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.

  • aqwxcvbnji [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Normally I'm against trots doing entrysm, bnut seeing how milquetoast the elected officials of DSA are, I'm currently leaning in favor of them doing this. DSA needs more marxists in their org.

    • gammison [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      There's like 6 different Marxist caucuses which have strong power at the conventions. The reason the elected officials don't proclaim Marxism is that there is no and cannot be a mechanism for enforcing they do so. Further if we did institute a rule like that, it would violate the big tent constitution of the org, which I would argue would be a huge mistake right now.

      • aqwxcvbnji [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        I agree, but then the question is: is it SAlt's intention to make DSA in to a non-big-tent organisation, or do they only want to be active inside DSA?