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New Alliance Party | |
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| Founded | 1979 |
| Dissolved | mid-1990s |
| Succeeded by | Patriot Party |
| Ideology | Left-wing populism Left-wing nationalism Socialist feminism Revolutionary socialism Minority rights Anti-Zionism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| International affiliation | International Workers Party |
| Colors | Magenta |
The New Alliance Party (NAP) was an American political party formed in New York City in 1979. Its immediate precursor was an umbrella organization known as the Labor Community Alliance for Change, whose member groups included the Coalition of Grass Roots Women and the New York City Unemployed and Welfare Council. These groups were all associated with controversial psychologist and political activist Fred Newman, whose radical healthcare collectives, Centers for Change and Marxist International Workers Party, were active in grassroots politics in New York City.
The NAP's first chairperson was then-South Bronx City Councilman Gilberto Gerena-Valentin, a veteran political activist from Puerto Rico.[1] The party is notable for getting African-American psychologist Lenora Fulani on the ballot in all 50 states during her first presidential campaign in 1988, making her both the first African-American and woman to do so.
- ^ "Puerto Rican Imprint on the Voting Rights Act of 1965" (PDF). 10 November 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2006. Retrieved 2 May 2019.