Progressive Politics

Strongly disagree, DSA does far more than simply electoral politics. They're also decentralized. Chapters don't follow any centralized DSA message, each operate independently as organized by their local members. When it comes to electing candidates, chapters independently determine what policies are needed for their endorsement and they also hold those candidates accountable outside the DNC. Candidates run on the D ticket because that's the reality of US politics. In both local and national politics, they have forced political bodies to move their politics to the left, to be accountable to their constituents instead of simply donors. You may not like that they've moved those political bodies as much left or as fast as you prefer, sure. But that's also only a single avenue of pressure. Each DSA chapter is only as bold as it's members. And that's only recently grown in resurgence. Before the last 2 campaign cycles, the DSA was a fraction of the size (and it's still very small) it was, and mostly comprised of old heads. I'm not surprised if the majority of old heads were/are liberal Zionists. But that's far from the truth for the new wave of members, which now outnumber the old heads.

And it's not like there's also PSL. Both play important roles, as do many other liberation organizations and advocacy groups. It's a United front of coalitions that are needed to push the envelope in as many ways as possible.