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Statement of Support for Striking Prisoners
We, members of the DSA Libertarian Socialist Caucus, stand in solidarity with Operation PUSH and the striking prisoners who are risking their lives to bring to light the unethical, irrational, systematic abuse and inhumanity of Florida’s prison practices. We are joining dozens of organizations including the IWW IWOC, Dream Defenders, SPARC, five Florida DSA chapters,…
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Statement on Sample Bylaws
Overview At the DSA’s 2017 National Convention this past summer, an amendment was passed which became Article III, Section 2 of the organization’s bylaws. It reads as follows: The NPC shall produce a Standard New Local Constitution by which all newly chartered Locals shall operate. New Locals shall elect leadership in accordance with the Standard…
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Statement Regarding a Disciplinary Matter in East Bay DSA
On December 6, 2017, East Bay DSA (EBDSA) and Libertarian Socialist Caucus (LSC) member Jetta Rae Robertson received a member conduct notice from EBDSA’s Local Council informing her they were pursuing disciplinary measures. The reprimand cites several tweets wherein Jetta criticizes the EBDSA leadership and alleges that she engaged in behavior that they felt was…
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Statement of Support for the Movement in St. Louis
We have been asked to tell people what’s going on and direct people to the jail fund (a bare minimum of 150 have been arrested). Here is the jail fund. Here is, briefly, what is going on: In 2011 Saint Louis police officer Jason Stockley was recorded saying, "I’m gonna kill this motherfucker," before shooting…
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Founding Document
“We are socialists because we reject an economic order based on private profit, alienated labor, gross inequalities of wealth and power, discrimination based on race and sex, and brutality and violence in defense of the status quo. We are socialists because we share a vision of a humane social order based on popular control of…
