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Statement on the Crisis in Venezuela
The urgency of crisis and the imminent threat of war provoke a tendency to consolidate the nearest opposition, which makes a common response to minimize the difference between the state and the people. As libertarian socialists, our objective should be the opposite, to emphasize the liberatory light that falls outside the binary of capital and…
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Statement on Sanders Endorsement Petition
The DSA-LSC, in response to the recent announcement of Bernie Sanders’ candidacy for President of the United States, re-iterates its earlier call for more deliberation on the question of DSA’s endorsement of Sanders, outlined in our "2020 Foresight" document here: /2019/01/25/2020-foresight-a/ In line with this position, we call on all DSA members and local chapters…
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2020 Foresight: A Response to the Bernie 2020 DSA Exploratory Committee Report
In the likely event that Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders decides to run in the Democratic Primary, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) will almost certainly endorse his bid. Whether or not DSA should endorse Bernie Sanders’ candidacy is not the topic of this statement. Despite the seeming inevitability of this endorsement we stress that the…
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Dual Power: A Strategy To Build Socialism In Our Time
Preamble “We believe in the socialist principles of common ownership and that worker control over workplaces can only be advanced through the creation and support of worker-owned firms, radical trade unions, workers’ and neighborhood councils, popular assemblies, credit unions and alternative banking systems, community land trusts, and other directly democratic non-state institutions. The power of…
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Democratize Everything
The LSC Platform for Freedom, Socialism, and Democracy The apathy and despair endemic to our culture are symptoms of the powerlessness people experience over their lives. Our workplaces are dictatorships run by the same bosses whose bribes determine our political leadership. The police, the courts, the media, and all of society’s major institutions are under…
