01
past issues
02
Stories hub
03
Articles
04
About
05
MDC DSA History
06
Search
07
Return to MDC DSA
Close
Menu
from the heart of empire...
...the
WASHINGTON SOCIALIST
is a quarterly publication produced by socialists, workers, leftists, progressives, anarchists and activists in the Metro DC region.
CURRENT ISSUE
tOPIC hUB
lEARN MORE
DC REDBUG GE2022
DSA ELECTORAL 2021
PaST iSSUES
In this QUARTER's issue...
Metro DC DSA Annual Report: 2026
Winter 2026
MDC DSA Steering Committee
The 2025 Metro DC DSA Steering Committees report to the chapter's 3k+ plus membership.
One Battle After Another: A Socialist Case for Militant Tenant Organizing
Winter 2026
Kurtis H
Mayor Bowser's RENTAL Act has washed away decades of rights enjoyed by tenants in DC. It's time for us to fight back.
A Report from the Front (Picket) Lines of DC's Restaurant Wars
Winter 2026
Christopher Aefre
DC's restaurant wars wage on! Locals have joined the workers' fight for union recognition, aligned against the skeevy Stephen Starr.
Notes from the Field: On Frankie Fritz's Greenbelt Victory
Winter 2026
Kaela B
How to build a socialist field operation — some assembly required.
Original Sinners: Vampires, Colonialism, and the Story of America
Winter 2026
Leah T
What do vampires reveal about the nature of American colonialism and imperialism?
Popular articles
The Socialist Case for TOPA
Spring 2024
Kurtis H and Ray Valentine
Preservation of TOPA is more than just a foundational right for the DC's tenants, it is also a vital point of agitation between the rentier capitalist class and workers.
The Capitalist War On Telework: Why Managers Suppress Pro-Worker Innovation
Spring 2024
Frankie SF
A new vision for technology can radically challenge the myth that capitalism is the fastest route to innovation and progress for working people.
The 2022 DC Primaries and the Future of the District
Summer 2022
Ben D
An analysis of the District 2022 primary elections suggest DC is depolarizing around race and repolaring around class.
China and the Left: A Report from the People’s Forum
October 2021
Ryan Mosgrove
A recent forum out of NYC sought to challenge the American left on its approach to understanding US-China relations.
Learning to Love the Machine: Some Assembly Required
July 2021
Patrick Dalton
Socialists of all stripes should reckon that we may need to rebuild at the local level the very thing we’ve been fighting for years.
The Liberal-to-Ultraleft Pipeline: Breaking the Cycle
March 2021
Patrick Dalton
Recent critiques levied at DSA peddle in an aesthetic-radicalism that risks distracting the working-class from organizing itself into a disciplined political force.