The Stacks


May 29, 2019

The Stacks – Issue 9

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Issue #9: Labor Power May Day — the original Labor Day — kicks off what is arguably the most significant month in the socialist calendar. It’s the perfect time for a labor-themed edition of The Stacks, where we’ll tackle some recent histories of the American labor movement, we’ll update you on the latest info…


April 3, 2019

The Stacks – Issue 8

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*   The Stacks: Ecological Crisis With the looming climate crisis in the air, as well as the promise of a Green New Deal, it’s time to take a closer look at the ways in which capitalism is at odds with the protection and preservation — or even simply the survival — of the natural…


December 17, 2018

The Stacks – Issue 7

  The Stacks: The American Empire Welcome back to The Stacks! This month’s focus is on the way globalized capitalism reinforces a new kind of imperialism — and for the best example, we don’t have to look far from home. The Extremely Offline section will serve as your guide through some essential readings on modern…


November 30, 2018

The Stacks – Issue 6

Welcome, once again, to The Stacks, produced by DSA’s National Political Education Committee. In this edition, following close on the heels of midterm elections that saw record numbers of women elected to the House of Representatives, we’re taking a socialist-feminist tack — and naming a Class Enemy of the Month that’s been particularly bad news…


September 19, 2018

The Stacks – Issue 5

The Stacks: Back to School It might not surprise you to learn that the editors of The Stacks are big fans of September, or, as we like to think of it, back-to-school season — only one of us is currently enrolled, but we’re all lifelong students, and many of us would be back in school in a second if we…


August 19, 2018

The Stacks – Issue 4

The Stacks: Night School Edition This month, we’re excited to introduce a special issue of The Stacks, centered around a project that’s been months in development: our guide to building a Socialist Night School in your chapter. There are plenty of reasons to be interested in developing your chapter’s political education efforts. Maybe members are…


August 19, 2018

The Stacks – Issue 3

The Stacks: Electoral Edition For this third issue of The Stacks we’ve long been planning an electoral politics special to coincide with what would be election day for several DSA-backed candidates. And as we go to press, we happen to be celebrating a huge win by DSA member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who unseated longtime incumbent (and Democratic…


August 19, 2018

The Stacks – Issue 2

Welcome to the second edition of The Stacks, produced by the DSA Political Education Committee. We’re glad to see the teachers’ strikes highlighted in our last issue are still making waves, and we’re also glad to see democratic socialism in the news again: this time in the form of Bernie Sanders’s proposal for a national…


August 19, 2018

The Stacks – Issue 1

Welcome to The Stacks Thank you for subscribing to The Stacks, a monthly newsletter produced by the DSA Political Education Committee. The work of education can be daunting, and the reading list can be overwhelming — so we’re here to serve as your guide through the voluminous back catalog of leftist literature and theory. We think the…