News Archive

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 21, 2009           DSA Resolution on the Senate Health Care Bill
Senate Bill Must be Fixed in Conference Committee
Click ***HERE*** for the pdf file.
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***
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.
March 14, 2009   DSA has two new brochures and a flyer on the Employee Free Choice Act. Click on our Resources page to access them.
March 2, 2009   DSA has two editorial flyers on "bailing out the banks":   Rescue the Banks, not the Bankers and Shareholders and The Banks are Made of Marble.  Click the resources icon to the left for a list of our other documents.  
Feb. 25, 2009   DSA has two new flyers on our Economic Justice Agenda: EJA, an Introduction
and   EJA, a Summary. Click **HERE** for the full document: Toward an Economic Justice Agenda.  
Feb. 21, 2009   DSA has a new flyer on Single Payer Health Care:   Health Care For Everyone: Healthier for Everyone
Feb. 5, 2009   DSA has released our economic recovery plan: Economic Recovery for Everyone. Please download and distribute this important document. The recovery plan deals with the origins of the crisis and our responses to it, and connects it to the issues we raise in DSA's Economic Justice Agenda.
Jan. 28, 2009   DSA has produced a short two page flyer: Economic Recovery that Benefits Everyone. The flyer focuses on the origins of the crisis and our responses to it.
The Winter 2008/9 issue of Red Letter, the newsletter of Young Democratic Socialists, is now online. Click **HERE** for the pdf file.
How a President Creates Change. DSA Vice Chair Joseph Schwartz reminds Barack Obama that major political change is never top down.  From Tikkun  December 31, 2008.
The Winter 2008/9 issue of Democratic Left is now online. Click **HERE** for the Table of Contents. Click **HERE** for the pdf file.
The DSA Labor Network blog Talking Union has a report on Atlanta DSA's Douglas-Debs Dinner, held on Nov. 8, 2008. There is lots of good stuff on this blog.
Socialism is Not Communism. DSA editorial response published in the Richmond Times Dispatch to "McCain, Obama, and 'the Change We Need',". Nov. 7, 2008
The Fall 2008 issue of Democratic Left is now online. Click **HERE** for the Table of Contents. Click **HERE** for the pdf file.
DSA in the news: Obama is a "socialist". An amusing article by Joe Conason in the New York Observer, with a comment by DSA National Director Frank Lewellyn.
The final version of DSA's Toward an Economic Justice Agenda has been added to the resources page, May 25, 2008. Click **HERE** to view or download the pdf file.
The DSA Labor Network has a new blog: Talking Union
Why the Left Needs an Economic Justice Agenda Now
Michael Hirsch on ZNet
The Political Economy of International Migration
An important analysis by David Bacon
The DSA PAC has issued a report on John McCain's dangerous vision of U.S. foreign policy.
The DSA PAC has issued a report on John McCain's radical health care plan.
DSA has issued a Statement on the 2008 Presidential Election , August 14, 2008. Click **HERE** to view or download the pdf file.
Job Announcement: DSA is accepting applications for YDS Youth organizer position starting August 2008. Application deadline: Extended to April 30, 2008.
Young Democratic Socialists conference.
New York City, February 15-17, 2008.
Manning Marable, Bill Fletcher Jr., Francis Fox Pivin, Nancy Fraser, Stephen Eric Bronner and many more.
The Winter 2007/8 issue of Democratic Left is now online. Click **HERE** for the pdf file. This issue reports on the DSA Convention, and includes talks by Bernie Sanders and Bill Fletcher.
Report from the DSA National Convention
November 9-11, 2007   Atlanta, Georga
DSA endorses October 27 National Mobilization of United for Peace and Justice to end the war in Iraq. Click **HERE** for information.
CELEBRATING 35 YEARS OF DEMOCRATIC LEFT
A new draft of the DSA Economic Justice Agenda has been added to the toolbox, July 26,2007. Click **HERE** for the pdf file.
2007 YDS Summer School and Activist Conference
Click **HERE** for information, and **HERE** to register.
DSA has a new flyer on the U.S. Occupation of Iraq. The flyer and other documents are in the tool box . Click **HERE** for the pdf file.
DSA National Political Committee Resolution on The Rights of Undocumented Immigrants. Adopted June 2, 2006.
Get your books through the newly updated DSA Bookshop. Click the bookshop icon on the left.
The Spring 2007 issue of Democratic Left is now online. Click **HERE** for the pdf file.
YDS (Young Democratic Socialists) conference in NYC Feb.16-18, 2007.  Justice Beyond Borders: Democracy and Socialism in the 21st Century.  Participants include Noam Chomsky, Barbara Ehrenreich, Gayatri Spivak, Liza Featherstone, and Christian Parenti.
YDS summer conference in NYC Aug. 11-13.    International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) World Festival in Spain July 18-23. Click **HERE** for details on the YDS web site.
Historic event March 25, 2006 in Los Angeles. The Birth of a Movement. Click **HERE** for commentary and pictures.
DSA Statement on Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans
The Winter 2006 issue of Democratic Left is now online. Click **HERE** for the pdf file.
YDS Conference in NYC February 17-19, 2006.
Report and results from the 2005 DSA National Convention
Contribute to Katrina Relief through the DSA Fund
New DSA Statement on IRAQ and the Anti-War Movement -- for Sept. 24, 2005 Anti-War demonstration.
YDS Conference in NYC: Turning the Tide Towards Freedom.
Special premier screening of Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price at the DSA 2005 National Convention
DSA Membership Increases by 13%
DSA has issued a new statement on Defending Social Security. The statement is available as a flyer by clicking here. Other documents and resources can be obtained by checking the toolbox to the left.
Information and documents for the 2005 National Convention.
Germany's Political Crisis-- And Why its Left is in Disarray
Norman Birnbaum - reprinted from DIRELAND
Progressive Politics in Europe, A Frog's-eye Perspective
Stephan Peter - Twin Cities DSA
DSA recommends the article by Stephen Shalom: The Anti-War Movement and Iraq
Young Democratic Socialists National Conference and Activist Retreat   August 12-14, 2005
DSA web site to include reports and photo-essays by journalist and photographer David Bacon.
Up to the minute news on Wal-Mart from LabourStart now Available on DSA Web Site
San Diego DSA hosts Western Regional Conference.
DSA challenges Wal-Mart CEO to debate advertising theme.
East Coast Regional DSA conference set for April 16 in New York City
March 9 UPDATE Young Democratic Socialists Conference
March 11-13, 2005 New York City
Young Democratic Socialists Conference
March 11-13, 2005 New York City
DSA Western Regional Conference
March 5, 2005 San Diego, CA
DSA National Director's post election analysis
DSA Honorary Chair Cornel West publishes Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism.
DSA releases Study on the Politics of Race
DSA releases Health Care Study
DSA NPC Resolution on Israel’s Occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.
SEIU's Eliseo Medina named an Honorary Chair of DSA
DSA Midwest Regional Conference
Minneapolis, October 9, 2004
Including an international dialog: Building a Multilateral Future.    
Young Democratic Socialists (YDS) at the Republican Convention
DSA and the Republican National Convention
DSA In Boston for the Social Forum and Democratic Convention
Major Business Week article: Working...And Poor on the DSA Low Wage Economy Page
Reports & Resolutions from the 2003 Detroit Convention.
Report from the UCSB Wal-Mart Conference
Important Wal-Mart Conference at UC Santa Barbara
News and analysis of the Southern California Grocery Strike on the
DSA Low Wage Economy Page
Revised DSA statement on the 2004 presidential elections.
Working Assets holiday petition on the
DSA Wal-Mart Page
Young Democratic Socialists conference in New York City Feb. 20-22, 2004. Print pdf flyer.
DSA resolution: Support the Grocery Workers. Don't shop at Safeway.
The Freedom Rides have come to New York.New poverty numbers document Bush's failure. DSA statement here.
The Freedom Rides are rolling across the country. Latest news here.
California DSA and the Recall Election. DSA statement on the Recall and Proposition 54.
Dolores Huerta appointed to the University of California Board of Regents
For Labor Day: Labor Lost in Wal-Mart's America, by Harold Meyerson
DSA National Convention Set for November 14-16 in Detroit
On the DSA Low Wage Economy Page:  Barbara Ehrenreich on the UNC Nickel and Dimed Contoversy;  Events Calendar for the Immigrant Workers Freedom Rides.
On the Wal-Mart Page: DSA's letter to the New York Times on Wal-Mart's "Image Problem"
DSA statement on the 2004 presidential elections. Click here for details.
 The 400.  News Flash: The rich are getting richer.
DSA Midwest Activist Conference July 12 in Chicago on the Low Wage Economy
Object to Wal-Mart entering the banking business. The information is here