Caucus Statement LSC-DSA: Our Caucus’ Vision for the DSA 2023 Convention Overview If the last decade featured historic gains for the left in places even the most ardent partisans had abandoned, it has also been an era of crisis and repression that has fostered...
Caucus Statement DSA and the NHGO The NPC has already voted to terminate the contract but the argument for the NHGO as a staff position rather than another consultant remains important. As we build a mass organization that will...
Caucus Statement LSC Recommendations on NPC Resolutions & Constitution & Bylaws Changes. Resolution No. 1 – State Organization NPC Comments: "Commit to building our power and organization at the state level and adopt standardized bylaws for state organizations." "The DSA Constitution and Bylaws currently allow for...
DSA Convention 2021 Libertarian Socialist Caucus Candidate Endorsements for the 2021-2023 DSA National Convention LSC is endorsing the following candidates for the 2021 election for the National Political Committee. The use of Single Transferable Vote will allow delegates to select the candidates that they truly prefer rather...
Caucus Statement Statement on the Class Unity Caucus In light of recent events involving DSA’s Class Unity Caucus (CUC), we at DSA-LSC think it appropriate to make a definitive statement outlining our stance on CUC, its ideology, and its concerning...
Caucus Statement Recommendations From The Libertarian Socialist Caucus For The 2021 DSA Convention - Short List Comrades strove to make decisions based on our commitment to internal democracy, abolition, antifascism/antiracism, and autonomous organization Key: Green represents proposals on the Consent Agenda LSC Summary of Recommendations on Proposals: Resolutions...
DSA Convention 2021 Recommendations From The Libertarian Socialist Caucus For The 2021 DSA Convention - Long Form The following are the recommendations of the External Strategy & Convention Working Group (ES&C WG) of the Libertarian Socialist Caucus in regards to the proposed resolutions and bylaw amendments that will...
Caucus Statement LSC Supports Single Transferable Vote It is critical for the DSA to adopt a national leadership that fully represents its members. This necessity is magnified by the lack of processes for enforcing accountability between national conventions such as...
DSA Convention 2021 Statement on the NPC's Amendments and the 2021 Convention On July 19, 2021 the National Political Committee of DSA released a slate of recommended resolutions and amendments to the national organization’s constitution and bylaws. Our current constitution and bylaws state that...
DSA Convention 2021 Democratize Everything 2021: A DSA by and for its Members DSA’s rapid rise from a relatively obscure organization of about 6,000 members in 2015 to comparatively massive and significant left vehicle it is today resulted in internal transformation and a push...
Caucus Statement Where We Stand: LSC in 2021 For the Libertarian Socialist Caucus, the intensifying crises and contradictions of the 2020s are opportunities for reconsidering the path forward under conditions of intensifying crisis and weak institutional development on the left. We...
Caucus Statement LSC & Democratic Socialism: A Short History If we want to understand the current challenges we confront inside and outside the organization, we have to contend with the history of the DSA as a political organization and para-party formation. The...
Caucus Statement LSC in 2021 - An Overview of Our Program The Libertarian Socialist Caucus presents this program for the DSA 2021 Convention to confront a new set of challenges. The program lays out a horizon and specific organizing tasks for abolition, antifascism and...
Caucus Statement DSA-LSC Endorses Petition to Fix DSA's Harassment Grievance Policy At the 2017 convention, DSA passed a harassment grievance policy, often known as Resolution 33. This was a positive development, as previously, DSA did not have any coherent process for handling these problems....
Caucus Statement Statement Against Stephanie Kelton's Meeting With the Far Right in Japan The Libertarian Socialist Caucus (LSC) of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) aspires to create a socialist society freed from all forms of hierarchy and domination. We see fascism as the ultimate manifestation...
Caucus Statement Let's Get Democratized: Statement on the 2019 DSA Convention Introduction Last fall we, the Libertarian Socialist Caucus of the Democratic Socialists of America, drafted and committed to a platform for the DSA National Convention of 2019 that would, in our words, “Democratize...
Caucus Statement Call to the NPC for a Democratic Election The National Convention of the Democratic Socialists of America, where we will be deciding on the membership’s proposals and electing the new National Political Committee is just a few weeks away. We...
Caucus Statement DSA Libertarian Socialist Caucus endorsement of the “Rank and File Strategy” Last fall the DSA Libertarian Socialist Caucus laid out our platform for building working class power in the United States with our Dual Power strategy statement. A critical section of this statement is...
Caucus Statement 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....
Caucus Statement 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,...
Caucus Statement 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...
Caucus Statement Dual Power: A Strategy To Build Socialism In Our Time The Libertarian Socialist Caucus of the Democratic Socialists of America aspires to create a socialist society freed from all forms of hierarchy and domination. The question has been raised from both inside and outside of the Caucus: how do we get from here to there?...
Caucus Statement Democratize Everything The Libertarian Socialist Caucus's plan to jumpstart democracy in the Democratic Socialists of America at the 2019 Convention....
Caucus Statement Signing the Open Letter Concerning Ocasio-Cortez and Palestine by Seattle DSA Anti-War Caucus On July 24th the Seattle DSA Anti-War Caucus published an open letter called Concerning Ocasio-Cortez and Palestine. The Libertarian Socialist Caucus of DSA supports the message in this letter, and supports the self-determination...
Caucus Statement Endorsement of Mobilization Against Unite the Right 2 We, the Libertarian Socialist Caucus of the Democratic Socialists of America, wholeheartedly endorse the mass mobilization effort against the fascist demonstration called "Unite the Right 2" planned on August 11th and...
