André Vasquez, who was elected to Chicago’s City Council last year as a socialist, has voted in favor of the mayor’s budget. The Chicago DSA has censured him. This raises a big question: How can a socialist organization make its elected representatives accountable?
Overall, from what we know of this story today, it looks like the DSA is doing a decent job of that. The vast majority of their elected members are voting how the DSA tells them to vote, and they promptly took action against the one who didn't. We'll see how the situation plays out over the next few weeks, but one week into this thing I don't see too much room for criticism.
Overall, from what we know of this story today, it looks like the DSA is doing a decent job of that. The vast majority of their elected members are voting how the DSA tells them to vote, and they promptly took action against the one who didn't. We'll see how the situation plays out over the next few weeks, but one week into this thing I don't see too much room for criticism.