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NPC Debate: DSA Must Reject Regime Change Rhetoric in Syria

R.L. Stephens | Democratic Left - Democratic Socialists of America | April 26th 2018

by R.L. Stephens, DSA National Political Committee

  “We have one of the most powerful military forces ever assembled… And if we commit those forces we're not going to commit them for anything less than a free and democratic Iraq.”

-- Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz in February 2003, a month before the Iraq War.

  “We support the goal of a democratic Syria rid of Assad.”

--Initial Draft of 2018 DSA NPC Resolution on Syria.

Where does DSA stand on the ongoing war in Syria? Last week, this question came to a head in a discussion within the National Political Committee (NPC), over a proposed resolution that  declared our “support” for “the goal of a democratic Syria rid of Assad.” This resolution was proposed against the background of the U...

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A Reflection from the DSA Veterans Working Group on the 15th Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq

R.L. Stephens | Democratic Left - Democratic Socialists of America | March 20th 2018

Today is the fifteenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. On March 20, 2003, the United States began a large-scale bombing campaign, proudly referred to as “shock and awe.” The hubris of those initial days was misplaced. On this fifteenth anniversary, let there be no doubt: the war in Iraq was an abject catastrophe.

Premised on fabrications around Iraq’s nuclear ambitions and chemical weapons’ stockpiles, the war was illegal. The United States government knowingly fostered untrue speculation and fantasy in order to convince allied countries to join an invasion of another sovereign state. The fallout from the invasion continues to profoundly affect not only the people of Iraq, but also the world as a whole, with each tragic year compounding the horror of the last.

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Letter from the Incoming Editor-in-Chief

R.L. Stephens | Democratic Left - Democratic Socialists of America | March 19th 2018

Publishing pieces to the DSA website is a thankless job of behind the scenes work that often lurches along unnoticed. The outgoing editors of the Democratic Left, under the leadership of Barbara Joye, have been the stewards of this platform for a long time and I want to acknowledge their hard work. Thank you.

DSA is in the midst of a communications overhaul. Soon we will have new web forums, a bulletin, and a redesigned website. The print publication, Democratic Left, has already undergone an editorial transition. The digital media platform, formerly known as the Democratic Left blog, has a new editorial team and will soon be renamed. In fact, we invite you to submit suggestions for the new name and we will select from among the responses. The new editorial committee is di...

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