curmudgeonthefrog [he/him] to the_dunk_tank • 3 years agoIs DSA still the lib group?external-linkmessage-square21 fedilinkarrow-up185file-text
arrow-up185external-linkIs DSA still the lib group?curmudgeonthefrog [he/him] to the_dunk_tank • 3 years agomessage-square21 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRedArmor [he/him]hexbear30·3 years agoDSA chapters can do different things than others and not follow the same lines because they are not democratically centralized. They aren’t a revolutionary party. link
minus-squareBluegrass_Buddhist [none/use name]hexbear11·edit-23 years agoThis. DSA chapters I know do a lot of good mutual aid and electoral work, and will sometimes send people out to pickets for union strikes. But because they aren't willing to organize along DemCent lines nationally, they're more Lions Club than Black Panthers Party. link
minus-squarewrecker_vs_dracula [comrade/them]hexbear8·3 years agoYes their explicit rejection of democratic centralism is anticommunist and hobbles their ability to develop and enforce a party line. link
DSA chapters can do different things than others and not follow the same lines because they are not democratically centralized. They aren’t a revolutionary party.
This. DSA chapters I know do a lot of good mutual aid and electoral work, and will sometimes send people out to pickets for union strikes.
But because they aren't willing to organize along DemCent lines nationally, they're more Lions Club than Black Panthers Party.
Yes their explicit rejection of democratic centralism is anticommunist and hobbles their ability to develop and enforce a party line.
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