No, the first section of the article is criticizing the DSA and DARC for “trying to radicalize people” by leading them in what they knew would become a failed civic action, to show the need for more radical change. But once the civic action failed, the people who had been roped into that were demoralized rather than hungry for a more radical action, showing that strategy to be a failure.

Damn, it turns out most people don't like joining orgs that loses all the time. Something something defeat is an orphan.