Editing Democratic Socialists of America

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, such as supporting Perestroika<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/16/opinion/l-in-spirit-of-glasnost-a-half-toast-to-perestroika-us-left-supportive-478689.html</ref> and condemning China after the riots in Tianenman Square<ref>https://democraticleft.dsausa.org/files/sites/6/1989/07/DL_1989_V017_04_final.pdf</ref>.

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 [[Marxist Unity Group]]<ref>https://www.marxistunity.com/</ref>, which generally shares similar beliefs to the [[Cosmonaut Magazine|Cosmonaut]]<ref>https://cosmonautmag.com/</ref> blog and the [[Weekly Worker]]<ref>https://weeklyworker.co.uk/</ref>, 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]

== References ==