tristanthebard
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marxist. history teaches, but it has no pupils. join DSA.
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Pulling for Claire, she is much more likely to go to DC with the intent of repping DSA specifically than anyone else for this seat (including the other DSA candidates)
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Pulling for Claire, she is much more likely to go to DC with the intent of repping DSA specifically than anyone else for this seat (including the other DSA candidates)
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Major essays so far:
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rosegardendsa.substack.com/p/the-climb-...
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Gramsci Primer & Modern Reflections
A foundational summary of Gramsci's contributions to Marxism, and what they can tell us about modern political struggle.
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August 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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i would like to live in a world where AOC can be censured when she does something bad and we can all still be mature enough to work with her when she's doing something good, but who knows if that world is this one or not
August 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
i would like to live in a world where AOC can be censured when she does something bad and we can all still be mature enough to work with her when she's doing something good, but who knows if that world is this one or not
depends on what's in it
August 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
depends on what's in it
The same thing happened to these guys happens to politicians when they spend too long in office and forget what they were supposed to be doing there
July 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The same thing happened to these guys happens to politicians when they spend too long in office and forget what they were supposed to be doing there
this guy has a pager emoji in bio and thinks Israel should take Palestine by right of conquest like we're in the fucking Middle Ages
June 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
this guy has a pager emoji in bio and thinks Israel should take Palestine by right of conquest like we're in the fucking Middle Ages
Probably also worth noting that the platform was written years before Trump made USAID a well known partisan issue
June 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Probably also worth noting that the platform was written years before Trump made USAID a well known partisan issue
Well, yeah, this platform is a couple years old. There are a lot of problems with its wording and structure, although I would stand by most of the policy in principle. Convention is in August so we may well rewrite it.
June 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Well, yeah, this platform is a couple years old. There are a lot of problems with its wording and structure, although I would stand by most of the policy in principle. Convention is in August so we may well rewrite it.
I don't think Leninists would necessarily be the first to tell you that. There has been a multitude of work reconciling the principles of Leninism with those of democratic socialism, as those things were once one and the same. Read "Lenin Rediscovered" by Lih, or "Revolutionary Strategy" by Macnair.
June 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I don't think Leninists would necessarily be the first to tell you that. There has been a multitude of work reconciling the principles of Leninism with those of democratic socialism, as those things were once one and the same. Read "Lenin Rediscovered" by Lih, or "Revolutionary Strategy" by Macnair.
No nation is 100% self sufficient in the modern age, but the fact that some western countries developed industrial economies centuries ahead of countries in Africa, for instance, should be remedied by helping those countries develop instead of just importing everything.
June 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
No nation is 100% self sufficient in the modern age, but the fact that some western countries developed industrial economies centuries ahead of countries in Africa, for instance, should be remedied by helping those countries develop instead of just importing everything.
My point was simply that the US has a vested interest in certain countries not developing certain economic sectors so they remain reliant on US aid. Proverbially, my proposal is that we teach a man to fish rather than just giving him fish. I don't mean we shouldn't help him at all
June 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
My point was simply that the US has a vested interest in certain countries not developing certain economic sectors so they remain reliant on US aid. Proverbially, my proposal is that we teach a man to fish rather than just giving him fish. I don't mean we shouldn't help him at all
You know the person who posted this is a fellow DSA member right
June 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
You know the person who posted this is a fellow DSA member right
CPUSA? Maybe a little bit, but the IWW don't engage in electoral politics
June 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
CPUSA? Maybe a little bit, but the IWW don't engage in electoral politics
Also, democratic centralism just refers to the practice of binding members of an organization to uphold the results of a vote even if they lose that vote. It's been warped to anti-democratic aims before, but you must know what it is to criticize it.
June 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Also, democratic centralism just refers to the practice of binding members of an organization to uphold the results of a vote even if they lose that vote. It's been warped to anti-democratic aims before, but you must know what it is to criticize it.
DSA bylaws doesn't call for kicking out Leninists, it calls for kicking out "members of self-identified democratic centralist organizations". The caucuses that people usually identify as "tankie" caucuses don't practice democratic centralism. In any case, this is an outdated rule.
June 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
DSA bylaws doesn't call for kicking out Leninists, it calls for kicking out "members of self-identified democratic centralist organizations". The caucuses that people usually identify as "tankie" caucuses don't practice democratic centralism. In any case, this is an outdated rule.
Yes, and that argument is bad because it places the solution for a systemic problem upon individuals. A nation isn't an individual, it's a collection of people - and it's *good* for less wealthy nations to be self-sufficient, especially when richer nations have a head start on them.
June 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Yes, and that argument is bad because it places the solution for a systemic problem upon individuals. A nation isn't an individual, it's a collection of people - and it's *good* for less wealthy nations to be self-sufficient, especially when richer nations have a head start on them.
The platform is old and should be revised, that I will admit!
June 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The platform is old and should be revised, that I will admit!
I honestly don't think it's that bad of a position. We don't want to get rid of PEPFAR, we just want to stop US intelligence from meddling with politics in the global south through propaganda and other selective aid that has the effects of preventing nations from becoming self-sufficient.
June 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I honestly don't think it's that bad of a position. We don't want to get rid of PEPFAR, we just want to stop US intelligence from meddling with politics in the global south through propaganda and other selective aid that has the effects of preventing nations from becoming self-sufficient.
June 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I honestly don't think it's that bad of a position. We don't want to get rid of PEPFAR, we just want to stop US intelligence from meddling with politics in the global south through propaganda and other selective aid that has the effects of preventing nations from becoming self-sufficient.
The Maoist caucus in DSA aren't campists either for the record, they have a clear position against China's capitalist authoritarianism, just like the domestic Maoists in China (who are banned from organizing). Whatever other problems you may have with Maoists, know that at least.
June 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The Maoist caucus in DSA aren't campists either for the record, they have a clear position against China's capitalist authoritarianism, just like the domestic Maoists in China (who are banned from organizing). Whatever other problems you may have with Maoists, know that at least.
I genuinely would like to know your definition of entryism. Because I don't think it's "normal socdems or demsocs join DSA, become 'tankies' after years, form caucus" counts.
June 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I genuinely would like to know your definition of entryism. Because I don't think it's "normal socdems or demsocs join DSA, become 'tankies' after years, form caucus" counts.