No clue! Gun to my head, I’d guess she would continue to crash out on Twitter, saying something like “I’ll continue doing the real work for Palestinians and my district despite what uninvolved and unimportant haters say!!” and then her staff would stop answering our emails.

What I would say is people usually categorize B&R as “left” when compared to SMC and GW, totally discounting international issues. As far as I can tell B&R might be the absolute furthest right on international issues of any major caucus. I’m weirdly glad they did not do well on the NPC this convention.

All items left on the agenda at the end of convention are referred to the NPC. While I would certainly like them to vote to censure her, I suspect it will be the opinion of even some of the left flank of the NPC that censuring such a visible figure without the full backing of a convention vote will lead to a lot of internal and external criticism that they probably don’t feel like dealing with. Maybe I’ll be surprised.

The ongoing strategies around labor prevail in the passed resolutions. For labor folks all eyes are on May Day 2028 as an organizing goal. The National Labor Committee is still big into rank-and-file stuff. There’s an ongoing national campaign to salt Amazon sites. EWOC has been growing. Also, the below language appears in a passed anti-Zionist resolution, but I can’t speak to whether it has any teeth on the organizing end.

This has IMO been one of the most significant developments since 2016. When I first joined I heard the same thing, but since then there is a vast majority consensus that DSA is a socialist party, though our exact strategies for party building are perhaps the most debated, written about, and analyzed aspect of our work right now.

Dang y’all, I wish I had jotted down their names. I wanted to link up with them after the panel, but they had already split. I got the impression they might be local to Chicago where the convention was held.

lol okay here’s the preliminary minutes

My question is what kind of things did Tlaib subliminally say about AOC?

I was going to try and recap, but judge for yourself! The remarks in question start at 6:45.

No one has a majority. You can break down the results in such a way that there is a slight “left” majority, but the left/right dichotomy in DSA factions is most useful as shorthand. The caucuses themselves have very mixed politics and none of them always get it right IMO. But the results are encouraging.

There was a resolution we did not have time for to censure AOC which I firmly believe would have passed at this convention. I’m happy we (mostly) spent our time on commitments to action and not statements, but I would have liked to see us crack the whip a little.

In general, especially with Zohran becoming a poster child for what actual DSA cadre running for office can look like, sentiment on AOC has soured significantly among all but the most rightist factions.

If the resolution about expelling Zionists can get enforced I think that’ll be a really good line in the sand moment.

The convention has definitely spoken, but the aftermath remains to be seen. DSA has kicked people out but I am not personally aware of any expulsion proceedings, which leads me to believe they are not common. However, I have been told that multiple local chapters have passed similar commitments in the past two years which have been used as cause for intervention on egregious behavior. For reference, here is the text from the reso (there is also a lot of good stuff in there committing us to further pro-Palestinian organizing work):

Oh, and I’d be remiss to not mention, for the benefit of my PSL comrades, that a couple of reps from PSL also spoke, talking about the importance of a strong labor movement and independence from the Dems.

I’m planning on putting together a write up once convention ends on Sunday. Maybe while I’m sitting in the airport.

AOC was barred from the DSA

That would be news to me! The most I’ve heard is National (not NYC DSA) has rescinded their endorsement back in June. And there’s a resolution at convention to officially censure AOC, which I think has a good chance of passing after the iron dome shit.

There’s a little bit of that. A lot of the anti-Zionist resolutions call for us to join this-or-that coalition, and a lot of the electoral ones call for us to form some kind of left-labor coalition as part of running for office (such as recruiting candidates from unions). In general, you’re more likely to see united front stuff being hammered out locally on specific issues. The PSL chapter in my town likes us, for instance, which I don’t think is necessarily true for their national org (jack can correct me, lol).

would love to know where DSA and the members you see are going with their thoughts on China, Russia, Iran

As with many things, there’s a huge range of opinion. Probably the broadest statement I can make is that DSA is overwhelmingly anti-war and anti-intervention. There are a lot of strong resolutions regarding Palestine on the table this year. Also a few foreign parties, including delegates from Cuba, will be here.

curious about their revolutionary energy, and their thoughts on the Democratic Party

A common topic! Zohran’s recent win has added a lot to the debate, with both the “dirty break” (only use the Dem ballot line if necessary, otherwise run independent) and the “realignment” (always run as Dems and take over the party (lmao)) people calling him a win for their position. There are resolutions up for debate that call for creating third-party ballot lines which DSA can use, and we are likely to see some kind of commitment to a big push in the next couple of elections to establish a presence in federal congress.

As far as revolutionary energy, there’s no resolution for forming an armed wing yet

uhhhh, i don’t think this doxxes me so, hi, i will literally be there. ama if anyone wants to know anything.

edit: to answer your question, yes there are multiple caucuses that present themselves as ML. the most notable ones nationally are Red Star and Marxist Unity Group

As a website that is (someone correct me if I’m wrong!) overwhelmingly American, I assume it’s like this just because more people are actually familiar with the full electoral context in a way that most aren’t for other countries. I’d guess that if this site was majority Estonian or something, local election discussion for that country would be very controversial.

Doctors I have worked with have all been like, “If you want prog, that’s fine, but I’m not sure it will do much.” My own experience has lined up with that - I took it for about 18 months and it just made my tits hurt for a little bit and nothing else.

Of course, as with all HRT stuff, it’s all very under-studied and there’s a lot of highly variable anecdotes and pseudoscience. Some people say it gave them huge tits and crazy libido, maybe that happens for you.