Still a little more than 3 weeks to collect signatures for resolutions for our Convention! There's a ton of exciting stuff and it's important for DSA members to sign on to shape how the organization will look for the next two years.
Check out https://convention2025.dsausa.org for more details about this year's convention!
DSA Members: you can also visit the Convention Hub here: https://dsausa.us/con25-hub
Not a member? Join DSA! https://dsausa.org/join
The US toughts itself as a moral democratic country and grandstands on a global stage, whilst having the loyalty of many dictatorial and radical oppressive countries such as this one.
Why do we support this country- but not others who are struggling daily to fight for freedom against an oppressor? Spoiler alert for politics and life and reality; its oil and power motivated allegiances, we havent been a moral country since we stopped being isolationist and eroded congressional control over wars- leaving too much in the hands of the President, against our forefathers intent of checks and balances.
Saudi Arabia could be described even, metaphorically as the United States' "token" arab state- a state to point to along with Turkiye to brush aside the last 20 yrs of internally stoked racism and bigotry including islamaphobia used to justify our own war crimes and violations of our own laws such as the aforementioned.
For Political and Technological Independence: A Path to Exit from Capitalist and Democratic Party Tech
I’ve been part of DSA’s National Tech Committee (@dsa_tech) for the last 5 years, it’s been one of my highlights as an organizer.
I and other NTC members have put forward a resolution for DSA’s Convention this year to draw lines for our org independence:
“For Political and Technological Independence: A Path to Exit from Capitalist and Democratic Party Tech” — the aims of it are simple: 1. assess all of DSA’s technology currently in use 2. identify potential problems for us and 3. start setting deadlines for replacements for tools.
The politics for why we need to do this are as clear as day: the more we win and advance DSA as a political project, the bigger threat we are to capital and the ruling class parties. It’s a liability that we’re using their tools for membership db, voter outreach/canvassing, and daily life in DSA.
Losing these tools will be catastrophic to DSA operations, halting chapters and campaigns and putting us in a scramble to identify and move to new tools that might not even be able to handle what we need them to do. For a member-led organization, this is a nightmare scenario.
We fortunately have time, and this risk isn’t impending but it’s getting closer by the day, exactly why DSA passed “Act Like an Independent Party” (ALIP) two years ago, to prepare ourselves for when the dirty break is inevitable. We have time to do this work right, but only if we start now.
The first shots against us as the real oppositional force of the working class are starting to get fired our way as Jesse Brown, Councilor from Indianapolis, can attest.
I see this as the NTC’s project plan for Act Like an Independent Party. I’m thrilled to get to work.
It’s also a political choice on where we spend our money. Past tech purchasing decisions have picked for-profit Democratic Party consultants over worker-owned cooperatives competing with similar products. Non-unionized vendors over ones that have unions. Proprietary programs over open source code.
We exist in capitalism, the tech budget for DSA won’t fix that and I don’t have illusions that it will. But we can spend our money, our dues money, on things that better align with our politics as an organization. We as members have the power to push for this and demand it. That’s the DSA difference.
If you’re a DSA member, I’d love for you to sign on: https://discussion.dsausa.org/t/r-for-political-and-technological-independence-a-path-to-exit-from-capitalist-and-democratic-party-tech/41851?u=cmahns
You’ll need a forum account to sign on, visit optin.dsausa.org to join!
To combat both Republican extremism and Democratic incompetence, I have rejoined both the Working Families Party and the Democratic Socialists of America. Change is needed NOW! #DemExit #workingfamiliesparty #DSA #demsocialists #republicans #politics #fucktrump
Nearly 50 people (including about 30 who have never been to a meeting) showed up at this month's #Boulder #DSA meeting today. Amazing turnout (typically we get around 20 die hards) and there's a lot of energy in the room to take concrete action to support our community. Feels like the first good thing in a month.
The 2nd annual DSA Forum costume contest is here! Follow this link to view the entries, submit your own, and vote on the others. Kicking off with the most low-effort Puss in Boots you've ever seen! https://discussion.dsausa.org/t/2nd-annual-halloween-costume-contest/37110
Seattle #DSA Mourns #Aysenur Ezgi Eygi
Contact: info@seattledsa.org
"We were shocked and enraged to hear of the murder of recent University of Washington graduate Aysenur Ezgi Eygi at the hands of the Israeli Defense Forces [#IDF]. On September 6th, Aysenur was in the #WestBank standing alongside #Palestinians and other demonstrators peacefully protesting illegal Israeli settlements when Israeli forces fired two rounds of gunfire. Aysenur was shot in the head and died shortly after being transported to a hospital in Nablus. She joins the tens of thousands of Palestinians martyred by the Israeli military in the last year, now escalated even further with the brutal invasion of the West Bank. According to the International Solidarity Movement, who she was volunteering with at the time, she is the 18th protester killed in the Palestinian village of #Beita since 2020 defending against the illegal settlement expansions.
"This is a terrible, horrifying loss. Those of us who knew Aysenur ('Ezgi', for many who organized with her) knew her to be a genuine, passionate, and determined person –a voice for the oppressed and the working class internationally. And for her, words alone were not enough. Ezgi was the type of socialist who embodied the true spirit of solidarity. From #StandingRock to organizing against Trump’s hateful agenda to the #GeorgeFloyd uprising, wherever people were struggling for liberation, Ezgi was there at their side. She played an instrumental role in organizing the #ProPalestine student encampment at #UW last spring, even participating in negotiations with the administration regarding their ties to #Boeing and Israel.
"As we mourn Ezgi’s loss, we remember her words from a 2017 speech during a student walkout she helped lead right after #Trump’s inauguration:
"'Mass movements of ordinary people have succeeded in blocking #RightWing bigoted presidents before….we are fighting for #socialist change. As long as our future is decided by profit-driven #OilCorporations and #millionaire lobbyists, things will only get worse. For many of us, this movement isn’t just about stopping Trump, it’s about creating a world free from #racism, from #sexism, from income inequality, and 3environmental disruption…And ultimately, we call for a political revolution against the #BillionaireClass and a socialist alternative.'
"We offer our deepest condolences to all family, friends, and community who are affected by this loss. We grieve alongside the International Solidarity Movement, and support the call for an independent investigation into this unlawful killing of a U.S. citizen.
"As the Biden/Harris administration continues to enable a #genocide, we demand an immediate and permanent ceasefire and end to US military aid to #Israel. Only when the US government stops funding it will there be an end to the genocide, occupation, and #apartheid in Palestine. We can only hope to honor Ezgi’s example of resistance and continue to fight for a world free from #genocide, #imperialism, #capitalism, and for the liberation of Palestine and all oppressed people."
Seattle DSA Local Council
Seattle DSA Palestine Solidarity Working Group
https://seattledsa.org/2024/09/seattle-dsa-mourns-aysenur-ezgi-eygi/
#AysenurEygi #DemocraticSocialistsOfAmerica #CeasefireNow
#FreePalestine
#NoDAPL
#GazaSolidarity
#StandWithStandingRock
#BibiIsAWarCriminal #DemSocialists
It’s debate night on the DSA forums! Join DSA members tonight as we watch two capitalists pretend they’re going to help the working class while signaling to donors that nothing will fundamentally change
https://discussion.dsausa.org/g/debate-watch
Applications are now open for the 2024-2025 DSA National Tech Committee Steering Committee term. If you’re an active member of the NTC who wants to lead and shape the committee, learn more and apply here: https://discussion.dsausa.org/t/2024-2025-ntc-steering-committee-applications-open/35781
Deadline to apply is EOD Sep 1.
The Democracy Commission created by the 2023 Convention is tasked with studying and developing recommendations to change the structures of our national organization. Our Forum Committee is compiling a list of comrades running and seeking signatures, check it out here: https://discussion.dsausa.org/t/democracy-commission-nominations/28394
#DSA #Socialism #DemSocialists #DemocraticSocialistsofAmerica
📣 Introducing: DSA Feed! 📣
We've been hard at work on this project to bring you 🍫 bite-size updates 🍫 from nearly 100 DSA chapters, working groups, committees, and publications, all on a single website, updated daily!
👀 Check it out: https://feed.dsausa.org
The DSA National Tech Committee is seeking members interested in serving on our Steering Committee! Learn about what this means: https://tech.dsausa.org/ntc-steering-committee-applications/
Apply here: https://airtable.com/shrHXUYPqRTTnzgzx
Oldy but a goody (old by less then two years)...
Organizing for the Long Haul
The major question facing DSA in the next few years is whether the organization can build deeper roots in the working class, particularly the labor movement.
https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/organizing-for-the-long-haul/ #RankAndFile #Labor #LongHaul #DSA #DemSocialists #dissent
I'm at #Tacoma City Hall with #Tacoma4All & #DemSocialists advocating on behalf of a Tenants Rights ballot initiative that's already gathered 5k sigs from citizens.
Tacoma City Council pushed public comment of the ~50 ppl to after a Long, Detailed presentation from their #AffordableHousing commission 🙄😒
#PoorPeoplesCampaign @UniteThePoor
#TenantRights are #HumanRights
:BLM:
After forcing rail deal, Biden works to smooth over labor relations
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/12/02/union-democrats-white-house-biden/
Here is the thing. Every deal has some wins and some losses for both parties. What Biden did to break through the logjam saved some major troubles just before the holidays. He even got a bipartisan support from Congress.
Those purist Democratic Socialist protesters have to grow up and plan for a better union future for another day. POTUS cannot be for them only.
AOC is raising money for abortion funds live on air right now. Times like this, I'm proud of #demsocialists and what we're accomplishing.
does anybody know anything about #dariohunter, the green candidate running against #howiehawkins? his platform seems more fitted to my values but i'm no journalist, idk how to investigate him. y'all know anything about him?
i'm so sorry for the hashtag spam, i don't usually do this. i'm just tryna get this where folks see it, since i don't have many friends here yet. ty!
#bernie #bernie2020 #berniesanders #socialism #greenparty #demsocialists #demsoc #activism #2020election #uselection2020
I'm an anarchist and I don't believe in electoral politics but I love my DSA comrades #DemSocialists
