Canvassing for Bernie and Building DSA
Let’s recruit an army of new socialist organizers now, and then use that army to get out the vote for Bernie in 2020 and build our movement.
Let’s recruit an army of new socialist organizers now, and then use that army to get out the vote for Bernie in 2020 and build our movement.
Many progressives fail to distinguish between the politics of class struggle and class compromise. That’s why it’s important that candidates DSA endorses get behind Bernie Sanders and his vision of building a working-class movement.
DSA needs to back class-struggle candidates without apology. We can’t afford to compromise on this question.
As DSA ramps up our electoral work, we need a national strategy for recruiting, running, and supporting class struggle candidates.
Let’s take on direct service strategically, and only when it builds the power of our class to fight.
Insurrectionary strategies for winning socialism in the U.S. depend on a faulty wager — and block our way to building a real base.
Changing the balance of power in society will require strategic direct action that imposes real costs on elites.
The Green New Deal is one of the most important new demands to emerge on the Left in the United States. DSA must make it a central part of our strategy for saving the planet and winning socialism.
In 2019, socialists should prioritize building a Bernie 2020 campaign and the struggle for Medicare for All, supporting labor militancy and mobilizations against oppression, launching a Green New Deal campaign, and strengthening DSA’s political education programs.
As the beginning of the 2020 presidential campaign draws closer, DSA chapters need to start thinking about how their Bernie campaign work will advance class politics and build a mass movement.