The Day Tom Brady Retired
By Bryan Watson Today, Tom Brady retired. It’s been weighing on my mind. Tom Brady is like John Madden or Betty White – cultural icons that have passed. Most people in the US have heard of them. They filled decades. …
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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.
R&R Amendments for the DSA Convention: “Toward a Mass Party in the United States”
DSA’s National Convention is fast approaching: August 1 – 8, 2021. A major issue facing the DSA Convention is how we should relate to the Democratic Party.
Biden’s “Paradigm Change”
The End of Neoliberalism and the Difficulty of Developing a New, Stable Regime of Capital Accumulation “It changes the paradigm,” Joe Biden said on March 12, celebrating the passing of the $1.9 trillion stimulus package in Congress. “For the first …
DSA’s Platform Draft: Let’s Talk about Building Power
DSA’s draft platform is a good starting point to unite our broad, multi-tendency, democratic socialist organization in the fight for socialism. It would be stronger if it outlined how the working class can build the power to get there.
Winning the Dirty Break Under Biden: What next for DSA?
The day after voting in the 2020 general election was over, the moderate wing of the Democratic Party immediately went on the offensive. “We need to not ever use the word ‘socialist’ or ‘socialism’ ever again. . . . We lost good …