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...
Caucus Statement Endorsement of Prison Strike We, the Libertarian Socialist Caucus of the Democratic Socialists of America, have voted to endorse the upcoming prison strike which incarcerated people across the country have declared and which will be taking place...
Caucus Statement Statement of Solidarity with Puerto Rico “No somos pequeños, es que estamos de rodillas”[1] -Pedro Albizu Campos On May 1st, recognized around the world as International Workers’ Day, Puerto Rican unions, students, feminists and activist organizations called a...
Caucus Statement Statement in Solidarity with Sex Workers Targeted by the FOSTA/SESTA Bills Bills recently passed by the US Congress—the “Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act” (FOSTA) in the House and the “Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act” (SESTA) in the Senate—are a dangerous enactment of...
Caucus Statement Endorsement of DSA Accountability Sample Chapter Bylaws At the end of December, we published a statement criticizing a draft sample chapter bylaws document. We were pleased that the NPC extended the timeline for the new sample bylaws. We are now...
Caucus Statement Statement in Solidarity With Striking Teachers The West Virginia teachers’ strike -- just like any working class strike - shows that true power comes from the workers, not the capitalists, whether they be business owners or legislators. But we hope and believe that it is only the beginning....
Caucus Statement Endorsement of the NPC reform and transparency proposal being brought to the NPC meeting this upcoming weekend The DSA Libertarian Socialist Caucus has voted to endorse reforms Presented by Dele Balogun, in consultation with various DSA members, the DSA Accountability Group, and some members of NPC, found here. If you’...
Caucus Statement Addendum for National Electoral Strategy Proposal National Electoral Committee has created a document to guide DSA electoral strategy, LSC has built an Addendum that addresses holes in the document and centers the creation of bottom up libertarian municipalism through...
Caucus Statement Statement in Solidarity with Afrin and the Rojava Revolution #HandsOffAfrin #DefendAfrin The people of Afrin are facing the violence of a Turkish state bent on the ethnic cleansing of the Afrin Canton. Turkey, the second largest army in NATO, has started a...
Caucus Statement 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...
Caucus Statement 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...
Caucus Statement 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...
Caucus Statement 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,...
Caucus Statement Statement on the NPC Election It has recently come to our attention that a newly elected member of DSA’s National Political Committee, Danny Fetonte, was a union organizer field representative for the Combined Law Enforcement......
