DSA

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.

Comrades from 40 unions, social movements, and socialist parties across the globe came to confer with DSA and pave the way for May Day 2028.

DSA’s 2024 platform, Workers Deserve More, has been a huge success for chapters using it to organize and recruit new members. Passing “R34 Workers Deserve More, Forever” will allow us to continue using and improving this already successful platform. 

Detroit DSA’s experiment with digital democracy has been a failure. Delegates should oppose expanding the 1M1V model to the national organization or their own chapters.

For several years now, DSA has been able to successfully use technological tools owned by capitalists and Democratic Party allies. Socialists need our own version of these tools. 

What should DSA prioritize in building an independent party—a socialist identity, or structural roots in the working class? Mike S. makes a case that the path to a socialist party starts with building the base.

Zohran’s campaign shows that executive races have the best ability to reach working people. To recreate the effects of Zohran’s campaign at a national level, delegates at the 2025 DSA convention should vote for R33. 

Laura Wadlin charts DSA’s transformation from fringe force to national phenomenon — and the fights along the way.