Democratic Socialism in the USA: History, Politics, Religion, and ...
American Democratic Socialism interprets the intellectual and political history of American socialism from 1829 to 2020, arguing that the USA has the richest cultural history of democratic socialism in the world and a substantial, interesting, and complex intellectual and political history. It contends that Christian socialism has been more ...
The American Road to Socialism - Socialist Forum
A Democratic Socialists of America Publication. The conditions under which DSA attempts to build socialism are unique in history: nowhere has a developed, late-stage capitalist state–much less the most militarily and economically powerful empire on the planet–been successfully guided towards socialism, be it through electoralist or revolutionary tactics.
Marxism and Democracy - Socialist Forum - dsausa.org
DSA founder Michael Harrington wrote widely on the relationship between democracy and socialism. In this essay, Harrington provides a brief survey of Marx’s and Engels’s approaches to democracy and socialist political strategy, Marx’s theories of capitalism, and the question of Stalinism – or, as Harrington and others often described it, “bureaucratic collectivism.” We …
Building Socialism from Below: Popular Power and the State
A Greek sociologist who taught in France from 1968 until his suicide in 1979, Poulantzas wrote on class, fascism, and the state. But the work of his that bears most directly on the question of U.S. socialist strategy today is “Towards a Democratic Socialism,” a remarkable essay published one year before his death.
A Precious Legacy - Socialist Forum - dsausa.org
Democratic Socialism in the 21st Century. Democratic socialism, as I have described it here, is a distinct political tradition grounded in three core elements: a vision of democratic socialization, a strategic emphasis on social alliances and coalition politics, and a commitment to democratic internationalism.
Eleven Theses on Socialist Revolution - Socialist Forum - dsausa.org
A Democratic Socialists of America Publication. Eleven Theses on Socialist Revolution Any realistic timeline for a transition to socialism will take a century or two, and there is room for statist and non-statist strategies of all kinds.
The Second Founding and Democratic Strategy: The Constitution …
Until the invention of the new theory of the one-party state by the Bolsheviks and the Third International, all Marxist and socialist parties followed Marx and Engels in this belief that the establishment of a democratic republic based on universal and equal representation was the necessary precondition for any advance into socialism.
Socialist Forum - A Democratic Socialists of America Publication
A Democratic Socialists of America Publication. Putting this year's electoral convention resolution into practice will set the groundwork for a new independent party of the working class necessary for winning socialism.
About Us - Socialist Forum - dsausa.org
Socialist Forum is an open and wide-ranging venue for thoughtful discussion and debate among DSA members. It is intended to provide a space for political reflection that is theoretical, strategic, and long-term, and aims to help develop a theory and practice of democratic socialism appropriate for the twenty-first century. Contributions will represent as wide a range of…
Working for Reforms While Advancing Toward Socialism
A “socialism” that allows market forces to play the dominant role in economic decision-making, rather than a process of democratic participatory planning, will generate many of the oppressive features of capitalism while producing a wealthy class that will eventually move to overthrow “market socialism.”