Ten Years After the Québec Student Strike: What a Mass Movement Feels Like
Ten years after a massive student strike won a huge victory in Québec, we asked a participant about the lessons she’s drawn and how that movement changed her life.
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What Happened in Chile
Chileans rejected a new constitution, dealing a setback to the left and progressive forces.
Put Politics First
A political movement without a shared analysis and sense of purpose is bound to flounder. National DSA could be stronger if it developed a shared understanding of the world and clearer political goals. By “putting politics first” we can start to build both.
A Mass Socialist Organization to Meet the Moment
In a recent article Nick French and Jeremy Gong make the case for a new mass organization to “win a political revolution.” The American Left, instead, should prioritize improving its budding mass socialist organization into one that can meet the political moment.
How the Green New Deal Became the Inflation Reduction Act and Lost Its Soul
The Inflation Reduction Act is nothing like the Green New Deal and is a sad end to that once promising movement. The most optimistic models expect a 40% reduction in carbon emissions, whereas doing nothing at all would get us 24-35%.
Why DSA’s Next Convention Should Be Held in Person
The takeaways from YDSA’s convention success are clear: By bringing organizers together in real-life space, we grant each other the grace necessary to carry out debate that is intense, sophisticated, and productive, all while ensuring respect and comradeship.
Return to Teamster Power
UPS Teamsters face a big contract fight next year. With the opening created by new union leadership, socialists can help them win.
Socialists Need a Clear Confrontational Strategy to Win
DSA should use our electoral campaigns and elected offices to raise working-class consciousness and build working-class organization. That means rejecting attempts to placate the Democratic Party establishment.
From the Long Resignation to the Great Awakening?
Unionization campaigns at Amazon and Starbucks show that we might just be living through the start of a new wave of worker organizing. Socialists need to go all in.
To Fight the Warmongers, DSA Needs Clear Politics and Strong Leadership
Recent attacks on DSA’s statements on Russia’s invasion reveal serious weaknesses in our perspective on world events. To win the battle of ideas, we need a democratic, internationalist approach that we can all defend.