Populists: support the Democratic Socialists of America! [View all]

[merrily]

Last edited Thu Aug 20, 2015, 11:26 AM - Edit history (4)

http://www.dsausa.org/

To my shame, I confess to knowing nothing about the Democratic Socialists of America until Bernie ran. The three most significant things of which I was ignorant were that:

1. The DSAUSA is a movement, not a political party.

2. The DSAUSA believes in working within the Democratic Party.

3. The DSASUA believes in working within capitalism.


Do I wish they had chosen a different name, rather than one that has people thinking of Tsars and Joe McCarthy? Yes, I confess to that, too. However, at bottom, this is a movement that wants to move the Democratic Party to the left, which is where I want to move it. This is a movement that believes that a society should take care of all its members, especially those who have the most trouble taking care of themselves, which is what I believe in. Why have I not been supporting it all along? Ignorance.

It has endorsed Bernie. I think the reasons for that are obvious and good. However, that is only one candidate in one election. If you want the Democratic Party to veer left more than it has, consider that that is what the DSAUSA wants as well.

In the recent past, my donations went to individuals, rather than to the DNC, the DSCC or the DCCC. More recently, however, I learned that a portion of the donations that I make to populist Democrats end up subsidizing less populist Democrats in Congress anyway. http://www.democraticunderground.com/12778505



Right now, my political donations and support will be going to Bernie. When Bernie is no longer a candidate, at least a good portion of my political donations and support just may go to the DSAUSA, where they will not end up subsidizing DINOs.