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The '''Democratic Socialists of America''' ('''DSA''') is a big-tent nonprofit organization in the United States whose members' ideological views tend to range from [[social democracy]] to [[democratic socialism]], with some factions embracing farther left ideologies such as communism and anarchism. 

Despite the left-wing position of the membership, its leadership and history is rife with anti-socialism, anti-communism,<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Tom Hall|date=2017-08-03|title=The anti-socialist politics of the Democratic Socialists of America|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/08/03/dsoc-a03.html|newspaper=[[WSWS]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=}}</ref> liberal reformism<ref>{{News citation|journalist=[[Rainer Shea]]|date=2020-12-10|title=Unmasking the fake left: The DSA Leading The Masses Towards Soft Imperialism And Petty-Bourgeois Reformism|url=https://www.greanvillepost.com/2020/12/10/unmasking-the-fake-left-the-dsa-leading-the-masses-towards-soft-imperialism-and-petty-bourgeois-reformism/|newspaper=[[The Greanville Post]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=}}</ref> and pro-[[imperialism]].<ref>{{News citation|journalist=[[Ben Norton]]|date=2017-06-07|title=DSA, we need to talk about imperialism|url=https://bennorton.com/dsa-imperialism-democratic-socialists-of-america-war/|newspaper=|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=}}</ref> The pro-imperialism has recently been in decline, with DSA's International Committee calling for the US withdrawal from [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]].<ref>{{News citation|date=2021-05-11|title=DSA IC says “No to NATO”|url=https://international.dsausa.org/statements/dsa-says-no-to-nato/}}</ref> 

The DSA itself is not a political party, but several of its members have held office in the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], Green Party, Working Families Party, or as independents. 

In 2022, Socialist Alternative launched a caucus within the DSA.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Erin Brightwell|date=2022-03-01|title=Why Socialist Alternative is Launching a Caucus in DSA|url=https://www.socialistalternative.org/2022/03/01/why-socialist-alternative-is-launching-a-caucus-in-dsa/|newspaper=[[Socialist Alternative]]}}</ref> 

== History ==
DSA was founded by Michael Harrington, a self-described "democratic socialist" who opposed [[Actually Existing Socialism|actually existing socialist states]] of his time, notably the [[USSR]], [[People's Republic of China|China]], and members of the [[Eastern Bloc]]. 

In 1948, Harrington and other young intellectuals joined with Trotskyist Max Schatchman to develop the idea of a "Third Camp" which opposed both the capitalist bloc and the communist bloc. 

Revealing his reactionary character, Harrington said in the New York Times in the 1980s that "I share an immediate program with liberals in this country because the best liberalism leads toward socialism."

== See also ==

* [[The Squad (United States Congress)|The Squad]] - "progressive" US congresspeople, many of whom are involved with DSA

== References ==
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[[Category:Democratic Socialists of America]]
[[Category:Socialism in the United States]]