San Francisco teachers’ union, and member of the PSL Central Committee.

Satia’s Vision of Socialism

Satia claimed 90 million Americans view socialism favorably and argued that “capitalists are losing their ideological grip.” She described socialism as the working class seizing full political and economic power to plan the economy for “people’s needs, not profit.”

Under her version of socialism:

• Billionaires like Elon Musk would cease to exist — their wealth would be "expropriated" (confiscated by the state) and placed under “public control.”
• Private hoarding of wealth would become illegal.
• The old capitalist state would be “smashed” and replaced by a new “workers’ democracy” and a new constitution with guaranteed rights like food, health, education, and housing.
• The 500 largest corporations would be "socialized, nationalized, collectivized, and brought into the ownership and control of the working class."
• All banks would be taken over and consolidated into a single state development bank.
• The Electoral College would be abolished, and Congress replaced by a “National People’s Assembly” and an “Assembly of Oppressed Nations.”

She painted capitalism as the root of all evil — poverty, inequality, racism, and exploitation — promising that socialism would immediately end homelessness, guarantee housing, healthcare, education, and childcare for all, while also defeating bigotry, sexism and achieving a “green transition.”

Natalie Hrizi’s History Lesson

Hrizi, a union leader, pushed for “socialist re-education” in schools. She highlighted what she called a suppressed “rich history of socialist struggle” in America and listed figures like Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Helen Keller, and Charlie Chaplin as socialists.

She praised communist organizing during the Great Depression, credited it with helping create Social Security, and recalled screening the pro-labor film Salt of the Earth for her 8th-grade class during the pandemic. Hrizi framed any criticism of socialism as repression and an “assault on free speech.”

Nothing bad about socialism or communism was said — not a single word.

Instead Hrizi describes socialism as what can seem like a "natural conclusion" to the "brutality and exploitation" of capitalism. She warned the capitalist system will never fully concede to socialism. That's why she says a "revolution is necessary."

Viva la revolución

During the Q&A, moderator Cameron made a key distinction: PSL isn’t interested in the watered-down “democratic socialism” of the DSA. They’re all-in on "revolutionary socialism."

Satia laid out plainly what that means: “We in the PSL believe that a revolution — a revolutionary struggle and a revolution — is necessary to win socialism in this country. Revolution is a process of smashing the old state and creating a new state.”

Cameron couldn’t contain his excitement, boasting, “The final victory of socialism is entirely possible in our lifetimes!” He urged all of the budding revolutionaries in the chat to join the PSL Action Network and start donating.

Hrizi doubled down, making it clear the PSL sees itself as part of the broader global communist movement. She argued that unlike the DSA, her organization believes a full socialist revolution and reconstruction can actually happen in their lifetime. She also reminded everyone that socialists have a special role to play in “defending public education” — from inside the teachers’ unions, of course.

PSL in Connecticut

The Party for Socialism and Liberation in Connecticut has been around since the national party’s founding in 2004. It maintains a presence in Hartford, New Haven, and other parts of the state.

While small in numbers, Connecticut’s PSL chapter remains highly visible at protests — frequently showing up with professionally printed black and white signs at “No Kings” protests, anti-war and "student intifada" actions. Palestine solidarity remains a central focus for them.

House Speaker Matt Ritter recently expressed being “agnostic” about CT DSA’s electoral efforts and “unconcerned” about the group overrunning the Democrat Party. However, he made no mention of the CT PSL chapter. The takeaway from Ritter’s comments is that Connecticut Democrats do not appear to view the socialist element within their party as a major threat to its core identity.

Meanwhile, House Minority Leader Vince Candelora lamented, “We don’t see leaders standing up to the notion that socialism is not a good thing for America.”

Are Democrats afraid to offend the radicals they have allowed to flourish inside their party… or are they quietly aligned with them?

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