Points of Unity
1. Everyone In, No One Out
Our guiding motive is to make sure that sections of the DSA membership that are too often left out of organizational decisions have a voice. That ethos goes for our internal organizing too: we’re a coalition and we won’t leave anyone behind, no matter what their background.
2. Pursuing Interests, Not Drawing Lines
This isn’t a caucus representing a specific line or tendency — in fact our members represent a wide range of leftist tendencies and traditions. When we take a stance, we do so because we believe it will make socialist organizing in rural, suburban, and small city areas more effective. If that leads to us having points of agreement with more explicitly ideological caucuses, then that’s an opportunity for collaboration; but we’re here for all rural, suburban, and small city DSA members.
3. Empower At-Large Members and Small and New Chapters
If DSA is to succeed in building a socialist working class movement throughout the whole country, it has to grow in new ways by organizing its members outside areas with large and well-established chapters. For members in these areas to get organized, they have to be engaged and empowered. Therefore, our at-large members deserve support and inclusion, and new and small chapters deserve resources to help them sustain themselves and flourish.
4. Connect and Share Knowledge
Our areas are varied and have diverse needs, but we share many things in common. We can and should connect, learn from each other, and grow stronger.
5. Support the Unsupported
There is an imbalance in power, resources, attention, and support between DSA chapters. We want to close the gap and make sure the under-represented chapters and constituencies of DSA get what they need to build socialism. This means asking tough questions about what well-established chapters can do to help, and pursuing answers to those questions.
6. Socialism for All, in All Different Ways
We are united with all other members of DSA in seeking a transition to a democratic and socialist society where working people collectively choose how to run society. We nonetheless have to recognize that different areas have different material conditions and that this leads to different needs and challenges in organizing. This isn’t about who’s a “real” socialist and it isn’t about who has it the hardest. It’s about respecting the diversity of our backgrounds and circumstances so we can all work together in greater and more profound unity.
⬅️ Why We’re Here — Our Platform ➡️
