Expelling Bowman would mean handing the perfect tool to the establishment to stoke divisions within the Palestine solidarity movement, the left and the working class, and play into the strategy of divide and conquer. It is exactly what our enemies want.
There are two camps within the right wing of the organization that hold a lot of sway still. Both thoroughly anti-communist. One is the old guard who are just run of the mill democrats. The other is a mix of electoralists who are very well organized and generally successful in what they do, but they are more interested in building a coalition "party" (in the broadest sense of the term) with other progressive organizations than laying a correct, revolutionary line. They are also in control of most of the chapters in New York. It's why so many DSA endorsed candidates are discussed as if they were party cadre when in reality DSA is just one more org that endorsed them. Until we enforce some dem-cent around the platform nothing is going to change, which is why if you're a member you should run for your chapter's delegation to the national convention in two years and push for that sort of thing at your local in the meantime.
Until we enforce some dem-cent around the platform
Dem-Cent around the platform will result in the Old Guard and the Electoralists completely expelling anyone vaguely Communist or Anarchist from the DSA lol. Like you just said that the Bowman stans control all the chapters in NY, how the fuck do you think a "mass line" is gonna look like at this time?
There are two camps within the right wing of the organization that hold a lot of sway still. Both thoroughly anti-communist. One is the old guard who are just run of the mill democrats. The other is a mix of electoralists who are very well organized and generally successful in what they do, but they are more interested in building a coalition "party" (in the broadest sense of the term) with other progressive organizations than laying a correct, revolutionary line. They are also in control of most of the chapters in New York. It's why so many DSA endorsed candidates are discussed as if they were party cadre when in reality DSA is just one more org that endorsed them. Until we enforce some dem-cent around the platform nothing is going to change, which is why if you're a member you should run for your chapter's delegation to the national convention in two years and push for that sort of thing at your local in the meantime.
Dem-Cent around the platform will result in the Old Guard and the Electoralists completely expelling anyone vaguely Communist or Anarchist from the DSA lol. Like you just said that the Bowman stans control all the chapters in NY, how the fuck do you think a "mass line" is gonna look like at this time?
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