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Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)

Denver DSA Makes Democratic Party More Palatable

Members of the DSA in Denver introduced an “anti-capitalist plank” into the local Democratic Party constitution. Is this really the way forward to build socialism?

Juan Cruz Ferre

April 2, 2018

Harnessing Anti-Trumpism for More Strategic Resistance

Now that Trump’s first SOTU address has come and gone, we’ve hit a milestone for reflection on the ways that mobilization has and hasn’t happened.

Lily Cichanowicz

February 3, 2018

A Party for the Battles to Come

With thousands of people in the U.S. embracing socialist ideas the question of how to build a party becomes a critical one. While important lessons can be drawn from the biggest socialist parties of the 20th century, we should also keep an eye on the present struggles of the working class.

Nicolás Daneri

January 23, 2018

District Attorney: No Role For a Socialist

A DSA member ran for district attorney in New York City. Is this an appropriate ambition for a socialist?

Francesca Gomes

November 11, 2017

Anti-Trump Elections Signal Opening for Socialist Politics

Progressive candidates and even socialist candidates did well in Tuesday's election. How can we use this to build a mass anti-capitalist movement?

Tatiana Cozzarelli

November 10, 2017

DSA Votes for BDS, Reparations, and Out of the Socialist International

A brief run-down on events at the DSA National Convention.

Juan Cruz Ferre

August 5, 2017

A Left Rooted in the Working Class – Interview with Kim Moody

In an interview with Left Voice - InFocus, labor scholar and socialist activist Kim Moody speaks about the changing nature of the production process and the challenges for the left to build militant rank-and-file organizations in key points of production.

Kim Moody

August 3, 2017

Deliver Us to the Lesser Evil: How Social Movements Bury Themselves in the Democratic Party

The Democratic Party has often been called “the graveyard of social movements,” and more often than not the social struggles in the United States end their useful lives digging their own graves in the DP, the alternative party of the capitalists.

Hart Eagleburger

July 28, 2017

From Social Democracy to World War

In his NYT op-ed, Jacobin's Bhaskar Sunkara makes a key omission-- ignoring the important experience of workers' democracy created by the soviets and the Left Opposition's struggle against Stalinism, led by Leon Trotsky. It is these omissions which allow him to equate social democracy with a real democracy for the working class.

Jimena Vergara

July 17, 2017