Hiding our goals is no way to win
A response to Ben Burgis
by brian bean and Thomas Hummelbrian bean and Thomas Hummel respond to Ben Burgis’s recent Jacobin article, “The Point of Politics is to Convince People, Not Grandstand.”
Within and without?
A great red hope in NYC’s mayoral race
by BC HamiltonBC Hamilton explains that Zohran Mamdani’s bid for mayor represents the ongoing battle and committed political tactics of the DSA’s inside-out approach. This is the playbook that Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez, and Mamdani have stuck with: democratic socialists who run as Democrats and, when they win, continue to operate within the Democratic Party, forming a left wing inside of whatever body they happen to join, be it in the United States Congress or New York’s 150-person Assembly.
DSA never recovered from Bowman
Assessing DSA’s membership figures, 2020-2024
by Andy SernatingerAndy Sernatinger looks at the numbers and diagnoses DSA’s rise and slide.
DSA’s budget crisis has been a long time coming
The sick man of the socialist movement
by Andy SernatingerAndy Sernatinger assesses the severe budget crisis that has surfaced within the Democratic Socialists of America.
DSA after the 2023 convention
Another view
by Giselle Gerolami, Ron Lare, and Peter SolenbergerThe window for revolutionaries in the DSA is still open, if “open” means the opportunity to work with other socialists in the unions and movements, to win a layer of activists to revolutionary politics, and to advance the projects of left and revolutionary regroupment, argue Tempest members Giselle Gerolami, Ron Lare, and Peter Solenberger.
The DSA moment is over
by Andy Sernatinger
Andy Sernatinger looks at the crisis facing the Democratic Socialists of America, arguing that DSA’s ‘moment’ has passed.
Racism, self-determination, and the dissolution of the Palestine working group
A reflection on the DSA Convention
by Naomi BennetThe DSA voted to dissolve the BDS and Palestine Solidarity Working Group (BDSWG) and force it into the International Committee despite protest from both groups. To ignore the gravity of this decision and its implications would be a disastrous mistake–a mistake reflected in the celebration of the new DSA leadership.
Did the DSA Convention Move Left?
by Andy Sernatinger
Andy Sernatinger analyzes the developments from DSA’s 2023 National Convention.
Trapped in the Democratic Party
The Left, Bidenomics, and socialist strategy
by Ashley SmithTempest’s Ashley Smith describes how Joe Biden’s economic program represents “imperialist Keynesianism” designed to rival China, ameliorate domestic social inequalities, and neutralize challenges from both the Left and the Trumpian right. The Left must build an alternative.
The blush is off the rose
DSA and the revolutionary Left
by Natalia TylimAhead of the Democratic Socialists of America’s 2023 Convention, Natalia Tylim assesses the state of the organization.