The DSA has done more praxis than almost any other organization in recent US history. Are they good? Debatable. Are they out there trying? You're goddamn right they are. Go to literally any leftist or left adjacent protest or action and DSA is either there officially or unofficially because DSA members are there. Like them or not they have a lot to teach to further leftist organizations about how to get shit done
Praxis is when you test the tenets of Marxism through acts of social struggle and then refine your theory based on the outcome.
An organization that isn't undergirded by a Marxist framework and isn't informing it's strategies off of past Marxist parties successes and failures isn't engaging in praxis.
It doesn't mean they can't do good things or that we can't occasionally learn something from them, but it's an important distinction between what a Marxist party does and a party that tolerates eclectic theories like the DSA does. A bunch of people operating with different ideologies and methodologies "getting shit done" might win some short term gains, but it won't ever bring about a rupture from capitalism.
I'm not saying they're the only ones doing anything or even that they're doing the most or that they're doing it alone. Go to any leftist event and DSA is there almost regardless of the size. At least in my city they do a good job of bringing members to events and letting the events happen: they aren't taking the event over they're just ensuring people are there. DSA turns people out, and that's I think their biggest value and why I say they're so important. It doesn't matter how many events your Marxist book club puts on if nobody is there, but if you coordinate with DSA you can be sure people will be there
You're getting downvoted but the last time I was at a DSA meeting they were all just planning how to do door knocking for democrats. didn't seem to be much building socialism talk.
The DSA has done more praxis than almost any other organization in recent US history. Are they good? Debatable. Are they out there trying? You're goddamn right they are. Go to literally any leftist or left adjacent protest or action and DSA is either there officially or unofficially because DSA members are there. Like them or not they have a lot to teach to further leftist organizations about how to get shit done
Praxis is when you test the tenets of Marxism through acts of social struggle and then refine your theory based on the outcome.
An organization that isn't undergirded by a Marxist framework and isn't informing it's strategies off of past Marxist parties successes and failures isn't engaging in praxis.
It doesn't mean they can't do good things or that we can't occasionally learn something from them, but it's an important distinction between what a Marxist party does and a party that tolerates eclectic theories like the DSA does. A bunch of people operating with different ideologies and methodologies "getting shit done" might win some short term gains, but it won't ever bring about a rupture from capitalism.
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I'm not saying they're the only ones doing anything or even that they're doing the most or that they're doing it alone. Go to any leftist event and DSA is there almost regardless of the size. At least in my city they do a good job of bringing members to events and letting the events happen: they aren't taking the event over they're just ensuring people are there. DSA turns people out, and that's I think their biggest value and why I say they're so important. It doesn't matter how many events your Marxist book club puts on if nobody is there, but if you coordinate with DSA you can be sure people will be there
Is this a bit? Please tell me this is a bit
You're getting downvoted but the last time I was at a DSA meeting they were all just planning how to do door knocking for democrats. didn't seem to be much building socialism talk.
The biggest thing DSA has done as a national org was donating tens of thousands of dollars of member dues to Bernie, who didn't need the money.