Tag: 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 Tempest project

    The Tempest project

    We have launched Tempest as a small contribution to rebuilding a revolutionary socialist current in the U.S. Here we reprint a brief introduction to our project.

  • At a crossroads

    At a crossroads

    Andy Sernatinger reviews the recent history of the refounded DSA, the strategic and organizational questions which defined the last few years, and the emerging political question in the COVID moment.

  • 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.

  • Reflections on the DSA Experience

    Reflections on the DSA Experience

    In this piece, veteran socialist Mel Bienenfeld, provides an overview and assessment of DSA’s approach to social movements based on the historic approach to these questions by the revolutionary socialist tradition.

  • Editorial

    Editorial

    Tempest Collective member, Aaron Amaral, launches our first issue of Tempest with a round-up of the current political moment and an overview of this week’s articles.

  • Socialists and the uprising against racism

    Socialists and the uprising against racism

    A roundtable of socialist activists from around the country discuss the opportunities and challenges of the revolt against racism and police violence.

  • Comrades and allies

    Comrades and allies

    Sherry Wolf, author of Sexuality and Socialism, interviews Donna Murch, activist and author of Living for the City: Migration, Education, and the Rise of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California, about the uprising and questions of organization, solidarity, and strategy.

  • A new era begins?

    A new era begins?

    Chicago-based socialist and union activist, Joe Allen, assesses the current moment and the challenges and opportunities facing the Left.