Convention moves quickly, and understanding the agenda is imperative to keeping up. Below you’ll find short summaries of every resolution submitted to this year’s convention, giving you a clear overview of the proposals before debate begins. These summaries are intended to provide an overview of each proposal and are not a substitute for the…
Every organization needs structures that turn isolated victories into collective power. Looking back on the first year of YDSA’s cohort program, the Strategic Campaign Committee examines the program’s successes, shortcomings, and future, inviting convention delegates to consider how Y/DSA can better connect chapters and strengthen coordinated organizing. “National unity around a campaign can not be…
Every knock, phonebank, and voter registration drive is an investment in something bigger. Making the case for a re-chartered Youth Electoral Committee, this article lays out a vision for turning today’s campus organizers into tomorrow’s socialist campaign leaders The night of November 3rd, at our campus community center turned polling place, I waited outside…
Building an anti-racist organization is a responsibility that belongs to everyone. While recognizing the urgent need for dedicated spaces for comrades of color, the authors contend that anti-racist organizing cannot be siloed into a single body, and propose an alternative path that distributes the work across all of YDSA. Racism exists in YDSA because…
What does it take to build a truly multiracial socialist movement? Reflecting on their experiences organizing both on and off campus, the author argues that Global Majority spaces aren’t a source of division, but a foundation for stronger organizing, deeper solidarity, and a Y/DSA that better reflects the communities it seeks to serve. Leaving…
Marxism is not a fixed doctrine, but an evolving method of analysis. This article argues that the socialist movement must reject dogmatism and hero worship, engage critically with ideas beyond the Marxist tradition, and embrace contradiction as a source of theoretical development. Only by remaining open to intellectual innovation can Marxism continue to grow and…
Fresh from time organizing against the climate crisis with Juntos! in Brazil, Bread and Roses member James Hernandez argues for an anti-imperialist socialist orientation that stands with the international working class. This article first appeared in the Winter 2026 Print Issue, which can be found here. Juntos! delegation at the Global March against the climate…
In conversation with the Youth Labor Committee, The Activist talks strategy: salting, industrializing, strategic industries and Y/DSA’s place in organizing workers now to prepare for a general strike in 2028. This article first appeared in the Winter 2026 Print Issue, which can be found here. Former University of Oregon YDSA political education chair and current…
A critique of contemporary mutual aid organizing, this piece argues that without a strategy for building working-class power and confronting the state, mutual aid risks becoming little more than a softer extension of capitalist charity. Using the example of Mesa County DSA, it calls for a shift toward campaigns that both meet immediate needs and…
People are hurriedly buying chocolate hearts and teddy bears for loved ones, picking out cheesy cards to smile at. Couples, and even friends, are posting affectionately on social media. It’s Valentine’s Day, a day of honeymoon romance, and love is in the air. While today is a day of romantic gift-giving, the societal expectation of…
