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The '''Democratic Socialists of America''' (DSA) is a social democratic non-profit organization in the [[United States]]. | The '''Democratic Socialists of America''' (DSA) is a social democratic non-profit organization in the [[United States]]. It was founded in 1982 out of a merger between the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC) and the New American Movement (NAM). | ||
Traditionally it was connected to the ideology of Michael Harrington, an anti communist social democrat with a Catholic social teaching. The DSA held pro-American position in the Cold-War, [https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/16/opinion/l-in-spirit-of-glasnost-a-half-toast-to-perestroika-us-left-supportive-478689.html such as supporting Perestroika]and [https://democraticleft.dsausa.org/files/sites/6/1989/07/DL_1989_V017_04_final.pdf condemning China after the riots in Tianenman Square]. | |||
The DSA largely remained a tiny and irrelevant social club inside of the [[Democratic Party]] until 2015, when Bernie Sanders launched his 2016 presidential campaign. Since then, the DSA has grown into a much larger organization with different caucuses (factions). | |||
Some of these factions include [https://www.marxistunity.com/ Marxist Unity Group], which generally shares similar beliefs to the [https://cosmonautmag.com/ Cosmonaut] blog and the [https://weeklyworker.co.uk/ Weekly Worker], the publication of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee). | |||
There are also attempts at entryism being lead by groups such as Socialist Alternative, and Socialist Revolution. | |||
Links | |||
[https://democraticleft.dsausa.org/ Democratic Left] | |||
[https://socialistforum.dsausa.org/ Socialist Forum] | |||
[https://www.dsausa.org/ Democratic Socialists of America] | |||
[https://international.dsausa.org/ DSA International Committee] | |||
[https://labor.dsausa.org/ DSA National Labor Commission] | |||
[https://electoral.dsausa.org/ DSA National Electoral Committee] | |||
[https://ecosocialists.dsausa.org/ DSA Ecosocialist Working Group] | |||
[https://y.dsausa.org/ Young Democratic Socialists of America] | |||