Overcoming a聽flood of corporate money聽and New York鈥檚 powerful establishment machine, 28-year-old democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez toppled Democratic Representative Joe Crowley in New York鈥檚 14th congressional district on June 26 with聽tireless grassroots organising聽and an ambitious progressive agenda of Medicare for All, housing as a human right, and聽abolishing the hated Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. The result is being hailed as the biggest political upset of 2018.
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
Bhaskar Sunkara is editor of the US-based socialist magazine Jacobin and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, which has experienced rapid growth over the past year. 91自拍论坛 Weekly鈥檚 Alex Bainbridge spoke to him about US politics under President Donald Trump and prospects for socialists.
In his September 2 article 鈥淩esponding on Sanders and reforming the Democrats鈥, Barry Sheppard fundamentally mischaracterises the position I outlined in 鈥淪ocialists and Bernie Sanders鈥. I specifically did not argue in favour of the far left in the US trying to 鈥渞eform鈥 the Democratic Party.
In his response to my August 1 (GLW #1148) piece on the strategy of US Senator Bernie Sanders, Danny Fairfax writes in GLW #1150 on why he thinks the Democratic Party can be reformed.
One error the comrade makes is his view of the primary system in the United States. He thinks it gives roughly the same chances for 鈥済rassroots movements to defeat entrenched [Democratic] party elites鈥 as the structure of the Labour Party in Britain allowed Jeremy Corbyn鈥檚 rise to the leadership. It doesn鈥檛.
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) held their national conference in Chicago on August 5 and 6, at a gathering that confirmed its emergence as stronger, younger and more radical group than it has ever been.
Before last year鈥檚 US presidential election, the DSA boasted between 7000-8000 members. Since then, it has ballooned to 25,000 members 鈥 mostly young and hungry for a fight.
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