Join us for our third session of this New Member Political Education! We will be discussing strategies of electoral organizing with DSA.
Main Readings:
- A Blueprint for a New Party by Seth Ackerman
- The Abolitionist Dirty Break by Jenna Grove
- The Goal of Socialism Is Everything by Bhaskar Sunkara
Supplemental Readings:
- It’s Their Party by Paul Heideman
- No Kings: Liberals are becoming Socialists by Daniel Goulden
- Viewpoint: Making Wagers: How Smart Electoral Strategy Can Build the Socialist Movement by Anthony D., Frances R., JM
- Denzel McCampbell for Detroit City Council: An Opportunity for the Local Movement by Rob S.
- The Ballot or the Bullet by Malcolm X (video)
- A New Party of a New Type interview with Seth Ackerman
Themes and key concepts/ topics:
- Explore the different tactics & approaches represented within DSA.
- Present pieces that make a clear intervention on questions of socialist strategy and tactics that are legible and can be applied to current questions facing DSA.