Starlet [she/her, it/its] to the_dunk_tank • 11 months agoChicago City Council passed an "Israel Solidarity Resolution". Despite DSA having 5 seats on the council, there was only one No voteimagemessage-square42 fedilinkarrow-up1198file-text
arrow-up1198imageChicago City Council passed an "Israel Solidarity Resolution". Despite DSA having 5 seats on the council, there was only one No voteStarlet [she/her, it/its] to the_dunk_tank • 11 months agomessage-square42 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarewrecker_vs_dracula [comrade/them]hexbear39·11 months ago BYLAWS Article I. Membership ... Section 3. Members may be expelled... if they are under the discipline of any self-defined democratic-centralist organization. https://www.dsausa.org/about-us/constitution/ link
minus-squareLeninWeave [none/use name]hexbear42·11 months agoSo you can be expelled for having principles, but not for having none? link
minus-squareMaoo [none/use name]hexbear23·edit-211 months agoIn theory this is a way to prevent entryism (because Demcent is powerful). In practice it is used very inconsistently and mostly to exclude communists that a lib chapter doesn't like. link
minus-squarejack [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear15·edit-211 months agotbf any decent demcent org would also not allow you to be a DSA member; PSL bars dual membership though I'm guessing this DSA rule doesn't extend to members of the Democratic Party link
https://www.dsausa.org/about-us/constitution/
So you can be expelled for having principles, but not for having none?
In theory this is a way to prevent entryism (because Demcent is powerful). In practice it is used very inconsistently and mostly to exclude communists that a lib chapter doesn't like.
Defanged Socialists of America
tbf any decent demcent org would also not allow you to be a DSA member; PSL bars dual membership
though I'm guessing this DSA rule doesn't extend to members of the Democratic Party