Why the 1-2-3-4 Plan is Essential to NYC-DSA’s Electoral Strategy
If NYC-DSA can centralize our comms work for our electoral campaigns, we can run more effective races that build popular identification with our project.
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UAWD and the Administration Caucus: Who Are They and Why Does It Matter?
The UAW’s longtime leadership is corrupt and undemocratic. In the union’s first-ever direct leadership election, a reform movement has a vision for change.
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.
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.