A Marxist Caucus of the Democratic Socialists of America
By Jonathan Kay Understanding the Far-Right Threat in Order to Fight It The growth of the far right in the US has taken on troubling proportions. Stimulated by the success of Donald Trump’s far-right populism, small but nonetheless dangerous openly-fascist …
The Racist History of Voter Suppression By Meg Morrigan According to the Brennan Center, a progressive institute in New York, 2021 was a banner year for voter restriction legislation. There were more than 440 bills introduced in 49 states that …
End the Cycle of Terrorism: No War, Racism, and Scapegoating! Originally published September 18, 2001 In light of the twentieth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks and the US defeat in Afghanistan, we are reposting this statement written by …
If DSA avoids approaching mutual aid as a prefigurative project, designed to bypass a direct struggle for political power, socialists can help connect working people’s self-organization for immediate survival needs to an effective strategy to win socialism.
“I believe I’m going to die doing the things I was born to do. I believe I’m going to die high off the people. I believe I’m going to die a revolutionary in the international revolutionary proletarian struggle.” The story …
The violent storming of Congress on January 6th, the culmination of Trump’s bid to steal the election, provoked a tidal wave of disgust. The potential still exists to mobilize popular outrage into mass action to drive back the right, and …
This is a cynical attempt by Trump to undermine Republican lawmakers who refuse to sanction his conspiracy, to weaken their political standing among their constituencies, and set the stage to levy challenges against them in the 2022 primaries.
Socialists must strive to unite the working class by supporting the struggles of oppressed groups and workers against their oppression and exploitation, such as the demand for reparations, while targeting the capitalist ruling class who has a vested interest in reproducing racist oppression.
It’s widely feared that Biden’s attempts to return to “normalcy” will pave the way for a potentially even more dangerous far-right demagogue than Trump. This places an urgent responsibility on the small but growing forces of the organized left to build a serious and fighting political alternative.
Originally posted on www.SeattleDSA.org The movement for Black Lives scored a significant victory on Tuesday in the fight to defund the Seattle Police Department, when the city council overrode Mayor Durkan’s veto! Back in August the movement pressured the City Council to …
