Where We Stand: Building the Next Left
Where We Stand was written by organization-wide discussion from 1990-1995 to update the original founding DSA document of 1982. While circumstances have somewhat changed and some of the references are...
View ArticleA Brief History of the American Left
by Maurice Isserman"Promising indeed," Eugene Debs wrote in September l900, "is the outlook for Socialism in the United States. The very contemplation of the prospect is a wellspring of inspiration."...
View ArticleToward an Economic Justice Agenda
Thirty years ago, Douglas Fraser, then president of what was still a million-member United Auto Workers union, presciently warned that the leaders of corporate America—in combination with the American...
View ArticleFrom Protest to Disruption: Frances Fox Piven on Occupy Wall Street
by Chris MaisanoFrances Fox Piven has spent decades writing about and participating in social movements in the United States. She was gracious enough to sit down for an interview with Chris Maisano, a...
View ArticleA Social and Economic Bill of Rights
Americans are familiar with the language of political and civil rights – one person, one voice, one vote; equal treatment before the law. We are less familiar with the justification for the social...
View ArticleThe Boys Who Cried Debt
by Joseph M. SchwartzRepublicans and conservative Democrats are whipping up public hysteria about the debt ceiling and the size of the federal deficit to justify cutting social programs that benefit...
View ArticleDemocracy and Care Unbound: On Feminism’s Abiding Political Value
By Michele L. RossiToday, most of us are only too painfully aware of leftists’ worldwide difficulty in winning and exercising power. Capital’s enhanced global mobility, legal challenges by undemocratic...
View ArticleThe Politics of Race
by Joseph M. SchwartzAs economic growth stagnated in the 1970s, most western welfare states witnessed “populist” revolts of middle income taxpayers against public provision, with their wrath focused on...
View ArticleCertain Problems Require Socialist Solutions
by Maria SvartI’m told that Michael Harrington once wistfully commented to colleagues that he had written sixteen books, and on the dust jacket of the sixteenth, the publisher had put, “By the author...
View ArticleThe Welfare State of America
by Peter Frase and Bhaskar SunkaraMitt Romney was ridiculed by the liberal media when he complained to wealthy donors, “There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter...
View ArticleToward Freedom: Democratic Socialist Theory and Practice
The Democratic Socialist Visionby Joseph Schwartz and Jason SchulmanDemocratic socialists believe that the individuality of each human being can only be developed in a society embodying the values of...
View ArticleCapitalism, Socialism, and Sustainability
by Mark SchaefferThe global environmental crisis, together with growing inequality, is the great challenge of the 21st Century. Fossil fuel combustion and deforestation are destabilizing the global...
View ArticleResistance Rising: Socialist Strategy in the Age of Political Revolution
A summary of Democratic Socialists of America's Strategy Document - June 20162016 was a game changing year for leftists and progressives. We are finally reemerging as a vital and powerful force after...
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