Here are some links I posted on Indymedia dealing with a situation with PSL(Party for Socialism and Liberation) which is the main organizer behind the ANSWER Coalition.
These are for some threatening and harassing messages I received which clearly implicate the character of PSL/ANSWER and the brand of “leaders” they keep.
Dealing with PSL and ANSWER #1 nati 2010-06-08 2:31 PM Harassing messages from PSL/ANSWER people http://la.indymedia.org/news/2010/06/240060.php
Here is a more general piece. While this is fundamentally a personal account, the broader political concerns brought up in here should be readily apparent. These issues are varied and include an undemocratic, dogmatic and unaccountable leadership who thinks it is okay to shout people down, stifle open discussion and force people to vote for things they do not agree with. Maybe due to these unaccountable and undemocratic tendencies the PSL has manifested an unsettling number of behaviors. These include the promotion of leadership with a disturbing amount of class privilege and chauvinist tendencies, the cover up of domestic violence and other pathological behaviors and the promotion and protection of people who snitch on fellow comrades for the sake of “loyalty.” The list could go on to include many things like machismo, outright lies, favoritism, etc, but a main thread that emerges is the hypocrisy and level of double standards. The PSL and ANSWER posit themselves as a progressive group but do not seem capable of holding themselves to any number of progressive principles. When abiding by a principle seems too inconvenient they seem to default to a form of exceptionalism which borders on the ridiculous. For the PSL there are no patterns of behavior, everything is just a mistake or an isolated incident. If anything the converse is put forth when people raise concerns. Your concerns can always be treated as exceptional and thus they have no merit, at which point you can be promptly ignored. However, this second piece should give a general perspective: Dealing with PSL and ANSWER #2 nati 2010-06-08 2:26 PM
General summation re PSL/ANSWERhttp://la.indymedia.org/news/2010/06/240058.php
Finally, this is my original resignation letter. It might be a little too detailed or specific to the party, but it details the initial undemocratic issue which brought things to a head.
Dealing with PSL and ANSWER #3 nati 2010-06-08 2:22 PM Resignation letter to PSL (text/plain)http://la.indymedia.org/news/2010/06/240057.php