Spring 2024

A YDSA member reflects on the New York University encampment and prospects for the solidarity movement.
How are local, national, and international labor organizations contributing practical solidarity to the people of Palestine?
Growing labor's power today will depend on our own dogged efforts against the grain of today's social and political conditions.
A history of general strikes provides valuable lessons as we prepare to meet UAW President Shawn Fain's call for a general strike in 2028.
DSA should stick to the long-term project of building a fighting labor movement and eventually a political party representing its interests.
A politics of care is necessary to address the issues with care work as an often neglected, frequently exploited form of labor.
A father and son, both members of DSA, talk about the challenges facing our organization and our movement.
The history of struggles for a democratic constitution remains relevant because the U.S. was not a democracy in the past and it isn’t now.
Without safeguards, paid political leadership could undermine what it seeks to bolster—member democracy.

Fall 2023

Putting this year's electoral convention resolution into practice will set the groundwork for a new independent party of the working class necessary for winning socialism.
Instead of changing course, DSA should continue prioritizing mass parties of the Latin American Left.
Members of the DSA Santa Cruz Labor Working Group reflect on the recent strike at the University of California.
The USA has a unique democratic socialist tradition. Let us carry it forward as we fight the battles of our own time.

2023 DSA National Convention Discussion

An argument against the “Democratize DSA 2023" resolution at the upcoming national convention.
An argument against the "Defend Democracy through Political Independence" resolution for the upcoming national convention.
An argument in favor of the “Towards a Party-Like Electoral Strategy” resolution for the upcoming national convention.
A response to "Socialists Don't Vote For Cop Budgets" from members of DSA-Los Angeles.
An argument for moving forward with the current agenda for the 2023 national convention.
A cross-caucus argument in support of the “Democratize DSA 2023" resolution at the upcoming national convention.
Thoughts on the question of electoral discipline and its relationship to resolutions for the upcoming national convention.
An argument against the "Uniting Against the Ultra-Right" resolution at the upcoming national convention.
An argument in support of the "Uniting Against the Ultra-Right" resolution at the upcoming national convention.
An argument in support of the “Democratize DSA 2023" resolution at the upcoming national convention.
Thoughts on the national convention from the Marxist Unity Group caucus.
An argument against a number of resolutions concerning electoral politics for the upcoming national convention.
An argument against the "Socialist Anti-Militarism and the War in Ukraine" resolution for the national convention.
An argument in support of the "Public Ownership of Railroads" platform amendment for the upcoming national convention.
An argument in support of the "For a Political, Prolific and Democratic DSA Editorial Board" resolution for the national convention.
An argument against resolutions concerning Covid protocols, the relationship between YDSA and DSA Chapters, and the question of anti-Zionism.
An argument in support of the "2023 Green New Deal Campaign Commission Priority Resolution" for the national convention.
An argument in support of the "Run DSA Candidates for School Boards" amendment to the national electoral resolution.
An argument in support of the “Winning the Battle for Democracy" resolution at the upcoming national convention.
An argument in support of the “Resolution On the Defense of Immigrants and Refugees" for the upcoming national convention.