DSA

DSA-LA members should vote against endorsing Nithya Raman for Mayor. She doesn’t share our politics.

Workers Deserve More has proven successful in building DSA’s profile and provides a unifying message for all our candidates to champion.

There are elections where nothing happens — this is often the case — but every once in a while there are elections where big things happen. The back-to-back primaries in New York on June 23 and in Colorado on June 30 were both the latter kind of event.

DSA’s National Political Committee passed a set of four national priorities in April. NPC member Ella T. of Bread & Roses explains what’s in the priorities, why they’re important, and what it means that it was so hard to persuade the NPC that priorities are worth having.

To win socialism, we will need to convince millions of people to become political actors in ways they never have before. To do that, we need robust political education and a truly democratic organization.

This year, DSA can elect a bench of socialists on a shared platform and form a bloc in Congress. One plank in that platform should be no more military aid to Israel. To do this successfully requires moving AOC to oppose the Iron Dome.

Socialist democracy requires membership bodies having the ability to actively govern themselves.

This summer’s DSA National Convention showed consensus around past major issues within the organization. But new divisions will likely continue to emerge.

DSA members need opportunities to talk politics without trying to win votes. 

Convention was just the first step. If we want to be ready for May Day 2028 and the next presidential primaries, it’s time to organize to bring our decisions to life.