“No Contract, No Snacks!”
DSA Reform and Revolution member and Teamster Jesse Dreyer speaks at a solidarity rally (on a bicycle-powered PA system) for striking Nabisco workers in Portland, OR.
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An Unlikely Alliance: Ecosocialists Join Forces with Unions to Push the PRO Act
An unlikely alliance between ecosocialists and organized labor has led to an impressive outreach campaign that’s responsible for pushing two of the most conservative Democrats in the Senate, Joe Manchin (WV) and Angus King (ME), into co-signing the PRO Act with the majority of their Democratic colleagues.
A Review of DSA’s National Convention: Part Two
continue here with Part Two of our political review of DSA’s recent National Convention. Part One provided a general overview of the convention and analyzed the new political platform that was adopted. Part Three, which will be published later this week, will assess DSA’s democracy, analyze its stalling growth so far under Biden, and draw some overall conclusions about the state of DSA.
A Review of DSA’s National Convention: Part One
A Movement on the March — but Serious Challenges Ahead We are publishing a three-part series reviewing the recent National Convention of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Below is Part One which includes an introductory overview and a review …
DSA Convention: On the Recent Developments around the Renewal Slate for the NPC
On Monday, August 2, on the third day of the DSA National Convention, three of the candidates of the Renewal slate for the National Political Committee (NPC) were accused of undemocratic, bullying, and abusive behavior. All the allegations deserve a …
DSA Convention: R&R’s cheat sheet for candidates for DSA’s National Political Committee (NPC)
Who should lead DSA? The National Political Committee (NPC) is DSA’s highest decision-making body between biennial conventions. 16 members of the NPC will be elected by the convention this week. Unfortunately, the election is not very competitive with only 20 …
For a DSA Platform that Spells out the Need for a Rupture with Capitalism
The draft platform is overall politically good, but we are concerned that it does not mention any need for a rupture with capitalism, the power of the capitalist class, and its state. We are a big tent organization – and …
Video – Sanders, Corbyn, SYRIZA: How Can the Left Change the World?
Paul Murphy, a revolutionary socialist member of the Irish parliament (TD), speaks with convention delegates at a self-organized breakout session during the 2021 DSA National Convention. Since the Great Recession, the socialist left and the populist right have experienced a …
Why DSA Should NOT Join the Sao Paulo Forum
Since the DSA National Convention will be considering joining the Sao Paolo Forum, Dan La Botz published a report he wrote as a DSA participant in the 2016 meeting of that forum. He argues against DSA becoming a member of …
The Ultimate DSA Convention Voting Guide
R&R’s Convention Voting Guide Platform, Resolutions, Secondary Amendments, and Constitution and Bylaw Changes Proposed to the 2021 DSA National Convention Resources: Resolutions | Platform and Platform Amendments | Constitution and Bylaw Changes | Secondary Amendments to Resolutions | Secondary Amendments …