Updates: R 37, R 83 endorsed.
The following are all of the Resolutions and Constitution/Bylaws changes that have been endorsed or are being discussed or voted on at the moment.
We’ll use CB for Constitution/Bylaws changes and R for Resolutions:
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CB, 1: A Binding National Referendum – Creates a process by which the membership can make decisions through direct voting.
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CB, 2: National Stipends to Chapters – aka "Pass the Hat", gives a stipend of $100 a month to every chapter that can process the money.
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CB, 3: Replace the NPC Steering Committee with an Administrative & Agenda Committee
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CB, 4: NPC Special Election – Fill NPC vacancies by special election, replacing the current method of appointment.
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CB, 5: Greater Chapter Democracy Requirements – Requires chapters to amend bylaws to ensure democratic processes and notification of members of decisions.
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CB, 7: Increase NPC Transparency – Requires NPC to set detailed agendas and release minutes in a timely manner, include roll calls for votes in minutes.
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CB, 8: NPC Transparency and Fairness – Selects NPC Steering Committee based on NPC election results, defines valid purposes for and raises thresholds for Executive Sessions, requires STV for NPC elections, among other items.
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CB, 9: NPC Steering Committee Reforms – Requires all NPC members to take a turn on Steering Committee, assigns them by sortition and rotates every six months.
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CB, 10: Requiring Low Income Representation on the NPC – Exactly as it sounds, requires a certain number of NPC members be low-income.
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CB, 13: Promote Regional Representation on the NPC – Requires, where possible, that membership from all parts of the US are represented on NPC, and that a overly large segment of NPC is not from one region only.
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CB, 15: Increase the Size of the NPC – Increases NPC size from 16 to 28.
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CB, 17: Procedures for NPC Recall – Ensures that NPC members can be recalled by the general membership.
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CB, 21: Forming State & Regional Organizing Committees – Creates a process to form OCs for State or Regional Organizations.
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CB, 22: YDSA Governance Changes – Transparency requirements for YDSA, provisions for allowing dechartered YDSA units to remain in DSA.
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CB, 23: Nobody Is Too Poor for DSA: Redefining Member in Good Standing – Changes language from "dues-paying member" to "member in good standing".
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CB, 28: Reform National Commissions, Committees, and Working Groups – Creates an official process by which national Commissions (including Working Groups) are formed, makes membership open by default.
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CB, 33: Assembly of Locals – Replaces national leadership with an assembly body made of representatives from locals.
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CB, 36: Proportional Representation – Requires proportional representation voting methods for Convention delegate and NPC elections.
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CB, 37: Local Jurisdiction – Creates guidelines for when new chapters seek to form from existing ones.
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CB, 38: Improving At-Large Representation – Creates a process by which at-large delegates are apportioned for conventions.
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R, 1: Police Exclusion for Chapter Bylaws – Forbids the withholding of a chapter charter based on the chapter excluding law enforcement officers from membership.
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R, 5: Defense of Immigrants and Refugees – Supports radical action around immigration and freedom of movement as well as harm-reduction.
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R, 6: Orienting to Latinx Communities – Supports DSA building better relationships with Latinx communities, Spanish-language support on website.
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R, 7: Create a Conflict Resolution Training Program for DSA – Creates such a program to support organizers’ continued work, especially for conflicts that do not rise to the level of a grievance.
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R, 9: Establishing a National Anti-Fascist Working Group
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R, 11: DSA Law Enforcement Exclusion – Excludes law enforcement officers from membership in DSA.
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R, 12: YDSA Stipends – Provides funds to DSA chapters for the purpose of building their associated YDSA chapters.
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R, 14: Disallow Usage Of Membership Information For Marketing Purposes
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R, 16: No Title or Privilege for Donors – Prevents special treatment of members based on donation amount.
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R, 17: Record and Transcribe NPC Meetings
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R, 18: Regular Membership Reports – Requires the national office to release regular updates on membership numbers.
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R, 19: National Organizing Manual – Creates a program by which the national office will prepare and release a manual to help chapters and OCs learn how to organize.
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R, 20: Protection for Caucuses – Ensures that caucuses are not prohibited from using communications channels, creates a commission to investigate a future Constitution/Bylaws amendment to this end.
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R, 21: Implement Electronic NPC Townhalls – Requires open teleconference calls with membership preceding each NPC meeting.
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R, 22: Local Dues Autonomy – Allows members to join DSA or pay dues through their chapter, indicating the proportion of dues to go to national and local.
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R, 25: Childcare – Fight for parental leave, implement childwatch in chapters and strengthen childwatch where already implemented.
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R, 29: Prioritizing Financial Solidarity – Make Convention affordable for all members by minimizing out-of-pocket expenses.
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R, 34: Ecosocialist Green New Deal Priority – Fight for a radical GND.
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R, 35: Establish a National BDS and Palestine Solidarity Working Group.
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R, 37: 50/50 Dues Split (amended to 70/30) – Give 30% of national dues back to locals, add a quarterly stipend, and support chapters setting up bank accounts.
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R, 38: Fight for Abortion Access – Make repeal of the Hyde Amendment a litmus test for endorsees, fight for abortion access in general and in M4A efforts, among other items.
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R, 44: YDSA Staff Review – Review and increase staff support for YDSA.
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R, 53: Support for Decriminalization of Sex Work – Require chapters to ask endorsement candidates about decriminalization of sex work, ask Bernie to rescind support of SESTA/FOSTA, among other items.
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R, 54: Criminal Justice and Decarceration – Create a Police and Prison Abolition Working Group, and support abolition efforts, among other items.
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R, 56: Ecosocialism as a Guiding Principle – Prioritize ecosocialist goals as intersections with open borders, community control of energy, food justice, and environmental racism.
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R, 63: Convention Reforms – Requires elections to Convention Committee and subcommittees, provides a partial schedule for 2021 Convention.
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R, 65b: Affirming and Accommodating Struggles of Oppressed, Exploited and Erased Comrades
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R, 67: Organizing the Unorganized – Encourages the rank-and-file strategy and DSA members’ organizing within their labor unions.
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R, 68: A New Operation Dixie – Emphasizes labor organizing in the South.
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R, 76: Local Anti-Racist Action – Supports Anti-racist work at the chapter level.
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R, 77: Supporting Workers Organizing in Electoral Campaigns – Organize political campaign workers, litmus test of having a unionized campaign for any endorsees.
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R, 78: Funding for Local Projects (Not endorsed, in discussion)
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R, 85: Standardize Accountability – Implements new Standard New Local Constitution for forming Chapters, requires that charter decisions not depend on requirements outside of the National Constitution and Bylaws.
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R, 83: Support Locals and Make DSA Accessible – Centers the work of making events, locals, and national accessible.
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R, 86: Prioritize National Working Groups (Not endorsed, in discussion)


