Democratic Left
@democraticleft.bsky.social
A publication of the Democratic Socialists of America. 🌹
Democratic Left will be reporting on the performance of Cori Bush, Donavan McKinney and down-ballot DSA candidates in the Aug. 4 primary.
Live Blog: Michigan, Missouri and More - Democratic Left
Reporting on the performance of Cori Bush, Donavan McKinney and down-ballot candidates in the Aug. 4 primary.
democraticleft.dsausa.org
Chapters in Missouri, Michigan and Wisconsin have cued up crucial primaries in early August. This and more chapter news in the July edition of “Chapter and Verse.”
Midwest Momentum - Democratic Left
Chapters in Missouri, Michigan and Wisconsin have cued up crucial primaries in early August. This and more chapter news in the July edition of “Chapter and Verse.”
democraticleft.dsausa.org
Bush is fighting to reclaim a seat in the U.S. House that was lost to a historic barrage of cash in 2024. Election day in Missouri is Aug. 4.
Cori Bush Hopes to Extend the Black Radical Tradition - Democratic Left
Bush hopes to reclaim a seat in the U.S. House that was lost to a historic barrage of cash in 2024. Election day in Missouri is Aug. 4.
democraticleft.dsausa.org
From Thomas Paine to Social Security, Americans have fought for state provision for those in need.
Welfare Transfers are a Proud U.S. Tradition - Democratic Left
From Thomas Paine to Social Security, Americans have fought for state provision for those in need.
democraticleft.dsausa.org
Perspectives on base, superstructure, and nonhuman exploitation.
Animal Liberation and Capitalism - Democratic Left
Perspectives on base, superstructure, and nonhuman exploitation.
democraticleft.dsausa.org
Former members of the U.S. Communist Party recount their "Red Lives."
Looking Back to Look Forward - Democratic Left
Former members of the U.S. Communist Party recount their "Red Lives."
democraticleft.dsausa.org
Democratic Left invites DSA members to reflect on the birth of the U.S. by imagining a fully democratized America through the lends of DSA's Workers Deserve More program.
Imagining the Next 250 Years - Democratic Left
Democratic Left invites DSA members to reflect on the birth of the U.S. by imagining a fully democratized America.
democraticleft.dsausa.org
DSA is on a winning streak. We must be open to the change that comes with rapid growth and new political power.
Catching the Car - Democratic Left
DSA is on a winning streak. We must be open to the change that comes with rapid growth and new political power.
democraticleft.dsausa.org
“Freeze the Rent,” a key promise in the Mamdani campaign, was fulfilled. Will it be enough to halt gentrification and rising rent burdens?
Housing, Tenancy, and Organizing for Dignified Living - Democratic Left
“Freeze the Rent,” a key promise in the Mamdani campaign, was fulfilled. Will it be enough to halt gentrification and rising rent burdens?
democraticleft.dsausa.org
New York City’s Economic Development Corporation turns public assets into private profits. Will Mamdani keep, kill, or reform the agency?
Neoliberalism Versus a New Economy - Democratic Left
New York City’s Economic Development Corporation turns public assets into private profits. Will Mamdani keep, kill, or reform the agency?
democraticleft.dsausa.org
U.S. socialism is back after a long absence. What’s the big idea?
Meet DSA - Democratic Left
U.S. socialism is back after a long absence. What’s the big idea?
democraticleft.dsausa.org
Far from rejecting the American Dream, today’s democratic socialists are reclaiming its deepest promise: that freedom requires economic security, and democracy must extend into the workplace.
The American Dream Is Socialist - Democratic Left
Far from rejecting the American Dream, today’s democratic socialists are reclaiming its deepest promise: that freedom requires economic security, and democracy must extend into the workplace.
democraticleft.dsausa.org
New York State Senator @sengonzalezny.bsky.social's data center moratorium (discussed in this article) was implemented through an executive order yesterday. www.instagram.com/p/DayQU-FEf2...
NY State Senator Kristen Gonzalez on Instagram: "My statement on Governor Hochul’s Executive Order establishing the first in the nation statewide data center moratorium."
218 likes, 7 comments - sengonzalezny on July 14, 2026: "My statement on Governor Hochul’s Executive Order establishing the first in the nation statewide data center moratorium.".
instagram.com
Democratic Left@democraticleft.bsky.social · 3w agoOn the ground from Seattle to Metro D.C. and in state legislatures, DSA is pushing for accountability for data center projects.
Bosses fight remote work because it threatens their control over the workforce. Defending remote work collectively can unite workers and strengthen the Left’s political power.
The Class Roots of Return-to-Office Mandates - Democratic Left
Bosses fight remote work because it threatens their control over the workforce. Defending remote work collectively can unite workers and strengthen the Left’s political power.
democraticleft.dsausa.org
On the ground from Seattle to Metro D.C. and in state legislatures, DSA is pushing for accountability for data center projects.
How DSA Organizes Against Data Centers - Democratic Left
On the ground from Seattle to D.C. and in state legislatures, DSA is pushing for accountability for data center projects.
democraticleft.dsausa.org
The lone star radicals in David Griscom’s “The Myth of Red Texas” built power despite state repression. The next chapter of working class politics in Texas is being written today.
Even Socialism was Bigger in Texas - Democratic Left
The lone star radicals in David Griscom’s “The Myth of Red Texas” built power despite state repression. The next chapter of working class politics in Texas is being written today.
democraticleft.dsausa.org
Organizing can be exhausting. A leader of Silicon Valley DSA describes how careful construction of a joyful, engaged environment for members revived their chapter.
Chant Your Comrade’s Name - Democratic Left
Organizing can be exhausting. A leader of Silicon Valley DSA describes how careful construction of a joyful, engaged environment for members revived their chapter.
democraticleft.dsausa.org
The Class podcast features a socialist in office (SIO), a socialist candidate, and a political theorist on the benefits and limits of using elections to communicate with and organize the working class.
Is participation in elections the road to socialism? - Democratic Left
The Class podcast features a socialist in office (SIO), a socialist candidate, and a political theorist on the benefits and limits of using elections to communicate with and organize the working…
democraticleft.dsausa.org
A member of Southwest Michigan DSA reports on a strike at American Axle, a GM supplier. Workers sacrificed to keep the auto industry solvent after ’08 — sacrifices only now being clawed back from their now-profitable employers.
Strike Secures $30 by ’30 - Democratic Left
A member of Southwest Michigan DSA reports on a strike at American Axle, a GM supplier. Workers sacrificed to keep the auto industry solvent after ’08 — sacrifices only now being clawed back from…
democraticleft.dsausa.org
The sometimes overlooked stories of members of the Communist Party USA have lessons to teach the U.S. Left
Celebrating Red Lives - Democratic Left
The sometimes overlooked stories of members of the Communist Party USA have lessons to teach the U.S. Left
democraticleft.dsausa.org
Kiros. Valdez. Avila Chevalier. Lewis George. Roy. Rent freeze and budget. Membership surge. All this and more in this edition of Chapter and Verse.
Mensis Mirabilis - Democratic Left
Kiros. Valdez. Avila Chevalier. Lewis George. Roy. Rent freeze and budget. Membership surge. All this and more in this edition of Chapter and Verse.
democraticleft.dsausa.org
Remarks from Mayor Zohran Mamdani on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence emphasize the U.S. as a site of diversity and radical reinvention.
"Here, Nothing Is Fixed Into Place" - Democratic Left
Remarks from Mayor Zohran Mamdani on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence emphasize the U.S. as a site of diversity and radical reinvention.
democraticleft.dsausa.org
After a car bomb killed her brother, a prominent opponent of the Pinochet dictatorship, Fabiola Letelier fought back for three decades and transformed human rights law in the process.
Fabiola Letelier:Â Face and Force of the Chilean Human Rights Movement - Democratic Left
After a car bomb killed her brother, a prominent opponent of the Pinochet dictatorship, Fabiola Letelier fought back for three decades and transformed human rights law in the process
democraticleft.dsausa.org
As the country marks its semiquincentennial, Americans are right to feel something has gone deeply wrong. We will need courage to confront the crisis.
democraticleft.dsausa.org
The National Political Education Committee's Class podcast interviews Jalil Muntaqim and Sid C.W. to discuss the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the Spirit of Mandela’s July Fourth Mobilization Against Genocide.
The Fourth of July: Against Genocide, for Democracy and Liberation - Democratic Left
Class podcast interviews Jalil Muntaqim and Sid C.W. to discuss the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the Spirit of Mandela’s July Fourth Mobilization Against Genocide.
democraticleft.dsausa.org
"From the Free Speech Movement to the Factory Floor: a Collective History of the International Socialists", recounts the ISO's experience from its birth to its dissolution.
Remembering the International Socialist Organization - Democratic Left
Paul Buhle reviews the book, "From the Free Speech Movement to the Factory Floor: a Collective History of the International Socialists", recounting the ISO's experience from its birth to its…
democraticleft.dsausa.org
A new book rescues supporters of wage-setting policies — including the minimum wage — from the condescension of 101-level economists.
The Wage Standard-Bearer - Democratic Left
A new book rescues supporters of wage-setting policies — including the minimum wage — from the condescension of 101-level economists.
democraticleft.dsausa.org
Democratic Left is live-blogging tonight's results in Colorado here. Melat Kiros is leading in the first ballots counted in the race for Colorado's 1st Congressional District.
LIVE BLOG: Kiros Leads in First Votes Counted - Democratic Left
DSA is backing Melat Kiros for Colorado's 1st Congressional District in today's elections.
democraticleft.dsausa.org
We must learn from each other through the organizing experience to build a multi-racial movement. The stakes are high.
Multi-racial Organizing in Practice - Democratic Left
We must learn from each other through the organizing experience to build a multi-racial movement. The stakes are high.
democraticleft.dsausa.org
A new film showcases the work of Mierle Laderman Ukeles the artist-in-residence at the New York City Department of Sanitation.
Who Holds Up the World - Democratic Left
Mierle Laderman Ukeles’ four-decade artistic project aims to teach us that we must cherish the work of taking care. A new film showcases the work of Ukeles, the artist-in-residence at the New York…
democraticleft.dsausa.org