Social Democrats of America

The goal is to create a Socialist Democratic plaform to present at the 1st Social Democrats of America Congress in Des Moines, Iowa in January 2024.

Harrington Type DSA Branch

• Statement on DSA
• Declaration of Principle
• Ethical Charter

Baseline explanation of the content on this website

Intro to the basic of Socialism in 10 minutes

• Origin of Left and Right French with English Subtitles
• The Paris Commune French with English Subtitles
• Pedro Sanchez at the Socialist International meeting in 2019 Spanish with English Subtitles

Why Socialist politicians became Social-Democrats or Socialists

• Olof Palme (Swedish Prime Minister - Swedish with English Subtitles)
• The story of the Socialist Logo (French with English Subtitles)

The 2021 French Socialist Party Convention

• English Translated Documents (Machine Translated in English)
• French Contribution (in French)
• Reinventing the World after COVID

The Important Socialists Congresses (or Conventions)

• Marseille 1879
• Stuttgart 1907
• Lenin's take on the 1907 Congress

Understanding the differences between Communism and Socialism

• Trotsky letter of Invitation
• The 21 conditions that Socialists did not sign
• The 1st Comintern Congress where Communists quit the Socialist party.

Books to read

• Michael Harrington: Socialism - Past and Future
• Cyril Lionel Robert James: The Black Jacobins - Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution

The important events that shaped the Socialist thinking

• The Dreyfus Affair
• The relationship between Marx and Lincoln
• The changes of values of the left over the last 100 years

Miscellaneous Videos

• The Black Jacobin and the First Black Revolutionary member of Parliament French with English Subtitles
• The New York City branch of the European Socialists party

Getting elected and Representing

• Run for the Republican or Democratic Party County Committee

Harrington Type DSA Branch Bylaws

• Bylaws

To be a member of an SDA Branch To be part of the leadership of those small branches you need to:

1. Pay a membership that is proportionate to your income.
2. If American Citizen, registered voter in the Democratic or Republican party in New York State.
3. Being a member of a union, or if not working with a union, or
4. Being on a member of a Non Profit not affiliated with any SDA organization, or
5. Being part of the Staff of an Elected Official, or
6. If retired or unemployed: being on the board of a non-profit not affiliated with DSA, or
7. Willing to petition and run for Democratic or Republican party the local County Committee.

The branches in NYC:

The Michael Harrington Branch (New York Assembly 71): https://michaelharrington.dsany.org

We need to create other small Branches troughout New York City.
Email socialism@dsany.org if you are interested to start one in your Assembly District.

If you have any question, please email socialism@dsany.org