On May 26th, 1973, the modern Socialist Party USA was founded, which continues to be active to this day. As of 2012, party membership hovers around 1,500. The SPUSA released a commemorative 40th anniversary journal on May 31st, 2013. This eleven page journal, soon to be published as a hard copy, chronicles the party’s history.
The journal is available below:
http://socialistparty-usa.org/anniversaryjournal.pdf

Here’s something many socialists and many libertarians would agree on:
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Thanks, paulie!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_party_usa
The Socialist Party USA (SPUSA) is a multi-tendency democratic-socialist party in the United States. The party states that it is the rightful continuation and successor to the tradition of the Socialist Party of America, which had lasted from 1901 to 1972.
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Founded May 30, 1973
Perhaps Darcy could explain to those of us who don’t know the history of the Socialist Party as to why this is the 40th anniversary and not the 113th or whatever.