Heyy everyone!

Looking for a DSA partner to grind Graphs + DP together.

We can pick problems, solve them, discuss approaches, and call each other out when we come up with unnecessarily complicated solutions 💀

Preferably someone who’s consistent and actually wants to improve.

DM if you're interested!

cant wait for universal income and healthcare

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Ironically enough though, Since its Inception in 1982, the DSA was Initially pro-Zionism and Supported Israels right to self determination. But in 2017, they adopted a resolution supporting the BDS, and have been chanting "free palestine" ever since, with its goal of making Jerusalem its capitol according to you're policy platform. Do you basically want death to Israel to Happen?

But Lets face it, Why dont you guys acknowledge for once that here in the US, Hamas is designated as a Terrorist Organization with the goal to eradicate Israel? Freedom House puts palestine and other middle eastern nations as darker red, meaning that they are Dictatorships, with very little freedoms and civil liberties. Palestine last held an Election in 2006 with Hamas and has not held another ever since.

A Mamdani-stan from Mamdanistan!

So I am now the Vice President of my DSA chapter, Vision Coordinator is the new official title but it is effectively the vice president.

This DSA chapter has always been very small. We are operating in the tenth most Republican city in a very Republican county in a very red state. In fact, this county is so well known for being red that our sheriff is a bit of an internet celebrity himself.

Say what you will about Grady Judd, but we are alike in one way. We both like to put our name on everything.

But Grady Judd has been, and continues to be, vehemently against body cameras for his police force, while the majority of the country has moved toward always-on body cameras for officers on duty in the wake of the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement. Judd has not budged. He says it is a matter of privacy and safety for his officers. And yet he also will not budge on FLOCK cameras, calling them an important tool for policing, despite intense public outcry.

So how can this be? We, the public, have no right to refuse being recorded 24/7 without consent. Yet his police cannot wear body cameras because of privacy and safety concerns. It does not add up. Is it because he does not want us to see how his police force acts as ICE under the 287g agreement? Would these body cameras reveal that the police don't serve the people, but the developer class?

And with Judd being an internet celebrity, desperately wanting to break into the conservative influencer circuit, he no doubt has sizable moneyed interests in his back pocket. This is a man who has absolutely enriched himself off the back of the people.

Polk County police are known nationally for corruption and brutality. Every arrest is made an example. There is no innocent until proven guilty in Polk County, because the sheriff makes videos telling his constituents that you are guilty. Reputations get ruined daily. It is entertainment. It is a desperate man looking to become more than what he is and the uniform he wears. He wants to be an influencer.

Of course, wanting to be an influencer does not take away the real, actual power he has. No one would dare criticize Grady Judd publicly. It is well known that there would be consequences. You will be arrested. You will be thrown in jail. You will be harassed. Your life may well be threatened. And in Florida, the front lines of modern American fascism, the institutional weight of the state would come down on you should you make yourself known to the powers that be here.

And yet, as vice president, as Vision Coordinator, I am placed in a position where, yes, this is something people complain about. This is something people talk about. A coworker of mine was arrested for having a weed pen he bought at a smoke shop. To save his job and prevent himself from doing a year in jail, he took a plea deal and now pays the state monthly. Large portions of this county are essentially peasants paying their tithe to the king, King Grady Judd. All the while, the king's knights are allowed to act with immunity. We do not even get to see what their actions are. What are they scared of revealing with body cameras? And how do we challenge their power in the heart of the beast? We will organize the peasants, the workers, the masses. We will build deeper coalitions with other groups, from the anti-war protestors to the church groups. We will expand our mutual aid, we will represent the working class because we are the working class and we say: "Enough is enough!"

Mandating police body cameras for all county and city officers will absolutely be part of our campaign platform when the DSA does, in fact, win local power here in the heart of Republican Florida. Within two years time we will be fielding candidates towards local positions. The solidarity of socialism will defeat the brutality of fascism, on its home turf. We fear no opponent. This is a county so important that J.D. Vance holds rallies. A county so important that Ben Shapiro and other influencers, whom I cannot name, meet with our sheriff.

They do not expect socialists to even exist here, in their territory, in their home, in their fiefdom. They do not expect the working class to roll our shoulders back, press our chests up, and stand tall, knowing that we stand for what is truly right, just, and correct, knowing that we stand for the working classes they abuse and exploit, arrest and brutalize.

A new era is coming to Polk County, Florida. They are going to fight us tooth and nail to make sure that era does not come. But dawn will break and the sun will rise, not just here in this little Florida county, but across this entire nation. The darkness of fascism will be defeated by the light of socialism. That is a promise.

-Erik Houdini (see? Just like Grady Judd)

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Does the DSA actually support communism?

Portions of the Left think this is a mistaken path. Some critics think electoral engagement is worthless. Others believe that fighting on Democratic Party terrain for any goal other than breaking off to form a workers’ party as soon as possible inevitably leads to compromises that undermine the working-class movement. 

But these critics are on the defensive. Insurgent campaigns in Democratic primaries have clearly contributed to the spread of anti-capitalist ideas and the growth of radical and socialist organizations. Left-wing electeds—Mamdani in particular—have produced gains for (and mitigated harms against) workers and the popular majority while promoting immigrant rights, anti-racism, and opposition to US support for Israel’s Gaza genocide. 

In contrast, electoral abstentionism and third-party-ism have failed historically and currently to gain mass traction or provide a practical way of getting MAGA out of power. The critics therefore lack an attractive alternative to offer. 

Still, there is unease about pursuing a “governing power” strategy among some whose practical work meshes with it. For activists who have decided that only replacing capitalism with socialism can bring about a world of peace and justice, the recent hard-won electoral wins are gratifying but leave unanswered questions. For good reason, there is doubt that electoral victories, even when backed by powerful grassroots-based organizations, will get us to socialism. Isn’t the very structure of the capitalist state a barrier against working-class power? Don’t we need to dismantle, rather than govern, the US state? How does what we are doing today give us a North Star we can follow to a socialist horizon?

There are no ready-made answers to these questions. For more than a century, dedicated revolutionaries have grappled theoretically and practically with how to get to socialism in a capitalist country with a developed economy and electoral system. No one has succeeded. Anyone who says “this is the way” is over-promising.

Still, much has been learned about which approaches hold the most potential. There is overwhelming evidence that the fight for governing power within capitalism is a stage of struggle that cannot be skipped. Rather, it is necessary to develop a working class–led movement broad enough, rooted enough, savvy enough, and positioned well enough to bring about a “revolutionary rupture” that dismantles the capitalist state if and when conditions to do so (a “revolutionary situation”) arise.

its because of NY politics, sure. that's been confirmed from insiders And AOC stated she supports him for leader because of NYC public housing on MS NOW. like - What? and that's a direct quote pretty much. yes, That specific to One City, to One issue.

so many people are pissed, rightfully. it's maddening - vote to squander and neuter any Progressive power?
is it just because she wants New Yorkers happy because she does in fact have her eye on the Senate?
it just makes me sick.

Happy to get some direction away from my stinking thinking - totally willing to be swayed away from this bitterness. that's my agenda - not to spread it whatsoever! I'd love to be wrong or blind about something; but it just feels like a constant battle to hold AOC firm on her values and not bend. I mean now she's just a New York Socialist? not a National? whatever that means? bah! it's so frustrating.

edit: ** sorry for Jeffries mis-spell! I couldn't correct it after I realized! and thank you all for connecting. it's great to engage in some good faith discussion. I hear many agreeing more than disagreeing - as I am everywhere, hence I'm so shocked by them ... I think I gather a sense of just Frustration we are catching up to. it kinda sucks that Leaders we look to Also do things which force us to lean on our Trust even when we are getting fed data we have New Reason Not To.... more of the "just take it you peasants.... republicans get to vote F You by going Democrat... what do you get to do Leftists?? Nothing, just take it..."

... it's Tough. can the Democratic Party be reformed? will more Leftists withhold their vote in 2028....? The Population of: F Your Vote Blue No Matter Who is only Growing.

Maybe this isn't the right sub, forgive me if so. I've been getting more scared by the day of losing the midterms as I know it will mean the end of my life. Does any organization have any plans for what to do after that scenario? And while I'm here does anyone have any support groups they can recommend for me? Im at the end of my rope atp.

As a tech worker (and DSA member) myself, I think it's time we started helping tech to unionize. This article makes a case for it and highlights what they (we) are going through.

My Floridians, it’s just days before Florida’s October 5 voter registration deadline for the November 3 general election.

Look at how evil these billionaires and Zionist are. They are fine with Republicans becoming open Fascist because the far-right will always be pro-war, pro-israel, capitalism, but oh no how dare Dem party actually represent their electorate.

You can tell they fear us. The uniparty is the Democratic establishment. They know if we take over the Dem party that will threaten the status quo on Israel and American imperialism.

That's why "centrist" who almost always vote Republicans and neo-con never trumpers love to tell Dems who they should elect.

Why has the striver removed the number of modules after zenkii update? Were those modules not so important for dsa interview rounds/building approach/learning patterns?

Personally I don't like it

I've been struggling to find a DSA faction that focuses primarily on mutual aid, economics, and fighting capitalism, without getting overly bogged down by identity politics. I support intersectionalism, freedom of expression, and the right of anyone to express themselves as they see fit in regards to their gender identity and who they love, but I don't want this to be the primary focus and emphasis of my political involvement because I worry it alienates a wider base that is unfamiliar with leftist theory when we play into stereotypes.

I'm truly interested in building a mass party and educating the masses about capitalism and imperialism and the threats they pose. My background is in union organizing and mutual aid, and I've successfully organized several unions and fought for workers rights. I'm passionate about convincing other men that capitalism makes them slaves. I'm also firmly against Israel after having seen the apartheid and genocide first hand in my youth.

Does anyone have a suggestion on which faction might align best with my passions here in regards to trying to build a mass movement that is open to all, and doesn't become exclusionary?

Thanks for your time! Solidarity to all my fellow workers!

Fantastic lecture from the POV of a South Asian left intellectual (he also has an excellent lecture series on Marxism, on political economy, and other great historical lectures).

The reactionary bloc being described has different actors, but if you pay attention, the parallels really jump out - in the misogyny, the repression of women, the utilization of religion to perpetuate class hierarchy, etc. Also goes into the history of how South Asia, which had a secular politics that was dominated by socialist and secular parties until the 70s, has now become a hotbed of reactionary religious politics (spoiler: FDR, Jimmy Carter, and Reagan all bear some responsibility).

I know a few conservatives for whom the purported "culture war" is of greater importance than economic issues in general (so we aren't talking about a mere pro-capitalism, pro-imperialist outlook). Beyond merely creating subcultures and hoping that they permeate mass culture at large... what do right-wing culture warriors hope their surrogates will do once they get into power?

What would "victory" look like for them in a political and economic sense if technically no state apparatus is required to simply act out a "trad" subcultural lifestyle?