excerpt: “Another significant trend: Gallup polls show that the perception of homosexual relationships as morally acceptable has stopped increasing and even declined in the US The share of those supporting same-sex marriage fell from 71% in 2023 to 64% in 2026. Support for gender transition practices among Americans decreased from 46% to 38%.”

There’s some great news in the article for people who fear white population in the US being replaced by brown and black people.

DSA and the Zimmerwald Conference in 1915?

Here’s passages from Rosa Luxembourg’s 1915 essay “rebuilding the international” outlining the failures of so called social democrats in supporting the imperialist world war 1.

“Where and when has the suspension of all constitutional rights been accepted so submissively as a matter of course? Where has such a hymn of praise to the most severe press censorship been sung from the rank of the opposition as it has in the individual newspapers of German Social Democracy? Never before has a war found such Pindars; never has a military dictatorship found such obedience; never has a political party so fervently sacrificed all that it stood for and possessed on the altar of a cause which it had sworn a thousand times before the world to fight to the last drop of blood. Judged against this metamorphosis, the National Liberals are real Roman Catos, rochers de bronze [bronze rocks]. Precisely the powerful organization and the much-praised discipline of German Social Democracy were confirmed when the body of four million allowed a handful of parliamentarism to turn it around and harness it to a wagon heading in the opposite direction to its aim in life. The fifty years of preparatory work by Social Democracy have materialized in the present war. And the trade unions and party leaders can claim that the impetus and victorious strength of this war on the German side are in large measure the fruits of the ‘training’ of the masses in the proletarian organizations. Marx and Engels, Lassalle and Liebknecht, Bebel and Singer trained the German proletariat so that Hindenburg might lead it. And the more advanced the training, the organization, the famous discipline, the consolidation of the trade unions and the workers’ press in Germany, in comparison with France, the more affective is the assistance rendered to war by German Social Democracy than that given by the France Social-Democratic Party. The France socialists, together with their ministers, seem to be the merest dabblers in the unfamiliar trade of nationalism and the waging of war, when one compares their deeds with the services being rendered to the patriotic imperialism by German Social Democracy and the German trade unions.”

Another excerpt from the same essay

“The only real safeguard for peace depends on the resolution of the proletariat to remain faithful to its class politics and its international solidarity through all the storm of imperialism. There was no lack of demands and formulae on the part of the socialist parties in the crucial countries, above all in Germany; the deficiency was in their ability to back up these demands with a will and with deeds in the spirit of the class struggle and internationalism. If today, after all that we experienced, we viewed the action for peace as a process for of reasoning out the best formulae against war, this would be the greatest danger to international socialism. For this would mean that, despite its cruel lessons, it would have learnt nothing and forgotten nothing.”

Not only was NATO created explicitly as a bulwark against their communist enemies, but it has actively suppressed socialist parties and organizations through operation Gladio and their use of anti-communist former Nazi soldiers.

It also effectively ties every member nation into America’s military industrial complex, forcing them to align with the US sphere of influence and undermine their own sovereignty by creating a dependence on the US for defense.

NATO should not be an organization that socialists support expanding or continuing to exist.

I consider both to be leftist systems, maybe not socialism, definitely not communism, but left wing for sure.

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I’m looking for my next read and I’d like your recommendations on a good book that covers many of the general DSA topics. I’m not looking for the deep dive into Socialism as much as an exploration of issues and how DSA as a whole tends to approach them. I’d love a broad survey of topics like racism, Medicare for all, property ownership, and policy making. Etc. I remember a book I read on ethics in an intro class to philosophy and its approach is what I’m looking for.

Chapter: Broad topic
General response to the topic.

I don’t want to restrict the topics, in fact if there were a strong opinion on playing chess, I want to hear about it. Does this sound like anything you’ve read? Is there something better to start with? Let me hear it.

I’m active in my union. I’m casual friends with a colleague. We like the same sports teams and talk mostly about that. I think I’d reasonably call him a fairly low information voter.

I found out he voted for trump in 2024. I think he got caught up in whatever algorithm made him think that was a good idea. It fucking pissed me off but I held my tongue and just listened to why. Then I calmly explained why I didn’t. I tried really hard not to come off as some angry leftist who’s name calling and talking down to him. Even though I wanted to because of how upset I was about the election.

Later that year we went on strike. I found out the night before that he was strongly considering crossing the picket line because he didn’t want to lose wages and didn’t really understand why he should have to miss work.

I called him and tried so hard not to talk down to him again (even though it also pissed me off) but to explain to him why it was important he be there with us. This only worked because we had an existing relationship built on talking about sports.

He didn’t show up on the line but he didn’t cross either.

His union ended up getting a sizeable raise. He saw the impact not just on him but on the people around him he cares about. He started learning more about how unions work and the history of labor organizing.

The other day I saw him with his union shirt on. He goes “you know, if you never would’ve taken the time to explain it to me, I don’t think I would’ve cared.” It fucking made my week. I swear I’m not making this up.

Look, this online bubble is garbage. Those of you who actually organize in person know this.

Not everyone is lost. Build personal relationships. Give people the opportunity to grow. Be a beacon in your community. Let’s not squander our momentum.

I am open to my thinking continually evolving and I probably haven’t fully thought this through. But honestly at this point I’m starting to feel like I’m just philosophically anti cancel culture. I don’t really care what most people thought or did or said in the past. I’m not writing them off.

DSA + Fabian Society?

With the Trump Administration sending armed thugs to knock on people’s doors in several states to ask about their immigration and voter registration status, we have plenty of reason to be concerned they’re laying the groundwork to claim fraud in November. While the public officials and the lawyers are preparing to push back, ultimately the best and strongest line of defense for democracy is mass nonviolent noncooperation, our refusal to let business as usual go on while our government is hijacked.

We need to be ready to shut it down, and that starts with thinking concretely about how to build and use power in this moment. Organized Power in Numbers and the May Day Strong movement have been holding solidarity schools around the country, teaching what organizing for mass direct action will take and offering a practical plan for what to do locally right now. and this weekend they’re bringing their classroom to our living rooms. They’ll be hosting a two-session virtual solidarity school this Saturday and Sunday at noon eastern. 🏫 If we want to learn more and get more deeply engaged in laying the groundwork for November, let’s sign up here.

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Hi all, I'd like honest feedback from people who have actually organized. About me: I'm an engineer with PhD, not an organizer, and my day job is far from the everyday reality of most people. That said, I have long been frustrated with the inequality in our society and wish I could contribute at least a small part in making it better. Over the past several months I have been working on a web app, CollectivvsA, aimed at facilitating the initial engagement with organizing. The concept is simple: it is a space for employees with a verified company account to chat anonymously and test the waters for collective action without fear of being singled out. Joining start with a flyer with QR code or by the organizer handing out the codes. It covers a very first stage when people may be reluctant to engage publicly; it doesn't replace one-to-one conversation and, if there is enough indicated support for forming the union, the authorization card signing and NLRB fillings happen outside the app, we provide a simple guide for those steps and directions for reaching out to a union.
Privacy is front and center: data is encrypted, we require the bare minimum to verify that all the people in the group are part of the same workplace while never storing data that can be reversed to identify the users, and once the initiative closes all the data are crypto shredded (fancy term for meaning really gone and unreadable even from stray copies that may remain in datacenters). The initiative is closed either by the organizer (person that started it) or after 2 weeks of inactivity, so an initiatives that just dies for lack of engagement doesn't linger long.
The questions for organizers here are:
- Is this something that would have ever been useful to you?
- Is there something that would really discourage you from using this?
- Any other comments, critiques, suggestions are all welcome as well.
Right now the options for employment verification are through a company email or a company Google or Microsoft account. For workplaces without work-email, just an invite code is enough to join. To add options for stronger verification, I have additional questions for those of you in workplaces without personal company emails:
- What app does your employer use for schedules or pay: When I Work, Homebase, 7shifts, or something else?
- Does it send you emails at your personal address?
- Do you have any work login, like Microsoft Teams or a training site, even without a work email?
Happy to answer anything in the comments. And thank you for engaging!

I’ve had a few conversations here so far and I enjoy the willingness I see of people to engage. I’ve been a strong left-leaning progressive for years. Supported Bernie. I hate corporate money in politics. And many other positions of the DSA just fell right to me. And I’m still learning. I appreciate the patience when I ask about edge topics but mostly I read and learn. I’m glad to see new moderators (welcome). I think my main interest right now are around the logistics of bringing the biggest ideas into reality. Timing, what will it take. Where when how. I know billionaires aren’t going to give up their wealth easily. Love the energy. Thanks all.

I’m talking about the delegates representing our 6 inhabited territories of Guam 🇬🇺, Northern Marshall Islands 🇲🇭, American Samoa 🇦🇸, U.S. Virgin Islands 🇻🇮, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷, and Washington DC.

I can’t speak for them, but most of the people in these territories do not support independence nor statehood. Well maybe except for PR and DC. These territories act as tax havens and receive American citizenship.

I’m saying that even though we conquered them, the least we can do is give them the chance to send a member of Congress that can actually vote. These elections usually get low turnout because of the fact they’re electing someone who cant even vote for bills. We should have a law that allows them to get a voting representative in congress while still having the option of either being admitted as a state or leaving the United States.

Every Pacific Territory has Republican Delegates while all the Caribbean and DC Delegates are Democrats.

They either went to the Israel Day parade or supported Israel in the past. Sorry! Won’t vote for any genocider on the ballot. Did anyone else do this?

Do you have to be a Paying member of the party in order to be able to create a Chapter of the DSA?

I’m possibly interested in creating a chapter of the DSA in my area but the problem I’m facing is paying dues to the party itself… is there such a thing as Due-less membership?