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Springs of Revolution: The Revolutionary Left of the DSA Struggles to Shape the Organization
🕑 Added 2025-07-27 14:43:34 +0000 UTCIn this episode, Breht sits down with Ahmed and Luisa - two members of the Democratic Socialists of America’s National Political Committee and leaders within the Springs of Revolution Platform. With the August 2025 DSA Convention approaching, this episode dives into the growing struggle between the organization’s revolutionary left and its more moderate, staff-driven tendencies.
Representing a strategic coalition of rank-and-file organizers from across the country -including Red Star, Liberation Caucus, MUG, and Emerge - Springs of Revolution is fighting to remake DSA into a bottom-up, anti-imperialist, and internationally rooted revolutionary organization. From prioritizing local chapters and doubling their funding, to instituting anti-Zionist political commitments and unified electoral strategies, their platform directly challenges the right-wing of the organization and sets out a more radical vision for this evolving organization.
We discuss what it means to build DSA into a revolutionary mass force, why Palestine is the “moral compass” of the left, the material lessons of recent uprisings like the George Floyd rebellion and Pro-Palestine Campus Uprisings, and how deep organizing is key to seizing future ruptures.
If you’re a delegate heading into convention, a DSA member on the fence, or an outsider wondering what the internal political battles of the U.S. left really look like, this episode is essential listening.
Learn more about the platform here: https://sordsa.org/
Shout out to our patron and comrade Saya for helping making this interview happen!
Comments
Shane Neal
Man I'm so behind on episodes! This is why I left the DSA. Everyone thinks they can sway them ever leftward, but I don't know if it's possible honestly. I sure hope so, but it burned me out fast, fighting liberalism from within it, and this was several years ago. That said, I regret not being a little kinder before leaving, but getting it to adopt a more revolutionary program was like pulling teeth....good luck!
Max (a they)
It's nice to have the radical faction of DSA be acknowledged
