Author: Andy Sernatinger
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Nationalism, workers’ power, and the myth of auto tariffs
Andy Sernatinger argues that Shawn Fain and the UAW’s pro-tariff stance misses the real threats to autoworkers and the role the union can play in resisting these threats.
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DSA never recovered from Bowman
Andy Sernatinger looks at the numbers and diagnoses DSA’s rise and slide.
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The RNC does the Teamsters
Andy Sernatinger analyzes the recent overtures of the Sean O’Brien-led Teamsters to the Trumpite right and the Republican Party and sees consistency in O’Brien’s own politics over almost twenty years.
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DSA’s budget crisis has been a long time coming
Andy Sernatinger assesses the severe budget crisis that has surfaced within the Democratic Socialists of America.
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The DSA moment is over
Andy Sernatinger looks at the crisis facing the Democratic Socialists of America, arguing that DSA’s ‘moment’ has passed.
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Did the DSA Convention Move Left?
Andy Sernatinger analyzes the developments from DSA’s 2023 National Convention.
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Class independence and the broad parties
Tempest’s Andrew Sernatinger responds to a debate with Left Voice on how revolutionary socialists should relate to broad parties.
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The DSA caboose
Andy Sernatinger looks at the votes by members of the “the Squad” for a Congressional bill that forces a contract on rail workers and what the stakes are for DSA and the Left.
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Through DSA’s looking glass
Jen Bolen from Democratic Socialists of America’s (DSA) National Political Committee (NPC) describes the story behind the controversial grievance report by the NPC regarding violations of the grievance policy during and beyond the 2021 DSA Convention.
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What we learned from the Teamster election
Andy Sernatinger analyzes the results from the recent International Brotherhood of Teamster elections, in light of both past elections and significant membership information recently reported by the union, and finds a new leadership facing big tasks and challenges.