Why Socialist Alternative Members are Joining DSA
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Looks like Socialist Alternative is going to try to make DSA form a workers party by having some of it's members join DSA.

Current DSA by-laws allow for chapters to expel members for being in Democratic Centralist organizations but its not automatic. It also seems like SAlt isn't telling their members to join en-masse, just a few to push for a new workers party at meetings.

My DSA chapter isn't happy about this but it seems like most apprehension seems to be from their experience with individual SAlt members, first and the rudeness of the tactic, second. But there seems to be little consideration of their goals.

  • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    That would fuck up a lot of chapters though. You need to basically just keep it as a rule that's applied by chapter majority. Having that be automatic would cripple smaller chapters because if DSA in an area only has 20 members, leadership is most definitely also leadership in other orgs.

    SRA and DSA have a lot of leadership overlap here, we have a few PSL people, but they aren't really active in the chapter.

    • GVAGUY3 [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Hmm. Sounds like something that would have to be debated beyond forms.

      • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Definitely. It's a chapter by chapter issue. I don't think national should really do anything with the existing law as it's not an automatic expulsion, but allows for wreckers to be kicked by vote.