This article examines why outer-borough communities (home to many working-class New Yorkers who stand to gain the most) remain politically disengaged, and how NYC-YDSA can mobilize these neighborhoods to secure and sustain a true mandate for Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Illustration by Jada Nakagawa There are many on the left who rail against the concept…
A clear, accessible walkthrough of Marx, Engels, and Trotsky’s theory of permanent revolution, this piece explains why the working class must dismantle the capitalist state and build a new commune-state to achieve true emancipation and, ultimately, a classless society. Illustration of the Paris Commune adapted from the century edition of Cassell’s History of England, (ca.…
This essay explores why young organizers in Georgia have become disillusioned with a Democratic Party that speaks of change yet resists it, arguing that genuine progress requires confronting entrenched power and pursuing a more transformative, democratic socialist vision. In 2024, perhaps the most important election of my lifetime showed that red was Georgia’s true color.…
A critique of the No Kings Rallies, this piece argues that while millions of liberals are mobilizing against the far-right, their protests lack strategy, and that only socialist organizing can turn widespread anger into real political power. On Saturday, October 18, millions of people took to the streets for the second round of the No…
Now more than ever, under the Trump administration’s constant barrage of attacks, it is critical that YDSA can organize nationally and present a strong alternative to the two-party system’s inaction. The author argues that campaign cohorts, as proposed by R17, would build buy-in to national campaigns and goals by fostering relationships across chapters. The working…
International students are living in a precarious limbo as the Trump administration indiscriminately strips them of their visas and rights. An international student in YDSA discusses how to continue to organize and resist under increasing authoritarian surveillance and threats. Most of us don’t realize the things we take for granted until they’re stripped away. Last…
The authors argue for amendment R13-1 to build connections between YDSA and the Rank-and-File Project and develop a pipeline from YDSA into strategic sectors of the labor movement.
SFSU YDSA leader Char Bennet makes the case for student unions as a key strategic site for campus organizing.
An Amazon worker in YDSA argues for the passage of R14, which seeks to strengthen the pipeline between YDSA chapters and jobs in Amazon warehouses, critical sites for the future of class struggle. The fight to organize at Amazon is the fight of our lifetime. The history of the labor movement is marked by radicals…
