We both know that DSA isn't demcent; it needs more centralization to really develop its demcoracy, but it needs to avoid the errors of bureaucratic centralism too. A big part of the problem with DSA is big chapters like NYC and LA don't want to be democratic; they want to bureaucratically decide things and get rubber stamps from membership.

There's also advantages to handling some disagreements publicly: it renders line struggle visible to the masses.

Finally, as I alluded to above, some MLs like Mao have definitely been okay not just handling stuff internally.

You don't go public against one of your own people like that.

You do. Even under socialism you do. Class struggle continues under socialist construction, and we aren't even at socialist construction.

That said, I agree with your over all point: not a good sign!

This is part of problem with running for executive when you don't have the power to both support your electeds against your enemies.

That said I think this is untested, maybe NYC DSA could successfully support him against the NYC establishment and the police, but they are too focused on economism. Politics needs to be in command.

Three days ago, DSA demanded that Mamdani fire Tisch in a public statement.

This is incorrect. Three days ago DSA released a statement demanding Zohran fire Tisch: https://www.instagram.com/p/DeVn1JejqHg/?img_index=5&dlrf=MXA2cDR4bjZod2FoNg%3D%3D

They also frame it as biological rather than social. It would clearly be a social phenomenon.

Great example of how ends and means are intertwined. The end isn't merely to have something that sounds like your voice read the baby book.

The relationship is literally dialectical

I'm in the same boat :/

Let the bidding wars begin!

Was hoping this would be a post where I get to dunk on the pope. Instead I'm giving him critical support against the tech bro enemies of life. Wtf

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To add on to this, the Axis of Resistance takes a similar line to mine:

"We are not anti-Semitic; we want the abolition of the Zionist regime"

"Hamas does not wage a struggle against the Jews because they are Jewish but wages a struggle against the Zionists who occupy Palestine. Yet, it is the Zionists who constantly identify Judaism and the Jews with their own colonial project and illegal entity."

"Most assuredly our attitude towards Israel is not an attitude towards Jews or Judaism. Since the West doesn't want to understand that Hezbollah is anything other than an exact copy of Iran, let us consider Iran's attitude towards the Jews. They enjoy there all political, social, and economic rights, for they are citizens, and have representatives in the legislative authority. Thus our war is not against Judaism or Jews but against Zionism, which created its racial state in Israel."