EDIT: The original article I posted kinda sucked. I'll keep it here for posterity if people want to read it, but I'll replace it with a link @RedWizard posted with original resignation letter and the PSL internal response. If you want to read just the resignation letter with the PSL criticisms without any preamble, it is here.
EDIT 2: Here is the leaked PSL internal response.
Comment by @chana in the general thread: (Sorry to copy your comment here but it's the only comment I've seen so far on this and it's a good way to start off the discussion, along with summer discussion questions I'll add below)
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Notable resignation and letter from PSL Central Committee member and related fomenting split in Brooklyn over PSL being run as a bureaucratic clique (which many will already be aware of from speaking with various PSL members trying to do more than participate in protests). PSL is good at specific local levels despite the national level dysfunction, and the vast majority of its membership good comrades. But the criticisms certainly ring true to me and are reasonable to cite as existential flaws. There is a bit of clown nonsense from the top on a regular basis (like the call for a general strike, cited in the resignation letter, lmao that is baby liberal idealism stuff).
If you're currently unorganized don't let this stop you from joining, it is more important to be active and learn locally from any non-abusive left space than to do nothing organized.
Discussion Questions:
- There's a lot of PSL fans or members here so what do you think? Like overall on this news?
- Do the complaints have merit, or not? Do some do, and some don't? Which ones? -- If so, what does this mean for the left in the US? What are the solutions and what is the path from here? -- If not, why don't you think so? And what does it mean for the left in terms of factionalism and splitting?
- Do you still recommend the PSL as an organization to join? What about the DSA? Join the Democratic Party? FRSO?
Apparently PSL leadership wrote a response, which the reddit thread mentioned was publicly available, but didn't link. Is that available somewhere?
I'm still looking for one. It's not been officially published, and it's not the PSL's policy to make statements on internal issues except where it would be more distracting not to. previously, they have made public statements and then removed then when the accuser unpublished their statements.
Remains to be seen if the PSL mods here will censor links to unapproved publications of the CC response out of some commitment to party discipline.
If anyone that mods Hexbear removes something PSL related because they're a PSL member and are using their power here to further their goals there I would immediately demand that mod be demodded and everyone else should too.
You can find it here: https://clarion.unity-struggle-unity.org/2026-06-16-the-psl-letters/ scroll down, both letters are represented here. I'm not sure how Clarion/USU got a hold of this letter, so take that for what it's worth.
I think I'm going to replace my article link which this link if it shows both letters. Thanks!
I've posted it in this thread