The Struggle for Democracy and Socialism in Latin America
As members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), we stand with the popular, democratic, and socialist movements in Latin America as they fight against rightwing movements, parties, and governments. We also stand against any attempts by the U.S. or other governments to intervene in Latin America to overthrow left-leaning governments or ...
How Should DSA Engage With the Latin American Left?
Instead of changing course, DSA should continue prioritizing mass parties of the Latin American Left. by Luca Dhagat and Niko Johnson-Fuller - Fall 2023. Beginning in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Latin America saw a surge in left wing parties and candidates winning elections. Often referred to as the “Pink Tide,” this trend has ...
Going the Distance: What Can DSA Learn from the 1980s Central …
Finally, the connection between U.S. imperial domination of Latin America and job flight had not yet been as strongly planted in the mind of many working people as it has today. Future anti-Imperialist movements will have to involve immigrants from the countries in the U.S. government’s sights, something that the Central America movement of ...
Toward an Internationalist DSA - Socialist Forum - dsausa.org
Lastly, DSA should participate in the regional bodies that convene the Latin American left: we should seek observer or member status in the Sao Paulo Forum and send delegations on behalf of DSA to formal gatherings in the United States and Latin America that deal with politics, policy, and cross-border solidarity, like the Seminario del Partido ...
Between Sovereignty and Solidarity - Socialist Forum - dsausa.org
In 1936, socialists and communists around the world wanted the direct intervention of their respective imperialist countries in Spain to support the Spanish Republic. Even though the United States was being very naughty in Latin America, people here said, “the US government should support the Spanish Republic.”
The International Question in DSA - Socialist Forum - dsausa.org
Three DSA International Committee members discuss their views on the body’s evolution and socialist internationalism today. by Paul Garver, Austin Gonzalez, and Carrington Morris - Summer 2021. International questions were the main internal fault line of the twentieth century Left. The 1917 Bolshevik revolution split the world labor movement ...
The AFL-CIO’s “Regime of 1995”: A Partial Turning Point for Labor
In 1995, the“New Voices” slate challenged and defeated the existing AFL-CIO leadership at the federation’s national convention. John Sweeney was elected president, Richard Trumka secretary-treasurer, and Linda Chavez-Thompson executive vice president. Sweeney’s death in February 2021 provides an occasion to review the under-appreciated ...
Neither Washington Nor Beijing: Socialists, Inter-Imperial Rivalry, …
Xi also launched the $1 trillion Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) that promises to build infrastructure in Asia, Europe, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean to recenter the world economy around China. Its aims are unmistakably imperialist, as it wants to export its vast surplus capacity, secure raw materials for its booming economy, and find ...
Practicing Labor Internationalism in a Time of Crisis
For an analysis of how one particular GUF, the International Union of Foodworkers (IUF), functioned in creating global networks of workers within Coca-Cola and Nestle, please see a paper I wrote with colleagues from Russia, the Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. Most Palestinian unions are affiliated with one GUF or another.
A Majority for Peace: Anti-war Movements, Socialist Foreign …
These developments should guide how the socialist movement approaches internationalism domestically, that is, how we relate to our own society as opposed to socialist movements in other countries. To the extent that they surprise us, it is because we imagine that we are far lonelier in our yearnings for peace than we actually are.