X has a lot of anti-DSA right wingers. Bluesky has a lot of anti-DSA Dem neolib centrists and empty headed non-profit moralists.

Seeing a lot of confusion in Bluesky land about this idea. It's a proposal for a "left labor" candidate. Might be AOC, might be Sara Nelson, might be someone else, we don't know. We just know we don't want a billionaire funded centrist hand picked by Ken Martin. jacobin.com/2026/05/left...

I was wrong, it's not just our monthly DSA membership meeting, it's book club this morning, where we discuss The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin. Should be great. The book was fantastic.

Chapter meeting tomorrow! Always the highlight of the month : )

It's time for DSA to staff up. I know we have a couple openings now, I think for a chapter development person and a comms person, and that’s great. However, we need more. (thread):

Ok, I need three people to join so I get the cool DSA t-shirt. act.dsausa.org/s/3298.TCcWt5

Join us this Saturday!

Primary Night Global Intifada (A fun read) open.substack.com/pub/mcrumps/...

Zohran Mamdani: “We are special as DSA electeds not because of ourselves, we are special because of our organization.”

On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park. New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.

“I’m tired of feeling powerless. Joining DSA is the most effective way to get organized. DSA chapters across the country build strong communities and campaign for candidates who stand for working people against oligarchs. I want to be a part of it!” — North Carolina dsausa.org/join

I keep on encountering posts criticizing DSA for having an anti USAID stance. This podcast is the clearest explanation of just how our “soft power” works through USAID, and why it’s tightly tied to our hard power: open.spotify.com/episode/2e5B...

A map by @stephensemler.bsky.social showing which countries in the Middle East own nuclear weapons open.substack.com/pub/stephens...

The two laziest words in corporate journalism.

DSA members, if you are new here, add the DSA Feed (in custom feeds). Organized by Noah (thank you Noah but can you filter out Digital Security Act posts?). Once you get the feed, marvel at the increasing number of anti-DSA posts as the NYC mayor race nears its end. Full screech mode approaching!

The war machine is gearing up, with heavy propaganda on the major news sites, and most countries just letting it happen. Shades of Iraq. If Trump keeps this up, the Democrats will put him in the "respectable leader" category alongside George W. Bush.

Amer Rabee was a Palestinian American born in New Jersey. He was not a terrorist — he was just a child. In the West Bank and in Gaza, atrocities like the killing of Amer are occurring daily. We cannot stay silent. We cannot look away.

Great to see this from Central Mississippi DSA.

DAMMING THE IRON RIVER A Saturday, May 25th webinar by the Democratic Socialists of America and Global Exchange will discuss a campaign to help interrupt flow of guns from US to Mexico.

Scaling Up open.substack.com/pub/johnkrum...

You: Oh my god the house is on fire! Me (wise, has read books): And you're surprised? Houses have been on fire before [as the flames consume us both] Furthermore,

How To Nurture A DSA Chapter open.substack.com/pub/johnkrum...

You Should Watch Nightbitch open.substack.com/pub/johnkrum...

Every union should be echoing this statement.

“For whatever reason, people of color have a higher incidence of maternal mortality."

The whole world needs to oppose this. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

A rare decent article on Israel in the NYT, of course long after Gaza is largely rubble. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/o...

A few film photos from last month…all in Duluth, MN

I've really been enjoying the new podcast, Confronting Capitalism with Vivek Chibber. Very smart stuff, and nicely produced. The most recent episode is great: open.spotify.com/episode/68nx...

Gotta say, Bluesky increasingly feels like X/Twitter. It’s the form, not who owns it. Individual screams into the void. Likes. Comments. Followers. It’s a giant hole that potential activism and collective social activity falls into.

Happy to join the Marxist Education Project on January 8 to discuss the relevance of Capital Vol. 1 to the climate crisis. marxedproject.org/event/capita...

Free Briana Boston. #MedicareForAll NOW! www.wfla.com/news/polk-co...

I guess I have to ask, what is the surprise here? These are the most right wing of the Democrats, pretty much pathologically opposed to working class interests, especially in Sinema's case. Manchin is a corporate yes-man. A real party would have cast them out long ago.

This

Worn this shirt countless times in the past and nobody ever said anything to me. Wore it today grocery shopping and three different people came up to me and told me they loved it. One lady even said “perfect timing for it.” Things are different now…

Pretty insane story on how Trump won Dearborn, MI claiming to be the "peace" candidate (reminder he only won MI by ~80K votes). Obviously the Biden administration's staunch support for war and genocide make this disingenuous politics possible. npr.org/2024/12/03/n...

Still figuring out this site. Are there any really solid leftist feeds yet? I like the feeds idea (sort of a channel for an interest) but I still need to find a good one, and search hasn't helped.

Ok, my first Bluesky whine/request. Allow editing of posts. Even editing with a 30 minute timeout would be nice, to catch typos. ✏️

I finished Reform And Revolution. It's pretty short, but dense. I do recommend it. We had a great book group discussion--it's definitely rich with ideas. It's also a big slam against some guy named Bernstein, who you kind of feel bad for not reading and giving a fair shake.

Israel killed 100 people in Gaza today. I listened to NPR this evening, and this wasn’t even reported in passing. There was even a report about an initiative to save endangered wolves somewhere, but no mention of the 100 people who were killed in less than 24 hours.

I have three days to read Luxemburg’s Reform And Revolution for our chapter book group. Shouldn’t be a problem, except that my actual struggle is procrastination and revolution.

This kind of neatly sums up a major part of why she lost. The other reason is she could not emotionally connect with voters around these issues even if she tried. The wrong candidate .

Well, this might as well be my first post, gotta start somewhere. dsausa.org/join