After over four decades as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, one of the group’s founding members is leaving in sorrow and anger.

This vibes anecdotally with my local chapter. In the face of overwhelming membership solidarity with Palestinian liberation, the social imperialist reactionaries are purging themselves.

  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    8 months ago

    DSA, meanwhile, thrived between 2016 and 2020—because it proved it could win victories in the here-and-now, give-and-take world of electoral politics

    This sucks. Now don't get me wrong, DSA has been able to get on some city councils and do some good work. But their main victory, the representatives belonging to "the squad" have all capitulated to Democrats and are at this point no different than standard liberals. Ilhan Omar did call Eliot Abrams evil to his face so that was kinda cool though

    • emizeko [they/them]
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      8 months ago

      "That was not a question" when he tried to respond, just an incredible moment

      • MaoTheLawn [any, any]
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        8 months ago

        and then she goes on to condemn Venezuela

        given all of the damning evidence against Elliot Abrams I actually don't think her line of questioning was that great.

        • emizeko [they/them]
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          8 months ago

          C-SPAN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InGCmxCjaWE

          chapo clip where they talk about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcyRaaxmz70

    • Chapo_is_Red [he/him]
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      8 months ago

      But their main victory, the representatives belonging to "the squad" have all capitulated to Democrats and are at this point no different than standard liberals.

      In reality, DSA doesn't have any national electeds.

      Ilhan Omar did call Eliot Abrams evil to his face so that was kinda cool though

      Unfortunately, she's not part of DSA