The DSA

A discussion with DSA member and Stomp Out Slumlords tenant organizer Katlyn Cotton on the socialist vision of housing.

That year went faster than expected. ICYMI - here's where you can catch up on the status of the labor movement, local and national.

Annual report provided to document activities of the Metro DC DSA in 2022.

A regional organizing retreat in early September that brought comrades from as far away as New Jersey and Charlottesville to discuss organizational tactics and strategy.

An analysis of the District 2022 primary elections suggest DC is depolarizing around race and repolaring around class.

How the Metro DC DSA is working to actualize the Membership Engagement Committee.

By laying a foundation of civic and political education in local Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, the DSA can equip and prepare socialists to vie for power in the District.

At the North America's Building Trades Union's conference, the promise and limitations of organized labor's current resurgence were on full display.

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

The District has made strides to replace police with non-law enforcement public servants and non-carceral programming. Our message to DC Council is simple: keep going.

The world must demand of Russia: Stop the bombing and pull out the troops. Then we’ll talk.

The history of this old socialist stronghold contains lessons for those building and sustaining working-class power today.

Though statewide organizing is still in its infancy, Maryland’s DSA formations have been conferring regularly about how to leverage our numbers and apply our analysis to the so-called Blue state’s political realities.

Putting theory to work through student organizing in Watkins Mill High School.

When it comes to the great and near-great powers, there are no good guys.

The 2021 Steering Committee's annual report.

The controversy stirred up by Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s vote to fund Israel’s “Iron Dome” missile defense system and his meeting with the repulsive Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett raises questions about the posture of the US Left towards Palestinian liberation, Zionism and anti-Semitism.

How should the local DSA approach electoral politics?

On election night 2021, nationally endorsed DSA candidates won over 25 local victories at the hyperlocal level.

Reflections on Hägglund's articulation of what it means to be human and what we value as a product of socialization

What went down at the DSA 2021 National Convention.

A two-decade recounting of local perspectives on the labor movement.

Record of what went down at the 2021 YDSA convention.

National DSA has kicked off the next phase of its Green New Deal campaign, encompassing labor and the PRO Act but moving into the highly unionized public school system.

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.

Five socialist vets provide their thoughts on capitalism, socialism, imperialism, and the military.

One approach for mobilizing the working masses into socialist political operations.

Democratic socialists should think about how we can leverage the structures and systems of the DSA to build capacity for deliberate, strategic disruption.

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

The growing threat of fascism will require deeper attention paid to administrative security.

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

An annotated discussion on capitalism and virtual realities with the creators of Preserving Worlds.

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.

Organizers in PG County have finally come together to help build socialism in Maryland.

A decade of neoliberal retrenchment is finally starting to crack. Can DC's left recognize the moment?

This article from February 1992 set out the state of play for the single-payer movement at the time. As in 2020, a recession was making millions of Americans anxious about their own access to health care.

Historical precedent shows that Democrats win when they embrace the grassroots demands of their party. If Democrats want to build a winning coalition, they will need to recruit the left to watch their back.

Update delivered to the chapter at the 2020 MDC DSA chapter convention

For those looking to combat imperialism, dismantle the US war machine, stand in solidarity with comrades across borders — this piece will provide some context and guidance on where to start.

Introduction

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

The history of DSA's electoral and political strategy.

Reflections on democratic socialism from 1984.

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.

Where do Northern VA socialists go in 2019?

While the DSOC of my youth had a strong presence of 20 to 30-year olds, there was also a noticeable contingent of members in their 40s and 50s. Successful organizing will find a way to incorporate older members into the fight for socialism.

Democratic socialism must create ample space for a robust peace movement in material policy platforms. Authoritarianism, war, climate change and imperialism must be confronted with conviction.

DSA members, including some from the MDC DSA local chapter, plan to launch a new caucus in national DSA.

Representing DSA on the international circuit.

Working through DSA's inevitable growing pains will require balancing the optimism of a mass movement with the realism of achieving "the left-wing of the possible."

Sean Monahan, current and retiring NPC member from Providence, R.I, , has some thoughts about what NPC members face, and what candidates and delegates need to think about.

How could we build a caring, mutually supportive socialist society if we cannot build that environment within our own movement?

DSA should reject calls to leave the Socialist International.

Instead of consciously projecting socialism to a tier of potential activists, socialists should learn to communicate their philosophy in transactional terms.

A DSA event sparks a lively discussion on UBI, wealth taxation, and capital redistribution.

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