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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] | |||
Revision as of 02:56, 12 January 2023
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 Perestroikaand 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 Marxist Unity Group, which generally shares similar beliefs to the Cosmonaut blog and the 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
Democratic Socialists of America
DSA National Electoral Committee