Philly DSA Night School: Electoral Politics

The next Night School will focus on the hot button issue of electoral politics.

Campaigns have proved hugely important for DSA, as our numbers and public profile have often grown around electoral successes: Bernie Sanders' primary run, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's victory in the New York congressional race, and the work surrounding our very own candidates Liz Fiedler and Kristin Seale.

Yet socialists have a long and contradictory history where this topic is concerned. As one of the only roads to power within the current capitalist state, the electoral arena has helped leftists implement major social reforms. But this path has also led to co-optation and the neutralization of political militancy.

Join us to discuss ways that electoral politics might advance—or compromise—our interests.

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