A revolutionary socialist organizing project
DSA’s electoralism and building working-class infrastructures of dissent
by Hakan YilmazHakan Yilmaz argues that flip-flopping on wokeness is a byproduct of the electoralist logic embraced by right-wing DSA caucuses that make up DSA’s leadership majority, and that discounting movements that center the rights of oppressed communities moves the socialist movement away from the long-term goal of building strong and democratic working-class organizations.
Popular front logic and the crisis of socialist independence
by Anthony TesoDSA member Anthony Teso observes that, although they might deny it, the Democratic Socialists of America are practicing popular frontism.
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.”
A great red hope in NYC’s mayoral race
by B. Colby 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.
Assessing DSA’s membership figures, 2020-2024
by Andy SernatingerAndy Sernatinger looks at the numbers and diagnoses DSA’s rise and slide.
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.
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.
Andy Sernatinger looks at the crisis facing the Democratic Socialists of America, arguing that DSA’s ‘moment’ has passed.
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.
Andy Sernatinger analyzes the developments from DSA’s 2023 National Convention.