Tag: DSA
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The necessity of organizing DSA members as workers
Aaron Hall, a labor activist and member of the East Bay Democratic Socialists of America (“DSA”), discusses the organization’s labor strategy and how it fits into a broader strategy for the U.S. 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 happened to Red Chicago?
Joe Allen analyzes the recent “yes” votes for Mayor Lightfoot’s Bally casino proposal as part of the narrowing horizons for the socialist alderpeople.
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Zionists fear the picket
Joel Reinstein unpacks Liza Featherstone’s recent defense of DSA’s ostensible solidarity with Palestine, and finds logical fallacies and factual mistakes.
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The left wing of the possible?
Bill Keach reviews A Failure of Vision: Michael Harrington and the Limits of Democratic Socialism by Doug Greene.
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To rule an empty palace
Andy Sernatinger follows up on his earlier piece with new reporting about the ongoing dispute between the DSA’s NPC and the BDS and Palestine Solidarity Working Group.
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DSA’s Palestine problem
The Tempest Collective Steering Committee lays the recent actions of the leadership of the DSA at the feet of the organization’s pro-Democratic Party right-wing, which seeks to drive out of the organization all critical voices. That the central issue is Palestine and anti-imperialism is no accident, and strengthening those movements, as well as the socialist…
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NPC disbands BDS Working Group
Andy Sernatinger reports on the crisis inside DSA following the de-chartering of the BDS and Palestine Solidarity Working Group.
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DSLC: Isn’t democracy power?
Paul KD and Natalia Tylim provide the Tempest perspective on recent developments with the DSA’s Democratic Socialist Labor Commission.
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What happened to the rank-and-file strategy in DSA?
Andy Sernatinger provides further historical context and criticism on the uses and abuses of the Rank-and-File Strategy in the Democratic Socialists of America