Democratic Socialists of America

In the Harington Style Branches, we do not discuss organizing; we discuss the drafting of a coherent Socialist platform.

The format is an open discussion, usually in someone's living room, with beers, wine and crackers and discus for 3 or 4 hours, a topic that would be implemented once in power.

A topic of discussion where you can contribute is Reinventing the World after COVID.

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 2020 French Socialist Party Convention

• English Translated Documents (Machine Translated in English)
• French Contribution (in French)

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

To be a member of a Harrington Type DSA Branch To be part of the leadership of those small branches you need to:

1. Submit a copy of your DSA card. You can get a copy at https://proof.dsausa.org/card.
2. If American Citizen, registered voter in the Democratic or Republican party in New York State.
3. For Leadership position, you need to belong to one of the caucus:
   • North Star - https://www.dsanorthstar.org
   • Build DSA - https://dsabuild.org
   • Communist Caucus - https://communistcaucus.com
   • Emerge Caucus - https://dsaemerge.org
   • Libertarian Socialist Caucus - https://dsa-lsc.org
   • Bread & Roses - https://breadandrosesdsa.org
   • Socialist Majority - https://socialistmajority.com
   • Collective Power Network - https://dsaorganizer.org
   • Class Unity - https://classunity.org
   • Red Star - https://redstarsf.org
   • Red Caucus - https://redcaucus.org
4. Being a member of a union, or if not working with a union, or
5. Being on a member of a Non Profit not affiliated with any DSA organization, or
6. Being part of the Staff of an Elected Official, or
7. If retired or unemployed: being on the board of a non-profit not affiliated with DSA, or
8. 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.

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