Michael Lighty Speaking at DSA’s National Convention

Michael Lighty helped to kick off DSA’s two-year national strategy review at our 2013 national convention by arguing that neoliberal capitalism’s belief that “there is no society, just individuals,” (as British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher claimed) yields a politics of austerity and environmental degradation which impoverishes children, guts pensions, and threatens the future of the planet.

Michael Lighty is political director of the National Nurses’ Union. He served as DSA national director from 1990-93.