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Raskolnikov38 posted:I think national does share lists with EBDSA at least. I've yet to attend an event but got my voting guide for the meeting on the 24th today in the mail and have gotten other stuff from East Bay they're gonna do a phone bank for it, too. Stairmaster posted:I'm interested in joining but my local DSA chapter holds its meetings on the days I have work. Am I poo poo out of luck for the near future not necessarily! try e-mailing them, ask if there's other stuff you can join in doing, or if they're likely to change their meeting days? Worst they can say is no.
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Did a socialism happy hour. Tonight was announced on meetup and I met 3 people who showed up that were not yet members but found us on meetup and decided to meet some comrades. That's extremely cool and good and is quite inspiring that just tossing out a flag of "hey, we're socialists and we're going to meet up after work this day" results in new people showing up. Also met a Goon and acknowledged Goonness. Stairmaster, join and email your local, depending on size of your local, they may have a bunch of smaller working groups or committees that will meet on other nights of the week.
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We're preparing for our first General Meeting in Jacksonville, FL and I've been asked to deliver a brief on "What is the DSA?" I'm curious if anyone here has had to do something similar and what themes and points you hit on? You don't have to have given a formal address or anything, experience from a one-to-one explainer on the DSA would be helpful as well.
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Dr. Poz posted:We're preparing for our first General Meeting in Jacksonville, FL and I've been asked to deliver a brief on "What is the DSA?" I'm curious if anyone here has had to do something similar and what themes and points you hit on? You don't have to have given a formal address or anything, experience from a one-to-one explainer on the DSA would be helpful as well. Our messaging cmte is currently creating a handout that does exactly this, but we have some introductory information as well. We mostly stress that we're a furthering of progressive ideals and arguing that capitalism and racism are where the problems in our society comes from. If you shoot me a pm I can send you what we got. We have a really kickass meeting handout template as well
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Does anyone know if the national office has a rubric of some sort that they compare candidates against for endorsement purposes?
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Greatbacon posted:Does anyone know if the national office has a rubric of some sort that they compare candidates against for endorsement purposes? My understanding is that there are specifically very few requirements or expectations of candidates that DSA locals endorse. Mainly because it's a big-tent organization, they want to be potentially inclusive of anyone a local could endorse, from a super-anti-gun-control maoist to an anti-cruelty, pro vegan pacifist social democrat. Basically, check as many "qualities of a socialist" checkboxes you can, I guess. Literally, their only requirement for a local to endorse is "identify as a socialist", and the local can endorse any candidate who does that.
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Ruzihm posted:My understanding is that there are specifically very few requirements or expectations of candidates that DSA locals endorse. Mainly because it's a big-tent organization, they want to be potentially inclusive of anyone a local could endorse, from a super-anti-gun-control maoist to an anti-cruelty, pro vegan pacifist social democrat. *Proud and open socialist
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Ace of Baes posted:*Proud and open socialist True
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We have three such candidates running for New York City Council- two in Brooklyn (Khader El-Yateem in the southwest corner, Jabari Brisport in part of Central Brooklyn) and one in the Bronx (Justin Sanchez in the north). I don't know if NYC DSA has endorsed Justin but they have with the other two, even though Brisport is running on the Green Party line.
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being the only dsa member in my county, I actually have to go two counties over in order to attend meetings. I don't get much of a chance to attend meetings. still tho -- 
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Gene Hackman Fan posted:being the only dsa member in my county, I actually have to go two counties over in order to attend meetings. find four people and start an OC
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page 69, nice https://twitter.com/getfiscal/status/876637107648950272
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Business Gorillas posted:Idk if anyone else is going to the national convention but I'd be open to a bar night or something if there's a goon delegation and enough people want to meet up I have a side thing about proving Earth is round while I'm there so I'm down for some excursions
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Stinky_Pete posted:I have a side thing about proving Earth is round while I'm there so I'm down for some excursions Wow, I know the DSA is a "wide tent" organization but this is pushing it.
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san francisco just elected the first all-woman steering committee (in any DSA chapter) in two decades. Congrats, comrades. 
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Please welcome these new DSA groups! Full Chapters Central New Mexico Eugene, OR Quad Cities, IL and IA Organizing Committees Central Oregon Centre County, PA Helena, MT Iowa City, IA North Shore, MA Santa Cruz, CA Southern Utah Tucson, AZ
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Ace of Baes posted:Full Chapters :debspop:
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Ace of Baes posted:Please welcome these new DSA groups! Soon....soon...
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So this thread has been around for a while now so I would imagine what I'm going to ask has already been asked and I apologize for repeating stuff. What separates the DSA from other Leftist "third parties" in the US? Wiki has a list of several of them. I'm in Fort Worth and the meeting spot for the DSA chapter nearest me is about 15 minutes away. I'm thinking about joining.
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NikkolasKing posted:So this thread has been around for a while now so I would imagine what I'm going to ask has already been asked and I apologize for repeating stuff. they've got more people but also they don't run their own candidates in partisan elections.
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NikkolasKing posted:So this thread has been around for a while now so I would imagine what I'm going to ask has already been asked and I apologize for repeating stuff. the DSA has people in them also the DSA is not a political party
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if you combined every US socialist group/party/front it wouldnt be half of the size of the DSA
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anyone note its page 69 of the dsa thread yet edit: yes they have
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The DSA is different from other leftist orgs because we have good memes.
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an actual dog posted:The DSA is different from other leftist orgs because we have good memes. Joined for the memes, stayed for the class war.
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an actual dog posted:The DSA is different from other leftist orgs because we have good memes. In my experience, it's also people that actually want to go out and do things as opposed to whine about theory then go home Idk a lot about you guys, but my chapter has all sorts of people in it that aren't dem socs, but they see the benefits of DSA being a big tent org for leftists
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DSA takin it back to the first International with the power of memes. Also, the DSA pins linked earlier in the thread arrived over the weekend and they are pretty dang cool.
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(reposting from the trump thread) [source] so basically keep being centrist nothings? cool strats.
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Dems like to think they're rhetorical jiu-jitsu masters but really they're just the foreign brigades of the SS
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Business Gorillas posted:In my experience, it's also people that actually want to go out and do things as opposed to whine about theory then go home We have so many loving anarchists around here
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[whistles non-chalantly behind a black bandana]
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Nitrousoxide posted:Joined for the memes, stayed for the class war.
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Pomp posted:We have so many loving anarchists around here its so good
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Ruzihm posted:(reposting from the trump thread) Let's look outside the traditional mold of the first half of the 20th century to the traditional mold of the second half of the 20th century!
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the DSA is what happens when socialists stop being fake and start getting real.
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STL DSA is having a potluck tonight, and in true St Louis fashion we're having to mention that we have not only vegan and vegetarian options, but also options for people that don't like Provel cheese. (And anyone who joins in on the STL-shaming on Twitter can gently caress right off.)
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Troy Queef posted:STL DSA is having a potluck tonight, and in true St Louis fashion we're having to mention that we have not only vegan and vegetarian options, but also options for people that don't like Provel cheese. well being for all, even those that like provel cheese 
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STL POTLUCK UPDATE: someone brought homemade spicy Hungarian sausages and they were delicious
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