New American Left National Committee

The New American Left National Committee (NALNC) is the governing body of the New American Left.

History

Committees

First Committee

The founding members of the party, Irene Taylor, Oliwer Stołów, Bruce Hill, Dushon Marshall, and Koko, comprised the party's first National Committee. Its primary activities surrounded further coalescing and forming the New American Left as a possible home for disenfranchised leftists, liberals, and progressives. To both internal and external disagreement, the First National Committee voted against nominating a party candidate for the 2022 November Presidential election, citing in a released memo the relative youth of the party and its relative lack of manpower, campaign resources, and political capital.

Second Committee

Bruce Hill, party founder and central propagator of the party's growth and eventual success, resigned on October 29, 2022. Tonantzin Mariategui was elected to fill the open seat in a party-wide special election. The Second National Committee was short-lived and served as a placeholder between the First and Third.

Third Committee

While the First National Committee was composed only of party founders, the Third National Committee was subject to a party-wide election. Nine members in all ran for the five seats. Irene Taylor and Dushon Marshall remained on the committee, with Joey DiCarlo and Esteban joining as new members during the first round of voting, and Koko securing his spot on the committee after a runoff against Tonantzin Mariategui and Chuck Stewart. Tonantzin Mariategui and Oliwer Stołów lost their seats.

The Third National Committee was the most active, controversial, and involved of any New American Left governing body. The Third National Committee oversaw the party's success in the November 2022 federal elections, wherein the party stampeded to a veto-proof majority in the House and a bare majority in the Senate. Among the Third National Committee's central actions was the passage of several constitutional amendments, the coordination of its new caucuses, and the controversial expulsion of Representative Kammerer from the party. The Third National Committee also met with former Attorney General Draven Prince, a point of contention and controversy in the party's future.

The Third National Committee also oversaw and was directly involved in the Small Exodus. Committee members Koko and Dushon Marshall left the party within days of each other in late December, suddenly leaving two seats in the body absent. The party's internal governance and coordination stagnated as a result, with member activity outside the party stalling for several weeks as well.

However, in the brief period between Koko's resignation and Marshall's departure, the National Committee passed the Five Points Forward plan, a non-binding legislative agenda to guide members of the party in the formulation of bills and congressional measures. It included a push for a tax on megacorporations, the empowerment of unions, the investment of federal funds into environmentally-friendly public works projects, an overhaul of the national healthcare system, and an affirmation of reparative support for those impacted by generational injustice.

Fourth Committee

The Fourth National Committee, also called the Trio, was a transitional committee composed of Irene Taylor, Esteban, and Joey DiCarlo. In the post-Exodus period, the committee's activity stalled as inactivity within and outside of the committee made governance of any kind increasingly difficult. The Fourth National Committee, like the Second, was a placeholder that served to consolidate the party's ranks in the wake of several national blunders.

Fifth Committee

On January 7th, 2023, that period of stagnation came to an end with the announcement of another party-wide election to fill the two open party seats.

The Fifth National Committee, the New American Left's present governing body, is composed of Irene Taylor, Esteban, Joey DiCarlo, Oliwer Stołów, and, for the first time, Chuck Stewart.