The Activist

Defunding the police means giving roles like mental health response and traffic management to other professionals so that the social relations behind policing can be held accountable.

Taylor-Raye Council shares her essay for class on systemic racism.

YDSA’s Student Debt campaign is trying to force President Biden to cancel all student debt by uniting students with the power of teachers unions.

The youth section of the Dutch Socialist Party has nearly been kicked out of the party. What happened, and what political lessons are there for us in the U.S.?

COVID-19 has accelerated the politics of austerity at Columbia. So we organized our student body.

It makes sense that lots of people don’t engage with the political process. Our goal is to help them see a way out.

Josiah Bloss shares how Farmer-Labor’s strategy in the early 20th century can be DSA’s key to success in the 21st.

Dean Preston’s fellowship program is a model for DSA chapter–politician cooperation.

YDSA members around the country share how their chapters have been organizing the last few months.

Two Activist editors interview Kwynn Riley, national Comms Associate for Black Youth Project 100. This is a shortened version of the full interview, which will be published in the print issue of The Activist, due in February.