Anyone a Member of DSA? - Democratic Underground

BayCityProgressive

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Wed Oct-15-03 03:15 PM
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Anyone a Member of DSA?

Edited on Wed Oct-15-03 03:18 PM by BayCityProgressive

DSA ( Democratic Socialists of America) is an organization that works within other political parties, mainly the Democrats and has I believe three members in the US congress. 2 Democrats and independant Bernie Sanders. Barbarah Earlreich (sp?) author of Nickle and Dimed is a member. The group says on its website it works with the Progressive Caucus in congress and is the largest socialist org. in the USA. Just wondering if anyone here is a member?

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Vitruvius

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Wed Oct-15-03 03:22 PM
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1. No, but I'm tempted -- very tempted.

Edited on Wed Oct-15-03 03:26 PM by Vitruvius

Thanks to some discussions here on DU.

Vitruvius

P.S: The Ehrenreich book is absolutely top-notch. And Michael Harrington ("The Other America") was also a member; the Harrington book helped create the climate for LBJ's War on Poverty.

They're a very interesting group -- and well worth keeping up with -- at the very least.

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durutti

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Wed Oct-15-03 03:27 PM
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2. No, but...

I'm a Formal Sympathizer with Solidarity: http://solidarity.igc.org/

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damnraddem

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Wed Oct-15-03 04:34 PM
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4. Is that a group that emerged from the August 7th folks?

(On August 7, 1979, NAM voted to become part of DSA.)

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durutti

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Wed Oct-15-03 07:26 PM
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5. Nope

Solidarity was created with a merger of three groups: Hal Draper's Independent Socialist Clubs, Workers Power, and Socialist Unity. Since then, the Fourth Internationalist Tendency and Activists for Independent Socialist Politics.

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damnraddem

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Wed Oct-15-03 04:32 PM
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3. No, but in 1979 I quite the New American Movement

when it merged into DSA. I saw it as an activist movement burying itself in a membership-card outfit.

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Terwilliger

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Wed Oct-15-03 07:28 PM
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6. look for Irate Citizen

Edited on Wed Oct-15-03 07:30 PM by Terwilliger

I believe he's the resident Dem. Soc. here

OnEdit: that's Barbara Ehrenreich

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