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Memo on DSA Electoral Campaigns
Peter Moody, October 29, 2018
DSA member Peter Moody looks over DSA's electoral strategy and its current application, specifically in the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez campaign, arguing that the task of making candidates accountable to the organization is far from complete. Read Article.
No Bernie
Patrick Gibson, February 20, 2019
One of the major political questions facing the Democratic Socialists of America in the near future is how to relate to Bernie Sanders' recently announced 2020 presidential campaign. Already, a vocal and well-connected group of DSA members have put out arguments for a full endorsement and strong involvement in such a campaign. Central NJ DSA member Patrick Gibson provides an alternative view, arguing that the organization should not tie itself to a leader it cannot meaningfully influence or discipline. Read Article.
What's At Stake in the Democratic Socialists of America?
Jean Allen, March 28, 2019
Jean Allen discusses the factional infighting in the DSA and it what it says about the organization at large. Read Article.
Post-Insurrectionary Strategy
Jacob Richter, June 6, 2019
Jacob Richter weighs in on the Kautsky debate centering around revolutionary strategy, arguing for a balance of power approach. Read Article.
For the Unity of Marxists with the Dispossessed: The Bolsheviks and the State, 1912-1917
Medway Baker, October 9, 2019
A reply by Medway Baker to Sophia Burns' article "For the Unity of Marxists, or the Unity of the Dispossessed?" Read Article.
The Need for Organizations that Organize
Ben Reynolds, February 21, 2020
Ben Reynolds responds to Chris Koch's "The Need for Agitational Organizations." Read Article.
The Problem of Unity: A Comparative Analysis
Medway Baker, June 14, 2020
In a comparative study of Austro-Marxism, the French Socialist movement, and Bolshevism, Medway Baker argues for the left to seek unity around a programme of constitutional disloyalty. Read Article.
A Twelve-Step Program for Democrat Addiction
Ben Grove, December 10, 2020
Ben Grove lays out a twelve-step program for the Democratic Socialists of America to pursue a path of independent working-class politics. Reading: Christian Cail. Read Article.
The Consequences of a Toothless Platform: What the Bowman Debate Teaches the DSA
Brandon A Johnson, December 8, 2021
Brandon Johnson argues that the controversy over Jamaal Bowman in the DSA can be traced to deeper structural weaknesses in the organization and a failure to achieve unity and clarity in its principles. Read Article.