I have only seen national DSA leadership oppose the idea or turn it into a personality contest with Jimmy Dore.

How is that democratic at all?! They are openly contradicting the democratically-decided party line…

What an absolutely shit organization.

Here's the quote:

2019 presents a unique opportunity for the Democratic Socialists for Medicare for All campaign: to be a key player in pushing HR 1384, the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, to a vote in the House of Representatives. DSA is not alone in this work. National Nurses United, along with nearly 30 other national and local unions and progressive organizations are coordinating to take advantage of this moment. Since Bernie Sanders’ presidential run in 2016, single-payer advocates have been successfully turning Medicare for All into a litmus test for politicians. A floor vote in the House will force representatives to finally reveal whether they’re on the side of healthcare profiteers or the side of the working class.

  • Tittyskittles [none/use name]
    3·
    4 years ago

    I’m astounded how they’re so viscerally against a floor vote. I’m apathetic to it changing things drastically but I haven’t heard of anything bad that could happen other than libs might use it against us and ....... ok and? Why are they this pissed off at people demanding things from their politicians? Did we interrupt their brunch?

    • PhaseFour [he/him]
      7·
      4 years ago

      DSA was founded by a Trotskyist with ties to the US State Department. That is indicative of the degree to which DSA is infiltrated.

      Forcing the vote on M4A is the first time DSA has had the power to effectively influence electoral politics, and State Department assets in the DSA are hard at work to prevent that.

      This is not a criticism of the DSA rank-and-file. I want that to be clear.

        • kavila [any]
          ·
          4 years ago

          Micheal Harrington

          what did he do?

                  • gammison [none/use name]
                    ·
                    4 years ago

                    Yeah literally no one is left from old pre 2000 DSA on the NPC. This entire thread is just full of takes that have no idea how DSA works lol.

                    • mrbigcheese [he/him]
                      ·
                      4 years ago

                      Yeah i always get tired trying to explain to people these sort of things. I just checked and actually all current NPC were newly elected in 2019 except one who was first elected in 2017. Dont think any of them have even been in the org since earlier than like 2015

          • PhaseFour [he/him]
            2·
            4 years ago

            As a founder, he advocated for the exclusion of communists in the charter for the Students of a Democratic Society & in the DSA.

            He has had an incredibly close political career to LBJ & Ted Kennedy, and used his political career to redirected Left-wing and labor politics into the Democratic Party.

            In general, his actions were consistent with the behavior of State Department infiltration into Left-wing organizing.