Democratic Socialists of America (DSA ) is an organization of democratic socialist and left -social democratic and labor members in the United States. It is a member of the Socialist International (SI) from its founding in 1982.[20]
DSA has its roots in the Socialist Party of America (SPA), whose most prominent leaders included Eugene V. Debs , Norman Thomas and Michael Harrington.[21]
The organization has at times endorsed Democratic electoral candidates such as Walter Mondale , Jesse Jackson , John Kerry , Barack Obama and Bernie Sanders as well as Green Party candidate Ralph Nader .
By the end of 2017, DSA membership had risen from over 6,000 to over 32,000, due to the youth reaction to the presidency of Donald Trump , hence becoming by far not only the largest socialist organization in the United States in the 21st century .[22] Many of the new members were relatively wealthy millennials .[23]
On June 26, DSA member and endorsee Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won the Democratic primary against incumbent Representative Joseph Crowley in New York's 14th congressional district in a surprise upset.[24] [25] As a result of her win, 1,000 new members joining the organization the next day, approximately 35 times the daily average[26]
The DSA resolved not to campaign for any candidate in the 2020 United States presidential election other than Bernie Sanders; however, many members encouraged people to vote for Joe Biden , even though he was not endorsed.[27] [28]
↑ "Democratic Left" . dsausa.org . Retrieved August 10, 2017 .
↑ "9 questions about the Democratic Socialists of America you were too embarrassed to ask" . 5 August 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017 .
↑ "Democratic Socialists of America" . Retrieved August 8, 2017 .
↑ "Climate and Environmental Justice Working Group" . dsausa.org . Retrieved June 7, 2018 .
↑ Meyer, Neal (July 20, 2018). "What is Democratic Socialism?" . Jacobin . Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2018 .
↑ "DSA Constitution and By-laws", Article II.
↑ Speedy, Sam (27 May 2017). "The movement behind the rose emoji that you probably don't know about" . Mashable . Retrieved June 17, 2018 .
↑ Bryan, Rob. "Why the Democratic Socialists of America Vote for BDS Is a Turning Point in American Left Politics" . AlterNet . Archived from the original on November 17, 2018. Retrieved June 18, 2018 .
↑ "DSA Libertarian Socialist Caucus" . DSA Libertarian Socialist Caucus . Archived from the original on April 29, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2018 .
↑ CNN, Analysis by Gregory Krieg (8 August 2017). "Democratic Socialists are taking themselves seriously. Should Democrats?" . CNN. Retrieved August 10, 2017 .
↑ Chacin, Susan (Winter 2021). "A New Vision for DSA: The Socialist Voice in a Progressive United Front" . Retrieved August 3, 2021 .
↑ Caucus, DSA Communist (September 6, 2017). "DSA Communist Caucus: Our Statement" . Retrieved February 5, 2018 .
↑ Weaver, Adam. "A Turning Point on the Left? Libertarian Caucus Debuts at Democratic Socialist Conference" . Truthout . Archived from the original on October 10, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017 .
↑ "DSA Libertarian Socialist Caucus" . dsa-lsc.org . Archived from the original on December 7, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2017 .
↑ "DSA North Star: The Caucus for Socialism and Democracy" . DSA North Star Caucus . Retrieved June 11, 2018 .
↑ "Program" . October 15, 2017. Archived from the original on November 7, 2018. Retrieved February 5, 2018 .
↑ Weigel, David. "The socialist movement is getting younger and turning into a left-wing force" . Chicago Tribune . Retrieved August 8, 2017 .
↑ "DSA Left Caucus: Who We Are, Where We Stand" . docs.google.com . Retrieved 5 February 2018 .
↑ "DSA Votes for BDS, Reparations, and Out of the Socialist International" . 5 August 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017 .
↑ Svart, Maria (November 7, 2011). "Let's Talk Democratic Socialism, Already" . In These Times . Archived from the original on October 30, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2018 .
↑ DSA North Texas chapter (April 30, 2018). "With about 37,000 dues-paying members spread across 200 local groups, DSA now dwarfs all other far-left organizations in America. There are at least 11 chapters in Texas, including in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin and El Paso." #Yallidarity" .
↑ Last, Briana (2020-05-11). "Whither the DSA?" . The Bellows . Archived from the original on 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2020-11-14 . The data on DSA's demographic composition, though limited, are striking. According to the 2017 membership survey, DSA is composed of wealthy, college-educated millennials, with few ties to the organized labor movement. Nearly a third of members (29%) earn over $100,000 a year. Moreover, only 6% of survey respondents were union members—just over half of the unionization rate in the US in 2017, which was 10.7%.
↑ "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 28, Might Just Be the Future of the Democratic Party" . Vogue . Retrieved June 27, 2018 .
↑ "A top House Democrat just lost his primary — to a socialist" . Vox . Retrieved June 27, 2018 .
↑ "Democratic Socialists of America Membership Surges After Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Stunning Victory" . The Daily Beast . Retrieved June 28, 2018 .
↑ "Elections: Democrat President, Divided Congress" . Workers Power USA . Retrieved 2020-11-14 .
↑ Sernatinger, Andy (2020-10-11). "Biden pledge spits at DSA's democracy" . Tempest . Retrieved 2020-11-14 .