SMC drafted and introduced a resolution to Endorse “Block the Bombs.” This was lightly amended and unanimously approved by the National Political Committee (NPC).
The resolution’s passage allows DSA to join the "Block the Bombs" coalition, alongside groups like IMEU Policy Project, Adalah Justice Project, Jewish Voice for Peace Action, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action (USCPR), and IfNotNow in support of HR 3565, also known as the "Block the Bombs Act," which would cut off the supply of Israel's most critical warfighting material and drastically limit Israel's ability to commit genocide and ethnic cleansing. This resolution prompts DSA to identify key districts for conducting pressure campaigns to get representatives to sign onto the bill. Over 50 Congressional representatives have signed on to H.R. 3565, and this would be the first law ever passed by Congress to cut military aid to Israel.
Christian Araos writes in The Democratic Left about the consequences of the blockade against Cuba and the potential for international solidarity as part of DSA’s second delegation to Cuba.
SMC member on the NPC Katie Sims elaborates on their recently passed resolution “Hundreds of Zohrans” and the potential of running democratic socialists across the country at all levels of government.
This resolution commits DSA to ensuring the electoral momentum begun by Zohran’s campaign does not end with him. DSA will create more electoral training opportunities, including ones led by leaders on Zohran’s campaign to share their skills and knowledge with the rest of DSA. DSA will also expand the NEC’s Socialist Cash phonebanks to the entire DSA list, greatly increasing our fundraising capacity.
This resolution commits DSA to participating in mobilizations against authoritarianism that are happening on multiple levels across our society, including anti-ICE organizing, preparing for May Day 2028 strikes, and the one-day No Kings mass mobilizations. As many SMC members have previously noted, abstention from these coalitions does DSA no favors. SMC believes that DSA must place itself at the forefront of the anti-fascist popular front as only socialism can beat fascism.
Comparing the history of the British Labour Party's rise from an independent third-party to near-hegemonic status in Britain to our own political situation in the present-day US, Michael Whitesides argues that breaking from the Democratic Party is the wrong choice to make. Instead, we should seek to make the Democratic Party into the party we want to see.
City councilmember Chi Ossé is currently seeking NYC-DSA’s endorsement for a run against Hakeem Jeffries. David T. argues that endorsing Chi for Congress would distract from ensuring the success of Zohran's affordability agenda.
The DSA National Convention was divisive and factional. But did it have to be? Nate Sitaraman reflects on the 2025 United and Win Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) Conference, EWOC’s radically optimistic approach to organizing, and on what it will take for DSA to unite and win.
A recent essay by the Marxist Unity Group caucus proposes a program for NYC-DSA that, if enacted, would turn the chapter away from campaigns rooted in mass struggle. Instead of centering conflict around material-based issues of affordability, MUG prefers to focus on inward-focused reforms of NYC-DSA.
Aaron F. reflects on his path to joining Socialist Majority and his takeaways from the 2025 DSA National Convention.
In the fall of 2024, facing the prospect of Donald Trump being elected president once again, many DSA comrades, including many SMC members, self-organized to travel to swing states and canvass against the election of Trump and Republicans in Congress under the banner “Socialism Beats Fascism.” Here are a few stories from SMC members who participated.
On June 6, 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents descended upon Los Angeles and initiated the largest mass immigration sweep in the city’s history. But in the days following, despite heavy military presence in all corners of Los Angeles, our people became organized.
