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?
i agree that entryism as a means to "take over the party" is a dumb idea that wont ever play out in that way, but entryism whereby running candidates on democratic ballot lines to get socialists in office is still in most places the only thing to do. theres something like 155 DSA endorsed elected candidates on federal, state, and local levels and im certain maybe only a handful of them would win reelection if running 3rd party
Good article. As usual, down with Democratic entryism etc.
i agree that entryism as a means to "take over the party" is a dumb idea that wont ever play out in that way, but entryism whereby running candidates on democratic ballot lines to get socialists in office is still in most places the only thing to do. theres something like 155 DSA endorsed elected candidates on federal, state, and local levels and im certain maybe only a handful of them would win reelection if running 3rd party