by Douglas Dollinger
Canada is now effectively Americanizing its approach to defence. Militarism has become the order of the day.
Category: National DSA
No, Seriously, Democratic Socialists Want to Abolish the Senate
by Gregory Lebens-Higgins
“Abolishing the Senate is not something that will happen in a vacuum. It is a maximalist demand for achieving a working-class democracy.”
You and What Army? Two Problems for Centrists
by Jean Allen
It is the height of capitalist arrogance to think that any amount of money can buy the inside of a person’s mind. Yes, this moment calls for mass politics, but even if Democratic money started getting spent on canvassers instead of ads, those canvassers will not be “an army”, they will be mercenaries.
Organize Beyond Protests
By Hannah W. In the past few months, the US government has increased state-sanctioned violence with ICE as its executioners. Neighbors are snatched off the street without due process. People are murdered…
Practicing Scientific Socialism: Remarks on ROC DSA’s 2025 Chapter Convention
by Gregory Lebens-Higgins
DSA’s capacity to organize the working class arises from its democratic structure, empowering all members to participate in shaping our movement. ROC DSA’s annual convention “is the highest assembly of the chapter,” providing members a space to elect chapter leadership and identify priorities for the following year. The 2025 Convention occurred December 13 – 14, and wrapped up at the January General Meeting.
DSA National Labor Recap
By Hannah W.
I had the honor of representing ROC DSA at DSA’s National Convention this year. While there was much that was debated on the floor, the convention also hosted various sessions. Two of the sessions that I attended were for the National Labor Commission (NLC) and Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC). Here is a summary of those sessions and what’s occurring in DSA’s labor scene.
Mass Politics vs Sectarianism: Misrepresenting an Important Reality within DSA
by Matt T.
Instead, the divide in DSA is between two different forms of mass politics, both with long histories and battles between each other: the United Front, in its various formations on the “left,” and the Popular Front on the “right.” Both of these strategies are based around combatting right wing politics, a central concern in an increasingly hostile American political environment, but position themselves with different allies and with different class structures.
Division anywhere is Division everywhere
by Jean Allen
This program is aimed at uniting the WHOLE of the US working class towards immediate demands, and the greater transformation of society.
On The State of DSA
Sunday morning of convention before our final block of deliberations, I attended the National Growth and Development Committee’s (GDC) “State of DSA” presentation along with Comrade Brett. In this presentation the GDC…
New York State Needs to Organize NOW!
by Hannah W.
“New Yorkers, get organized! Talk to comrades in other chapters and let’s put the upstate versus downstate dispute aside. We are all workers, and together, we can make New York State work for the people and not the capitalist. A better New York and world is possible, and I believe we can make it happen.”