instance_of socialist party of michigan
Multi - tendency political organisations , especially left - ___MASK25___ groups , accommodate members who are affiliated to or identify with different political ideologies , agendas , interests or perspectives . The word has been used to describe groupings of social democrats , socialists , communists , environmentalists , human rights advocates , anti - war activists , feminists , African - American activists , anti - racist and anti - fascist activists as well as anarchists who work together in support of a common cause . Multi - tendency pluralistic groups are distinguished from those groups that strictly adhere to a party line or a stringent credo . Michigan is a ___MASK96___ in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States . The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word " mishigamaa ", meaning " large ___MASK20___ " or " large lake ". Michigan is the tenth most populous of the 50 United States , with the 11th most extensive total area ( the largest ___MASK96___ by total area east of the Mississippi ___MASK81___ ). Its capital is Lansing , and its largest city is Detroit . Detroit is the most populous ___MASK41___ in the U . S . state of Michigan , the fourth - largest ___MASK41___ in the Midwest and the largest ___MASK41___ on the United States  Canada ___MASK36___ . It is the seat of Wayne County , the most populous county in the state . Social Democrats , USA ( SDUSA ) is an ___MASK68___ of U . S . social democrats , that had been called the Socialist Party of America ( SP ) until the 1972 convention where it changed its name to SDUSA to clarify its objectives . The Socialist ___MASK13___ of America was a multi - tendency democratic - socialist and social - democratic ___MASK18___ in the United States , formed in 1901 by a merger between the three - year - old Social Democratic ___MASK13___ of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor ___MASK13___ which had split from the main organization in 1899 . A U . S . ___MASK96___ is a constituent political entity of the United States of America . There are 50 states , which are bound together in a union with each other . Each ___MASK96___ holds administrative jurisdiction over a defined geographic territory , and shares its sovereignty with the United States ___MASK100___ . Due to the shared sovereignty between each ___MASK96___ and the ___MASK100___ , Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the ___MASK96___ in which they reside . State citizenship and residency are flexible , and no government approval is required to move between states , except for persons covered by certain types of court orders ( e . g ., paroled convicts and children of divorced spouses who are sharing custody ). The Socialist ___MASK13___ of Michigan ( SPMI ) is the ___MASK96___ chapter of the Socialist ___MASK13___ USA in the U . S . ___MASK96___ of Michigan . The Socialist ___MASK13___ of the United States of America ( SPUSA ), usually simplified as Socialist ___MASK13___ USA or Socialist ___MASK13___ , is a multi - tendency democratic socialist ___MASK13___ in the United States . The SPUSA was founded in 1973 as a successor to the Socialist ___MASK13___ of America , which had been renamed Social Democrats , USA a ___MASK87___ before . Sovereignty is understood in ___MASK8___ as the full right and power of a ___MASK26___ to govern itself without any interference from outside sources or bodies . In political ___MASK70___ , sovereignty is a substantive term designating supreme authority over some polity . It is a basic ___MASK66___ underlying the dominant Westphalian model of state foundation . Americans are citizens of the United States of America . The ___MASK6___ is ___MASK44___ to ___MASK74___ of many different national origins . As a result , Americans do not equate their ___MASK27___ with ethnicity , but with citizenship and allegiance . Although citizens make up the majority of Americans , non - citizen residents , dual citizens , and expatriates may also claim an American identity . The Mississippi ___MASK81___ is the chief ___MASK81___ of the largest drainage system on the North American ___MASK2___ . Flowing entirely in the United States ( although its drainage basin reaches into Canada ), it rises in northern Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi ___MASK81___ Delta at the Gulf of Mexico . With its many tributaries , the Mississippi ' s watershed drains all or parts of 31 U . S . states and 2 Canadian provinces between the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains . The Mississippi ranks as the fourth longest and fifteenth largest ___MASK81___ in the world by discharge . The ___MASK81___ either borders or passes through the states of Minnesota , Wisconsin , Iowa , Illinois , Missouri , Kentucky , Tennessee , Arkansas , Mississippi , and Louisiana . The Great Lakes ( also called the Laurentian Great Lakes , or the Great Lakes of North America ) are a ___MASK63___ of interconnected freshwater lakes located primarily in the upper mid - east region of North America , on the Canada  United States ___MASK36___ , which connect to the Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lawrence ___MASK81___ . Consisting of Lakes Superior , Michigan , Huron ( or Michigan  Huron ), Erie , and Ontario , they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth , containing 21 % of the world ' s surface fresh water by volume . The total surface is , and the total volume ( measured at the low water datum ) is . Due to their sea - like characteristics ( rolling waves , sustained winds , strong currents , great depths , and distant horizons ) the five Great Lakes have also long been referred to as " inland seas ". Lake Superior is the second largest lake in the world by area , and Lake Michigan is the largest lake that is entirely within one country . The southern half of the Great Lakes is bordered by the Great Lakes Megalopolis . A federal ___MASK10___ is a federation of states with a republican form of ___MASK98___ . At its core , the literal meaning of the word ___MASK10___ when used to reference a form of ___MASK98___ means : " a country that is governed by elected representatives and by an elected leader ( such as a president ) rather than by a king or queen ".