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.

  • captcha [any]
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    4 years ago

    Yeah but if DSA was DemCent then it wouldn't be a big enough organization worth taking over. 🤷‍♂️

    • mrbigcheese [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      if DSA was demcent the electoralists and economists would win the majority and DSA would suck lol. that kind of methodology doesnt really work when broadly applied in an org where you have both social democrats and communists

    • KamalaHarrisPOTUS [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      if DSA was DemCent then it wouldn’t be a big enough organization worth taking over.

      as long as they brand as DSA i think itd still be p big

      • captcha [any]
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        4 years ago

        The process of DSA becoming DemCent would invariably cause splits and plummets in membership because people who signed up to be in DSA did not sign up for a DemCent organization.

        It is incredibly naiive to believe that DSAs power was its brand and not its ideology of being a big tent.

        • hauntingspectre [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          The paper membership would be a huge coup for whatever group took over DSA. But, the meetings would just wind up being the 3 Trots discussing their newspaper and issuing condemnations of other microsects.