Statements

Minutes for the February 2021 National Political Committee (NPC) Meeting are available at this link.

Minutes for the October 2020 National Political Committee (NPC) Meeting are available at this link.

DSA must be a political home that attracts, retains, and supports BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) organizers. This starts by acknowledging the pain experienced by BIPOC members caused by a white supremacy culture in our practices, recognizing the overburdened work that falls on BIPOC organizers to repair these issues, and by educating and…

Yesterday’s events were an ugly attempt by white nationalists — led by President Trump and emboldened by right-wing political elites like Senator Josh Hawley — to overturn the results of a democratic election. The last year has been a particularly brutal one for the multiracial working class. The crisis of capitalism, exacerbated by the pandemic…

It is a moral outrage that 88% of Democrats and 69% of all voters support Medicare for All, yet Democratic Party leadership in Congress has refused to fight for it, particularly during a pandemic that has resulted in millions losing their jobs and health insurance. When the 2021 legislative session begins in January, House Progressives…

The Democratic Socialists of America BDS and Palestine Solidarity Working Group condemns the Trump administration’s latest attack on Palestinian civil society’s call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS). In 2017, DSA overwhelmingly endorsed BDS and its demands for human rights and equality for Palestinians. As socialists, we stand for freedom and self-determination for all people,…

Thousands of DSA members organized in our workplaces and communities this year, despite hit after hit from the pandemic, economic crisis, and police violence. It was the blood, sweat and tears of the multi-racial working class that brought us this far. When the Biden campaign stopped canvassing, laid-off union members of UNITE HERE kept pounding…

Since October 7th, 2020, protests have raged throughout many of Nigeria’s cities demanding the dismantlement of the notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and a thorough transformation of Nigerian police forces. Video showing officers murdering an unarmed man on camera went viral. This brutality was only the latest act of violence from a police unit known…

This week, Congress reminded us all how little regard they hold for the needs of the working class. Republicans prioritized a rush vote on Amy Coney Barrett while millions of us have been waiting on relief from the pandemic, and Democratic party leadership failed to use the many procedural tools they’d promised to use to…

Walter Wallace Jr. was murdered last night, another human being killed at the hands of the police. Another Black working class man in Philadelphia was killed while his community and his family helplessly pleaded for his life. The Democratic Socialists of America mourns with every human being, and we mourn specifically with the Black community…