It is a moral outrage that 88% of Democrats and 69% of all voters support Medicare for All, yet Democratic Party leadership in Congress has refused to fight for it, particularly during a pandemic that has resulted in millions losing their jobs and health insurance. When the 2021 legislative session begins in January, House Progressives…
Right, you gotta specify what that "something else" is though because I agree that remforming the DSA into something useful is a bit of a stretch. It is still the largest leftist ["leftist"] org currently in the US though, so it's worth a shot imo cause if it is successful, then you really have a stew going.
Top reasons to [very critically] support the DSA:
It's lib-friendly, I can't tell my Bernie-fan friends to join my local Maoist reading group cause that's a bit much, but they might go to a few DSA meetings and get plugged into something mildly useful instead of sitting on their asses and :vote: ing
There is overlap and adjacency between DSA and other orgs (PSL, SAlt, Antifa orgs, Food not Bombs), so as time goes on your average DSA lib is gonna hear about these groups and potentially make the jump to one of them
No need to support a good DSA branch as much more than "a vaguely socialist meeting group for networking opportunities" until some sort of reform is done imo. My expectations are low, but above "actually you should leave now or you're a piece of shit"
Supporting the DSA in any way is actively harmful to leftist causes. They have decided they don't support M4A and they would rather echo neoliberal and right wing talking points.
Right, you gotta specify what that "something else" is though because I agree that remforming the DSA into something useful is a bit of a stretch. It is still the largest leftist ["leftist"] org currently in the US though, so it's worth a shot imo cause if it is successful, then you really have a stew going.
Top reasons to [very critically] support the DSA:
Supporting the DSA in any way is actively harmful to leftist causes. They have decided they don't support M4A and they would rather echo neoliberal and right wing talking points.
If the national org sucks then the org sucks.