Though the resolution leaves the question of what defeating Trump would require open, in the past members of the North Star Caucus have been vocal defenders of lesser-evil voting in presidential elections — so the resolution may be intended to pave the way for a critical endorsement of the Democratic nominee should Bernie Sanders lose. That’s a very good thing if you care about the cause of human freedom. Article vat directive chart form. And most caucuses and tendencies seem to either support or passively accept DSA’s recent endorsement of Bernie. The DSLC should develop a program for class struggle campaigns, including demands like: We look forward to working with other members of the steering committee and the whole DSLC to carry out the ambitious plans we passed at the convention. Constitution/Bylaws Change 33, proposed by members of the Libertarian Socialist Caucus, creates an "Assembly of Locals" (the "AOL"). In the notes below, we try where possible to associate proposals with the relevant internal grouping. Megan Svoboda, writing for Bread & Roses, has published a call for a class-struggle electoral strategy aimed at recruiting strong working-class candidates who identify as socialists and build working-class organization and power through their campaigns. Bread & Roses and the Libertarian Socialist Caucus have taken the most explicit positions in favor of the RFS. Finally Resolution 67, coauthored by members of Build and San Francisco's Red Star Caucus, calls on the DSLC to do more to support organizing the unorganized. The organization’s rapid growth however has strained it. The 2017 DSA National convention made a renewed attention to socialist electoral work a major national priority. On the question of long-term strategy, Socialist Majority Caucus tends to hew closest to the strategy outlined by Ackerman — including its aversion to talk of a new party down the line — while Bread & Roses is more vocal about the need to break from the Democratic Party and commit to forming an independent party at some point in the future. We are committed to rebuilding and supporting the labor movement because unions are society’s primary engine of explicit and continuous class struggle and because only a united multiracial working class can defeat capital. In fact a notable (and frankly regrettable) fact about the convention is that there are very few resolutions touching on DSA’s Bernie campaign. Three members of San Francisco DSA are running on the San Francisco Slate. Collaborating with YDSA chapters to encourage high school and college students to consider rank and file union jobs. Resolution 82 ("DSA National Electoral Priority Resolution") proposed by, among others, three candidates from SMC’s slate for NPC would recommit DSA to making electoral work a national priority. Both resolutions were drafted by members of the DSLC, propose hiring an organizer to support the work of the DSLC, and instruct the DSLC to help chapters develop stronger labor groups. The NPC and the national office are also supposed to support the organization’s 150+ chapters, which are then broken up into smaller working groups, committees, and (in bigger cities) neighborhood-based branches. The rationale was convincingly articulated by Seth Ackerman in Jacobin back in 2016, and the tactic has basically been the unchallenged approach of almost all DSA chapters engaged in electoral work since. To remedy this, DSA is hoping to collaborate with organizations who have a direct relationship with unhoused people in order to facilitate the delivery of donations. Berkshires DSA members use a variety of tactics, from legislative to direct action, to fight for reforms that empower working people. An endorsement of the B&R proposal would provide the "clear strategy" that the CPN resolution calls for but fails to articulate. For now, five main constitution and bylaws changes deserve special notice as they would make the most sweeping changes to the national organization. While some in DSA still hold up what happened at Philly DSA as a worst-case scenario for the fate of political minorities under Bread & Roses’ rule, it’s worth noting that the Spring leadership did the correct thing, and rather than simply hold members in Philly accountable for what happened, they actually dissolved their entire caucus. Encouraging democratic unions to initiate unionization drives to grow the labor movement and supporting DSA members who are organizing their workplaces. Develop socialist labor leaders to run for public office and support candidates running. Resolution 59 would demand that all candidates running for president develop a policy for reparations for black people in the United States. For a full overview of the candidates, Andrew Sernatinger’s piece is the most helpful. None of these resolutions are at odds, but delegates will have to decide what kind of instructions they want to give to the NEC for its work in the next two years. Help local labor formations to provide ongoing trainings such as the Labor Notes “Secrets of a Successful Organizer” series or trainings on how to inoculate coworkers against anti-union messaging during unionization drives. Resolution 39 would petition Bernie Sanders to take a strong stance in support of a "People’s Foreign Policy Platform". Finally, Constitution/Bylaws Change 34, proposed by members of Build, reactivates the National Advisory Committee to act as a new intermediary leadership body. B&R's resolution is important because it offers clear instructions to the DSLC to help DSA activists become shopfloor organizers capable of helping revitalize the labor movement from the bottom up. Socialist Feminism: Bread and Roses Strike. Most members in DSA are not members of any caucus or tendency (we use tendency to refer to caucus-like formations that don’t use the label of "caucus"). Our members need to understand how today’s labor movement functions so we can organize strategically on the shop floor, at the bargaining table, and in the streets. Nationally — and not including issue-based and identity caucuses — key political caucuses and tendencies include Bread & Roses (B&R), Build, Collective Power Network (CPN), Libertarian Socialist Caucus (LSC), North Star, Reform & Revolution (R&R), and Socialist Majority Caucus (SMC). But a major question at the 2019 DSA convention will be the degree to which DSA remains focused on that vision as a top labor priority. D SA’s Bread & Roses caucus is thrilled to announce our slate for National Political Committee, Marianela D’Aprile, Marsha Niemeijer, Megan Svoboda, Natalie Midiri, and Rachel Zibrat! Nevertheless, some differences remain on the question of long-term electoral strategy and how high a bar should be set for endorsements. These include San Francisco’s Red Star caucus, Portland’s Red Caucus, and New York City’s Emerge caucus. Since the election of its first Steering Committee in early 2018, the DSLC has made helping DSA members get union jobs a key part of its work — including publishing a manual on how socialists can get rank-and-file jobs as teachers. Barry Eidlin (LA-DSA/B&R) published a thorough defense of the RFS in Jacobin in March. DSA’s electoral strategy has been tested and honed in the two years following the 2017 convention in a number of impressive electoral wins and close losses. By our count, more than 15 resolutions touch on DSA’s electoral strategy. The NPC acts as the national leadership between conventions, oversees the national office (including appointing the National Director), and makes national political decisions. Creating and consolidating graphic design resources online, such as signs and banners, for chapters to use. Throughout we refer to proposals by their numbers in these packets. While realignment is out as a strategy that anyone in DSA will at least publicly defend, the organization remains committed to using the Democratic Party ballot line for most electoral campaigns. Developing a strike solidarity manual, including a picket line etiquette guide. Key questions will not be addressed by the convention, including whether DSA activists should run to be Bernie delegates to the Democratic National Convention. R&R is made up of members who left Socialist Alternative in late 2018. If we are successful in re-embedding ourselves in the labor movement, we will be able to advance socialist ideas as part of the multiracial working class. Bread and Roses’ labor Resolution 32 is consistent with Resolution 3 from Collective Power Network. Strategic social impact ucla continuing education. As the 2019 DSA National Convention heats up, it can be difficult to follow all the debates and proposals being made. It is shorthand for Jacobin and the Bread and Roses Caucus in DSA, overlapping entities as Doug Henwood pointed out in a New Republic article: There are six votes from the Bread and Roses caucus on DSA’s national political committee (NPC), effectively its board of directors, not quite a third of the total of 19, giving the caucus a serious, if not dominant, presence. Milwaukee DSA offers a myriad of ways to participate. This structure worked fairly well when DSA was a small organization with only a few hundred active members. As of the start of the 2019 convention, DSA has a fairly simple national structure. DSA’s newsletter, it would be solidarity. That position is challenged by Resolution 15 ("In the Event of a Sanders Loss") which would declare ahead of time that DSA will not endorse any other Democratic Party candidate should Bernie Sanders lose the primary. Ryan Mosgrove (DC DSA/CPN) wrote a followup again criticizing B&R’s labor resolution. Luke Elliot-Negri (Nassau County DSA/SMC) published on SMC’s website a criticism of Bread & Roses’s commitment to forming an independent party. 2020 Steering Committee Candidates Creating a pamphlet on how to organize a union in your workplace. The Berkshire DSA's "Bread and Roses" food giveaway event will be held at The Common in Pittsfield, Massachusetts from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, December 12th. Additional proposals call for specific new organizing campaigns. The slate includes. 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