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February 6, 2025

To Beat Fascism, We Need Socialism

Since the inauguration, the Trump administration has launched a trade war against Canada, Mexico and China, escalated attacks on immigrants and transgender people, and begun a purge of federal workers, with Elon Musk taking control of the administrative state and gaining access to the personal data of millions of Americans. ICE is waging a terror…


January 22, 2025

On the Ceasefire in Gaza

For the past 15 months, Israel and the United States  have carried out the genocide of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. The announcement of a ceasefire, to go into effect later this week, will mitigate unimaginable violence, allow for the return of prisoners to their families, and give the survivors the chance to begin to…


November 8, 2024

Our Response to the Election of Donald Trump

Make no mistake: Donald Trump was elected president because of the Democratic Party establishment’s failure to present a credible alternative to the right wing. For decades they have bowed to billionaires, waged war, ripped millions of immigrants from their families, and shown a complete lack of conviction to deliver a better quality of life for…


November 4, 2024

DSA Statement on the Presidential Race

Workers deserve more than Trump vs. Harris.  Every four years, working people are faced with the same “choices” for president: a conservative Democrat, a deranged Republican, and a gallery of self-promotional minor party candidates. For many people, voting doesn’t seem worth the effort. If re-elected, Donald Trump would be a terror on the working class.…


October 16, 2024

DSA Statement on Hurricanes Helene and Milton

Climate disasters are unique in the way that they lay bare every element of capitalist violence. As we watch the horrifying aftermath of the flooding caused by Hurricane Helene along Florida’s Gulf Coast and up into Tennessee, North Carolina, and surrounding states, and then view the destruction of Hurricane Milton’s wind, storm surge, and spun-off…


September 17, 2024

Solidarity with Springfield’s Haitian Community: DSA’s Statement on Anti-Immigrant Violence

DSA condemns in the strongest possible terms the hateful lies promoted by Donald Trump, J.D. Vance, and other Republican officials targeting Haitian immigrant communities in Springfield, Ohio. These lies have led to ongoing school and hospital closures over bomb threats, smashed windows, acid thrown on cars, death threats, and the canceling of beloved local cultural…


August 12, 2024

Statement on Migration and International Solidarity Between Working People

The Democratic Socialists of America denounce the efforts of both Republican and Democrat politicians to whip up a frenzy about a so-called ‘crisis’ at the border, and more broadly, to sow fear or hate towards immigrants as people and immigration as a social reality. We are outraged both by the false and dehumanizing messages of…


July 31, 2024

Justice for Sonya Massey

The Democratic Socialists of America condemn the killing of Sonya Massey by the Springfield, Illinois Police Department. Sonya Massey called 911 because she was afraid of a potential intruder but instead of receiving support, she was met with horrific violence. This brutal execution is another entry in the unending line of police killings of Black…


July 21, 2024

Statement on the End of Joe Biden’s Presidential Campaign

Joe Biden has long been a warmonger and a perpetrator of genocide, a shill for corporations, an enemy of immigrants and the environment, and a failure to the working class. He has earned a disgraceful end to his career. While Biden’s departure from the presidential race today improves the chances that we may avoid a…


July 18, 2024

All Power to the International Working Class – Statement on the Republican National Convention

The 2024 Republican National Convention marks the consolidation of the American Right around Donald Trump and his fascist agenda. Despite months of media fanfare over various alternative candidates, Trump easily secured the nomination with over 98% of the vote. By contrast, the Democratic Party is bitterly divided over whether Biden should withdraw. For his Vice…