Analysis of Candidates: Stewart Alexander

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Stewart Alexander

Stewart Alexander is a Democratic Socialist politician who is running for president of the US. Formerly a member of the Air Force Reserve, Alexander is a fine example of the self-made man. He paid for his college education through hard work, eventually becoming a well-known politician who ran for for Mayor of California, Lieutenant Governor of California, and for Vice President in 2008. Each campaign was highly unsuccessful. Alexander currently resides in Virginia and works closely with the Socialist Party.


Alexander's campaign webpage lists his stance on many important issues of our time:


"The Socialist Party stands for the abolition of every form of domination and exploitation, whether based on social class, gender, race/ethnicity, age, education, sexual orientation, or other characteristics.

We are committed to the transformation of capitalism through the creation of a democratic socialist society based on compassion, empathy, and respect as well as the development of new social structures.  Socialism will establish a new social and economic order in which workers and community members will take responsibility for and control of their interpersonal relationships, their neighborhoods, their local government, and the production and distribution of all goods and services.

For these reasons we call for social ownership and democratic control of productive resources, for a guarantee to all of the right to participate in societal production, and to a fair share of society's product, in accordance with individual needs.

As we pursue a socialist transformation of society, we join with others in making radical demands on the existing system: demands that challenge the basic assumptions of a capitalist market economy while pointing the way to a new society. Although reforms will not in themselves bring about socialism, the fight for them will advance the cause by demonstrating the inherent limitations and injustice of the capitalist system. As we build the socialist movement, we organize around a platform committed to our common and interdependent struggles and aspirations."

"We stand in total opposition to U.S. imperialism and the current “war on terror”."


"focusing on production for need not profit"


"municipal ownership and control of energy plants, in a non-profit and decentralized, but coordinated, system that ensures the most careful use of natural resources."

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