Towards a Marxist Stance on Electoralism
Assessing the foundational Marxist canon and the contemporary US landscape, Bluebird argues for strategic participation in Bourgeois elections to advance a revolutionary agenda and the …
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Letter: Cornel West and The Dangers of Electoralism
I have great respect for Shuvu Bhattarai, who I know to be a tireless activist and earnest revolutionary, but I believe his recent Open Letter …
When We Fight, We Win!: For an Agitational Socialist Electoral Strategy
Jack L draws on recent campaigns in New York City to make the case for an agitational electoral strategy. NYC-DSA currently finds itself engaged in …
Why Run Independents? A Response to Collective Power Network
Ben Grove responds to Brad C. of Collective Power Network, arguing that the time for independent politics is now. Why run independents? They usually lose. They …
Revolutionary Parliamentarism with August Nimtz
Parker and Peter join August Nimtz, the author of Lenin’s Electoral Strategy (now reprinted as The Ballot, The Streets– or Both) to discuss how Lenin …
Taking Stock: Electoralism vs The Capitalist Arsenal
In Part Two of his analysis of strategy for the modern-day left Hank Beecher takes a look at three recent case studies and tries to …
Taking Stock: Rifles and Reforms
In part one of a three-part article, Hank Beecher aims to complicate the narratives set out by the electoral left that deny the possibility of …
Debating Electoral Strategy in the Comintern, 1920: The Bulgarian Situation
Reviewing the debates over electoral strategy at the Second Congress of the Comintern, Donald Parkinson reviews the strategies of the Bulgarian Communist Party and their …
Whose Democracy?: An Introduction to Oligarchy in the United States
The United States is a mockery of what democracy is supposed to be. J.R. Murray unpacks the reality of a corrupt system that is designed …
Post-Insurrectionary Strategy
Jacob Richter weighs in on the Kautsky debate centering around revolutionary strategy, arguing for a balance of power approach. Earlier this year a series of …
Building the Mass Party: The Merger Formula in the American Context
What will it take to build a mass socialist party in the United States? Rosa Janis argues that socialist think-tanks may be a necessary first …
Why We Still Need Pitchforks: A Critique of the Politics of Nora Belrose
Revolution is outdated and no longer a realistic means to achieve socialism according to Nora Belrose, a DSA member who writes a popular blog. Is …
Memo on DSA Electoral Campaigns
DSA member Peter Moody looks over DSA’s electoral strategy and its current application, specifically in the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez campaign, arguing that the task of making …
How to Play with Fire: Electoral Politics in the Heart of Empire
Ira Pollock examines the difficulties of left electoral strategy regarding the question of imperialism and affirms the importance of upholding strong anti-imperialist principles in electoral …