The Latest Breaking News from DSA

The Democrats Have a Socialism Problem

Plus: the DSA's policy agenda, Trump hits pause on Iran, and deregulating peptides

Reason · Jul 27

Red state socialist institutions thrive

North Dakota has a long history of policies and institutions that could be considered socialist

Salon · Jul 26

Trump revives old tropes as he pushes warnings of ‘communist menace’

President harks back to red scare of his childhood to attack US left – but will such language resonate beyond Maga base?

The Guardian - US · Jul 26

Trump’s State Department cites ‘blacklists’ and McCarthyism in memo labeling leftists ‘front groups’ for communist Cuba

New report approvingly cites Red Scare-era tactics to crack down on dissent from leftists including elected officials and the DSA

The Independent UK · Jul 21

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez should run for president

The congresswoman can run a serious national campaign on the left and pull a movement in behind it. She should get in early

The Guardian - US · Jul 21

From Bernie to Mamdani, how the Occupy movement transformed American politics

Yotam Marom, who helped lead Occupy Wall Street, discusses why power must be built through movements, not simply through elected officials

The Guardian - US · Jul 21

‘Front groups and fellow travelers’: state department attacks US left over Cuba

New report denounces Havana and claims ‘campaign of subversion’ has infiltrated highest levels of US government

The Guardian - US · Jul 20

Contradictions of Socialist Prison Abolitionism

Many "democratic socialists" want to abolish prisons. But this is in conflict with their objective of making many more activities illegal.

Reason · Jul 20

Maine Democrats have found Graham Platner’s replacement. Can he win control of the Senate seat?

ANALYSIS: Graham Platner’s self-destruction was a major blow to progressives, but his replacement proves that their critics don’t have much juice, writes John Bowden

The Independent UK · Jul 20

D&D players raise millions in real-life campaign against ‘corporate elite’

Brennan Lee Mulligan’s Dungeons and Dragons push is part of a wider trend using tabletop games for political action

The Guardian - US · Jul 16