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Why I Just Quit DSA (www.thenation.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This vibes anecdotally with my local chapter. In the face of overwhelming membership solidarity with Palestinian liberation, the social imperialist reactionaries are purging themselves.

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 year ago (3 children)

DSA, meanwhile, thrived between 2016 and 2020—because it proved it could win victories in the here-and-now, give-and-take world of electoral politics

This sucks. Now don't get me wrong, DSA has been able to get on some city councils and do some good work. But their main victory, the representatives belonging to "the squad" have all capitulated to Democrats and are at this point no different than standard liberals. Ilhan Omar did call Eliot Abrams evil to his face so that was kinda cool though

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

"That was not a question" when he tried to respond, just an incredible moment

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

and then she goes on to condemn Venezuela

given all of the damning evidence against Elliot Abrams I actually don't think her line of questioning was that great.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Holy shit do you have a video?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

C-SPAN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InGCmxCjaWE

chapo clip where they talk about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcyRaaxmz70

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

But their main victory, the representatives belonging to "the squad" have all capitulated to Democrats and are at this point no different than standard liberals.

In reality, DSA doesn't have any national electeds.

Ilhan Omar did call Eliot Abrams evil to his face so that was kinda cool though

Unfortunately, she's not part of DSA

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

AOC and the squad did WHAT?! How could she do that to me....