Bernie's Revolution

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Bernie Sanders' two presidential campaigns revived and united disparate factions of the American left. While his campaigns failed to overcome elitist elements of the Democratic Party, his campaign leaves socialists, reformers and progressives with a roadmap for future change. This chronicle collects opinions, writings, and strategies that arouse from the socialist left during his four year adventure.

Brief coverage of an anti-Amazon rally held on Black Friday.

Debt organizers have vowed to continue the fight.

Precarity and student debt were foisted on a generation by capitalist systems. Young workers are yearning for a new solution.

A look back at the late 1940s and its lost opportunities ought to give socialists pause as we consider the left's situation today.

As community members and creative subjects ourselves, the activist-artist must help forge a shared dream for the future.

Biden's infrastructure plan is a fair start, but in no way broaches the scale of investment needed to seriously address the climate crisis.

From Bush-era "alt" rock to verbose left-wing magazines: a common path for the millennial Left.

David Schwartzman

Should the DSA carry-forward its electoral strategy through the Democratic Party? An ecosocialist response.

Recent critiques levied at DSA peddle in an aesthetic-radicalism that risks distracting the working-class from organizing itself into a disciplined political force.

The socialist electoral project is the most successful it has been because socialists are contesting power using the Democratic ballot line. Eschew symbolism, prioritize victory.

An exploration of how political discourse can be used to build political coalitions, structure movements and chart a path to political change.

The DSA is not endorsing Joe Biden. But members should do what they can to assist in his victory.

How do we value the lessons learned from DSA's involvement in the Bernie Sanders campaign?

With the democratic primary effectively over, how did the left fail to rally decisively behind Bernie?

The history of DSA's electoral and political strategy.

With Bernie on the edge of victory, how does the left think about its goals and objectives?

An eye-witness recounting of the energy surrounding Bernie Sanders' rally in Northern Virginia.

Putting aside my not-insignificant disagreements with the other Democratic candidates, their electability compared to Trump is questionable.

How do we continue to build support for Sanders, the movement, politics, and values his campaign has come to represent without attacking or alienating those who have come to a different decision?

Throughout the 2019 Convention, there were many chances outside of debating resolutions and bylaws to connect with comrades across the organization, at hosted events and informal meetups.

In the coming debates, Bernie must deepen and sustain Biden's diminished public perception. In fact, it should be expanded to emphasize that Biden will not fight for the multi-racial working class.

The job of political figures who take their roles seriously has always been educational – to bring their electorate along as they illustrate and demonstrate the pathways to better lives for individuals and the community.

A Discrete Socialist

How can DC-area socialists build connections between the Bernie campaign and the labor movement?

A Discrete Socialist

We must use the Bernie campaign as another opportunity to build links between chapters and organizers.

A Discrete Socialist

The Sanders campaign presents great risks. DSA refusing to engage with the campaign would result in isolation from the broader progressive community.

A Discrete Socialist

At 60,000 members, with infrastructure and serious organizing experience across the country, DSA is in a unique position to step into this political space, and channel this organizing energy behind an explicitly socialist program.

A Discrete Socialist

The Sanders campaign revived DSA in 2016, and if we are prepared to seize the opportunity, it may again.

DSA's National Political Committee ratifies the 3-to-1 member vote to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders's candidacy for president.

A message from the National Director outlines what DSA's response(s) can be and the path currently planned if Sen Sanders announces another run for the presidency.

Only by firmly linking democracy and civil liberties to concrete programs of social and economic justice can working-class unity be built.

The divide between the liberal commentariat and the public's conception of the 2018 election shows the limitations of the Democratic Party.

Jules Bernstein

The expanding number of DSA chapters around the country have an overwhelmingly local focus on hyper-specific issues.

Prince George's DSA members met with allies from Our Revolution PG and Progressive Prince George's to begin forging a progressive agenda for the Maryland General Assembly session in January.

Joe Schwartz and Mike Hirsh, in a multipart colloquy, take on the longest-running dynamic in DSA: electoral work vs. movement building.

This new Labour party is a social democratic party that believes in something beyond the dreary inevitability of fear and despair proposed by Tories.

A roundup of the 2017 People's Summit in Chicago.

Margaret Flowers

Polls have consistently shown that Democratic Party voters want single payer, but the Party keeps telling them they can't have it.

Larry Stafford Jr.

A plan for how to use extant political parties to the advantage of progressives.

The big problems that plague our society can only be solved with an effort that matches the size of their danger.

Metro DC DSA's monthly Socialist Salon has sought to strike that middle ground by providing a pathway between gut responses and theoretical constructs.