Category: Debate

  • Taking the dirty break seriously

    Taking the dirty break seriously

    DSA members, Joe Evica and Andy Sernatinger, look at the theory of the “dirty break,” arguing that taking the strategy at its word would require a fundamental shift to DSA’s electoral strategy.

  • Taking the wrong lessons from history

    Taking the wrong lessons from history

    brian bean writes a response to a recent Jacobin article comparing recent DSA electoral success to Socialist Party victors in the state 100 years ago, analyzing what lessons are worth following and which not.

  • The lesser-evil trap

    The lesser-evil trap

    Ashley Smith and Charlie Post argue that despite the indisputable greater evil in Donald Trump, the socialist Left undermines its own project when it campaigns for the lesser-evil, Joe Biden.

  • When your assaulter is the “Lesser Evil”

    When your assaulter is the “Lesser Evil”

    Natalia Tylim, a DSA member in New York, looks at the controversy surrounding Tara Reade’s accusations of sexual assault against Joe Biden and their implications for the #MeToo movement and the Left.