A blog by Socialist Majority
The Final Days and the Struggle Continues
Socialists can be the catalysts in both revolutionary shifts and self-destructive behavior. We know this history – it’s up to us to select the correct path forward.
Upton Sinclair’s EPIC Campaign is a Roadmap for DSA
This following piece is republished from Democratic Left. Upton Sinclair ran for the California governorship in 1934 under the banner of “End Poverty in California.” His campaign — and the response to it — offers many lessons for modern socialist campaigns.
Why Did the Left Misunderstand the Biden Economy?
Now, we enter a second Trump administration riding a wave of global anti-incumbent backlash that stemmed, to a significant extent, from the inflation the left routinely ignored. The challenges before us must be approached by understanding what political actors are doing and not what our own ideology assumes.
To Rally After Trump’s Second Victory, DSA Must Look Past 2016
It is natural to compare the 2024 election to Trump’s first victory — but DSA can learn more from the aftermath of the 2004 presidential race.
Two and a Half Cheers for the Dirty Stay
The dirty stay can be productive or it can be pathological, but it's real and not something we can simply opt out of. We can’t break. We must break. Long live the dirty stay.
Why Hasn't the NPC Changed DSA's Electoral Strategy?
To build a genuine party with a mass constituency, we will need to invest in learning from and replicating our successes, not bringing them to a halt while hoping without evidence that another strategy will materialize.
Stay Dirty
Uncommitted showed that major electoral activity, including electoral activity for socialists, will occur around fights within the Democratic Party.
SMC 2024 General Election Statement
The results of the 2024 general election will have a devastating impact on the working class and is ushering in a new organizing terrain. Over the next four years, we will often be called upon to protect each other. Now is the time for solidarity and a recommitment to building class-based, mass politics.
The Absent Partner Strategy, Pt 2: Consequences of Absence
Opting to be an “absent partner” would not only make us smaller and less powerful than we are, but in fact a smaller DSA would be a requirement for pursuing this strategy.
For A Fighting & Winning NYC-DSA
The 2024 NYC-DSA convention is a true opportunity for our chapter to recommit to and build on the policies that have made it a success.
Yes, To Winning: A Response to "Run Zohran?"
We’re not ignorant of the odds against a Zohran victory, but the campaign provides us the best vehicle towards defeating Adams by standing alongside a broader movement that’s grown against him since 2021.
The Absent Partner Strategy: Part 1
The absent partner strategy neither leaves our hands clean, nor does it make us large enough to be in the driver’s seat. It leaves us committed to the state and its outcomes, but totally unable to affect the course of events. We cannot build coalitions, we cannot take credit, we cannot grow.
Brett C. and Uncommitted: How SMC Members Contributed to the Historic Protest Vote Against Genocide in Gaza
SMC members have been among the DSA members who threw themselves into building “Uncommitted” campaigns across the country. As part of a limited series, we interviewed three of our SMC comrades about the roles they played in DSA’s efforts to build a national movement to stop U.S. funding of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. This is the third interview of three in this series.
Shabd Khalsa and Uncommitted: How SMC Members Contributed to the Historic Protest Vote Against Genocide in Gaza
SMC members have been among the DSA members who threw themselves into building “Uncommitted” campaigns across the country. As part of a limited series, we interviewed three of our SMC comrades about the roles they played in DSA’s efforts to build a national movement to stop U.S. funding of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. This is the second interview of three in this series.
Renée Paradis and Uncommitted: How SMC Members Contributed to the Historic Protest Vote Against Genocide in Gaza
SMC members have been among the DSA members who threw themselves into building “Uncommitted” campaigns across the country. As part of a limited series, we interviewed three of our SMC comrades about the roles they played in DSA’s efforts to build a national movement to stop U.S. funding of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. This is the first interview of three in this series.
Act Like a Nationwide, Mass Socialist Organization: Why I Canvassed for Congresswoman Cori Bush and You Should Too
We must organize a significant mass of electeds, a time-intensive project that can’t be determined from one or a couple of election cycles.
Statement on AOC’s Endorsement Status
To be clear: Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez remains endorsed by NYC-DSA — as she has been every re-election year since 2018 — and no national endorsement has been revoked. Claims to the contrary are wrong.
DSA Needs Rules for Paid Political Leadership
If DSA can climb out of its current budget situation, it’s clear that increasing use of paid political leadership will be part of our organizational makeup moving forward. It’s important to be thoughtful and proactive about putting policies in place to protect our member democracy before problems arise.
SMC May (Day) Newsletter - The Cause of Labor is the Hope of the World
It is springtime for the U.S. labor movement, and it has been a spring full of labor activity for SMC! Our March caucus meeting focused on the labor movement, with presentation and discussion from members on the new NLC salt project, Workers Organizing Workers (W.O.W), UAW’s new organizing drive, DSA strike solidarity, and socialist leadership of unions.
Toward a Militant Majority
The biggest problem with unions in the U.S. today is that there aren’t enough of them. That’s why DSA, like all mass socialist organizations before us, needs a strategy to rebuild the labor movement.