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North Star is primarily the people that were in DSA before the Bernie 2016 campaign. While it is true that the DSA bylaws do allow for the expulsion of DSA members that are dual carding in a self-described democratic centralist organization, DSA as a whole has decided that for now allowing SAlt to openly dual-card is a good thing and the National Political Committee is not seeking to expel SAlt members for openly dual-carding as the open-natured bit of it has been seen as just providing a different political viewpoint without it being an attempt to recruit to their org through splitting off members. North Star doesn't agree but since they don't have any members whatsoever on the NPC, their ability to advocate their opinion is limited. Because SAlt sided with the majority DSA opinion on international issues such as "while Russia invading Ukraine is bad, the US and NATO really pushed to make it essentially inevitable" or "China's belts and roads initiative is good", North Star now believes that SAlt and other far left groups have taken over DSA and they now want to start kicking out members for the purity of their vision of DSA, which is unlikely to happen as they hold 0 out of 16 seats on national leadership.
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paul_soccer12 posted:it is my understanding that the DSA NPC is made up almost entirely of North Star ppl and that they form the core of DSA decision making nation wide Just to fact check this a bit, it's made up of all the North Star people and the ghost of Michael Harrington, whom they all bring in via seance very much like a supernatural conference call.
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fermun posted:North Star now believes that SAlt and other far left groups have taken over DSA and they now want to start kicking out members for the purity of their vision of DSA, which is unlikely to happen as they hold 0 out of 16 seats on national leadership.
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Does the dual membership thing technically apply to the democrat party?
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is the democratic party demcent? you'd think there'd be bigger consequences for the blue dogs
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Raskolnikov38 posted:https://twitter.com/dsanorthstar/status/1602758852851531776?s=61&t=ERGf7468lNHEkCro1DOK1g https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1603069660160737285?t=tK9uo_W1mv2cTB2o8_GmdA&s=19 smh at these ultraleft online railroad union members
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NUMTOT kids all grew up and started railroad careers.
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say what you will about north star but biden's withdrawal from afghanistan marks the caucus as THE premiere anti-imperialist formation in DSA
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WorkerThread posted:https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1603069660160737285?t=tK9uo_W1mv2cTB2o8_GmdA&s=19
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Ferrinus posted:say what you will about north star but biden's withdrawal from afghanistan marks the caucus as THE premiere anti-imperialist formation in DSA Only because they selectively apply their dual card regulations to keep Taliban members out.
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Ferrinus posted:say what you will about north star but biden's withdrawal from afghanistan marks the caucus as THE premiere anti-imperialist formation in DSA
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DSA member Kshama Sawant is starting a podcast or YouTube channel or some poo poo
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Xaris posted:my feedback: cspam is more organized than my DSA chapter
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C-Spam > The Democratic Socialists of America: Solidarity, [Name]
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Ruzihm posted:C-Spam > The Democratic Socialists of America: Solidarity, [Name]
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does dsa even do anything anymore? i havent heard anbything about them in awhile
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Ruzihm posted:C-Spam > The Democratic Socialists of America: Solidarity, [Name]
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croup coughfield posted:does dsa even do anything anymore? i havent heard anbything about them in awhile depends on the chapter and/or working group; there are locals doing organizing and impactful work from the sounds of it but you don't hear about it at a national level there is also a healthy debate going over the future direction of dsa (party or anti-party) in light of this year's convention
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croup coughfield posted:does dsa even do anything anymore? i havent heard anbything about them in awhile Did you not see the Speed Dating linked earlier on this page?
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croup coughfield posted:does dsa even do anything anymore? i havent heard anbything about them in awhile name me a better place to find friends or victims
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Ytlaya posted:Did you not see the Speed Dating linked earlier on this page? lmfao
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croup coughfield posted:does dsa even do anything anymore? i havent heard anbything about them in awhile My local chapter got some wage theft legislation passed at the city level, is doing a couple of tenant organizing projects in the city & we've got some runoff campaigns to fight to bring the # of socialists on city council from 1 to 4. edit: the national convention is this year too, so expect some good laughs there!
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Ruzihm posted:C-Spam > The Democratic Socialists of America: Solidarity, [Name]
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my chapter landed an amphibious assault team on a nearby island. well, we tried to but a lot of people didn’t make it ashore. we’re bogged down in the jungle right now and the wifi is spotty. my feet hurt
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croup coughfield posted:does dsa even do anything anymore? i havent heard anbything about them in awhile My chapter couldn't elect a second co-chair because we had a clause that one of the co-chairs had to be woman or POC. The sole co-chair then got a job as a union organizer who travels all over the country. We had several meetings we couldn't make a quorum, and I don't think I've heard from them in months.
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Greatbacon posted:My local chapter got some wage theft legislation passed at the city level, is doing a couple of tenant organizing projects in the city & we've got some runoff campaigns to fight to bring the # of socialists on city council from 1 to 4. gently caress yeah, man. this is great to hear! if you're comfortable, tell me more about the legislation.
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My chapter now has 6 out of 50 city council seats  https://twitter.com/DemSocialists/status/1643454278009323520
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if you're a member read and maybe vote for these convention resolutions thanks in advance https://tinyurl.com/RnRMUGResolutions23 edit: this also may be of interest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95kLnhHwfX8 Crusader has issued a correction as of 22:26 on Apr 10, 2023 |
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croup coughfield posted:gently caress yeah, man. this is great to hear! Sure, here's a Jacobin piece on it : https://jacobin.com/2023/03/denver-anti-wage-theft-laws-state-local-politics/ the good stuff posted:The new bill gives aggrieved workers two paths to reclaim stolen wages. The first is through the Denver Labor office, which will investigate the claim and has the ability to charge employers wages owed plus 12 percent interest. The second option is the right of private action, which enables workers to sue in court for treble damages, attorney’s fees, reinstatement of employment, and $100 for every day they went with wages unpaid. My understanding is the "up the chain" piece is a real game changer, since sub-contractors love to go "oops we went out of business, sorry!" and leave workers high and dry. If you want to really get in the weeds, the official language is here (I think) : https://www.denvergov.org/files/assets/public/auditor/documents/denver-labor/2023/civil-wage-theft-rules.pdf
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Crusader posted:depends on the chapter and/or working group; there are locals doing organizing and impactful work from the sounds of it but you don't hear about it at a national level Has there been a convention where this doesn't happen?
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Business Gorillas posted:Has there been a convention where this doesn't happen? not recently: https://cosmonautmag.com/2023/03/unite-the-pro-party-wing-to-revolutionize-the-dsa/
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Greatbacon posted:Sure, here's a Jacobin piece on it : https://jacobin.com/2023/03/denver-anti-wage-theft-laws-state-local-politics/ this kicks rear end everybody look at this poo poo
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Fansy posted:My chapter now has 6 out of 50 city council seats Now that the municipal elections are over in chi the #1 priority (imo) should be the upcoming ups contract fight and strike. Plus a bunch of city department contracts are expiring later this year
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croup coughfield posted:does dsa even do anything anymore? i havent heard anbything about them in awhile There's no point phone banking for Biden until 2024
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PhilippAchtel posted:There's no point phone banking for Biden until 2024 brother u better believe that poo poo starts today
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croup coughfield posted:does dsa even do anything anymore? i havent heard anbything about them in awhile We just got another alderman elected in Chicago, that's pretty cool
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