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Four politicians who will not surprisingly turn red in a year (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 21 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Whew.

No. It's not inside the Democratic party. DSA is a separate organization that will endorse and support candidates. It's a big tent and there's a lot of competing politics. Chapters report to national and chapters are typically at the city level.

DSA is in the process of nominating progressives in all sorts of local and national elections. But DSA is more than electoral politics. You will find mutual aid, outreach and other activities in that org.

Source: me. Join your local DSA. Or start your own chapter.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Well then they really need to work on unifying their messaging among their local chapters because that's not how they sell themselves around me at all.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago

    I mean, no. The local chapters have quite a lot of autonomy. Which is a good thing.

    The DSA has a lot of factions and basically no barrier to entry. You're going to find all types. Some of them run food distributions and scream at any passing cop. Some of them are into getting even centrist dems elected. And there's a lot of problems with more centralized national organizing.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Is there any Canadian equivalent you’re aware of?

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