Democratic Socialists of America

January 27, 2010      Young Democratic Socialists announces their National Conference March 5-7 with Cornel West, Gayatri Spivak and more:
                          Democratic Socialism: A Real Change for a Change.
                              Conference web page             Registration form

January 15, 2010 Join members and friends of DSA in contributing to Haiti earthquake relief. The following groups have long established programs in Haiti and are independent of the forces that contributed to Haiti's poverty and oppression.
Doctors Without Borders Partners in Health Quixote Center

December 30, 2009 From the January issue of In these Times: "Mobilized in Motor City: How Detroit DSA works in the Democratic Party to effect change."
Click ***HERE*** for the link.

December 28, 2009 The Winter 2009/10 Issue of Democratic Left is now online.
Click ***HERE*** for the Table of Contents. Click ***HERE*** for the pdf file.

December 21, 2009 DSA Resolution on the Senate Health Care Bill
Senate Bill Must be Fixed in Conference Committee
Click ***HERE*** for the pdf file.

December 17, 2009 Watch Senator Bernie Sanders comment on C-SPAN, on the forced withdrawal of his Singe Payer Health Care legislation
Click ***HERE*** for the video.

November 25, 2009 The Fall 2009 Issue of YDS Red Letter is now online.
Click ***HERE*** for the pdf file.

November 21, 2009 The Fall 2009 Issue of Democratic Left is now online.
Click ***HERE*** for the pdf file.

November 13-15, 2009 Documents and videos from the DSA National Convention
Click ***HERE*** for the convention page.

September 28, 2009 The Alternative to Capitalism is Democratic Socialism
Here are two revised recruitment flyers with a brief description of DSA's politics and beliefs:
Click ***HERE*** for the pdf file with statements from Cornel West and Dolores Huerta.
Click ***HERE*** for the pdf file with statements from Barbara Ehrenreich and Dolores Huerta.

August 8, 2009 Socialism and the Politics of Fear
Frank Llewellyn's commentary has now been issued as a DSA flyer. Click ***HERE*** for the pdf file.

August 3, 2009 The Summer 2009 Issue of Democratic Left is now online.
Click ***HERE*** for the pdf file.

July 28, 2009 The Spring 2009 Issue of The Red Letter has Been Released
The latest issue of the Young Democratic Socialists (YDS) newsletter can be viewed by clicking ***HERE***

July 27, 2009 Health Care Reform: Push Comes to Shove
Bill Moyers Journal interviews Marcia Angell and Trudy Lieberman on July 24, on the intense battle over health care reform. This is the best comparison of the Single Payer approach to the bills under consideration in Congress that we have seen. See the video ***HERE***

July 25, 2009 Socialism and the Politics of Fear
DSA National Director Frank Llewellyn's article is the headline piece on the CBSNEWS Opinion web page for July 23, 2009. View the article ***HERE***

July 20, 2009 Video discussion with DSA Vice Chair Joe Schwartz
Why Obama is not a socialist
Joe Schwartz was interviewed by Petra Hepburn of Ithaca DSA.
View a 10 minute excerpt on YouTube at :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A_ZOWI1aLU
The complete 30 minute program is on the Ithaca DSA blog at:
http://ithacadsa.blogspot.com/

June 27, 2009 Take Action for Universal Health Care
Join other DSA members on July 30 in Washington D.C. for the
Health-Care Now Single Payer Lobby Day and Rally
Get more information on Health Care activism from the Boston DSA web site and the
Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care

June 24, 2009 The DSA NPC has passed a resolution On the Struggle for Universal Health Care. To view the resolution click ***HERE*** , or click on the Resources icon to the left to access all DSA documents.

June 16, 2009 The DSA NPC has passed a Statement on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and Winning Peace with Justice in the Middle East. To view the statement click ***HERE***.

June 12, 2009 Listen to an interview on KPFA with DSA Vice Chair Joe Schwartz, on his new book, The Future Of Democratic Equality, on "why Obama is not a socialist" and "what is socialism".

May 21, 2009 With the help of DSA Vice-Chair Steve Max, we have developed a short audio-visual slide show on health care that makes the case for single payer as well as the public option. To view the slide show on YouTube click here.

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