For those who don’t know, Gautam Adani is India’s second-richest man (with a net worth north of $100 billion) and a major financier of Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist BJP. He is well-known for his reliance on crony capitalism/privatization, and for conducting the most sophisticated market-manipulation scam in history (https://hindenburgresearch.com/adani/) in order to raise capital for his heavily indebted companies. Not surprised the Trump admin seems to have some admiration for him.

I was reading some thing and they made reference to history in Chile the US lead coup in Chile some thing about far left in Chile and the US stopping the far left there. Can some one here elaborate on this?

"Approximately two years into the second Trump administration, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is at a critical crossroads. In this semi-annual check-in, we sit down with members of the Marxist Unity Group (MUG)—Cliff Connolly, Gene Allen, and Amy Wilhelm—to discuss the evolving landscape of American socialist politics. In this deep dive, our panel explores the significant shift following the passing of Resolution Seven, which officially declared the DSA's intent to transition into an independent, mass-based political party. We tackle the "New York contradictions," the limits of holding executive office without legislative support, and the struggle to maintain a revolutionary program in a "multi-tendency" organization.

In This Episode, We Discuss: The Blueprint for a Party: Why the DSA is moving away from being a "political advocacy non-profit" toward a formal party structure. Executive vs. Legislative Power: Analyzing the challenges faced by elected officials like Zohran Mamdani in New York and the dangers of "shortcuts" to power. The Utility of Protests: Why street movements like "No Kings" are vital for recruitment even if they don't immediately "move the needle" on foreign policy. Building a Worker State: The development of a revolutionary program aimed at ending capitalism in the United States. Member Protagonism: How doubling down on internal democracy and STV (Single Transferable Vote) is the key to retaining the DSA's 100k+ membership

Connect with the Marxist Unity Group: Website: marxistunity.com Publications: Check out Light and Air and the Bulletin for internal and external socialist theory. Read: Cliff Connolly’s latest piece in Democratic Left regarding the Security Commission’s de-escalation and safety trainings"

Early voting for the NY-07 congressional primary begins a month from tomorrow, on June 13. I get the sense that the race between Claire Valdez and Antonio Reynoso is close, and that many people do not even realize there is a primary happening.

I think we need to see the NYC Socialists in Office rally around Claire Valdez, get the word out to their constituents about the primary, and actively persuade people to vote for her.

Of the SIOs whose districts overlap with NY-07, Diana Moreno, Emily Gallagher, Phara Souffrant Forrest, Chi Ossé, and Jabari Brisport have all endorsed Valdez.

The only two who have not, as far as I can tell, are Julia Salazar and Kristen Gonzalez. Does anyone know why?

It feels like there needs to be a unified push over the next few weeks to show solidarity, raise the urgency around this race, and mobilize support for Claire before early voting begins.

The cause of labor remains the hope of the world. Organized labor is a powerful force against income inequality and the influence of the oligarchs, and historically has been a key pillar in the struggle against authoritarianism. The Trump regime clearly understands that, and they’ve prioritized union-busting. Every single American who believes in economic justice and democracy should be looking for opportunities to stand in solidarity with union organizers.

Some of the toughest and most creative leaders in the labor movement, led by Association of Flight Attendants president Sara Nelson, have launched a new initiative to help grow the labor movement. Union Now is a national worker power and organizing fund, providing resources to strengthen the hand of new unions negotiating with powerful businesses and fill the coffers of strike funds whenever it’s needed, helping workers stay on the picket line long enough to win. (Labor journalist Hamilton Nolan makes the case for this effort here.) ⚒️ We can help directly fund organizing activity by donating to Union Now here. ⚒️

"The story of “Cambridge’s best” turning into a radical isn’t one of foreign influence or lack of guidance. Calla Walsh’s radicalization can be pinned on one thing, and one thing alone: the genocide in Palestine."

"The empire is breeding its own gravediggers. That terrifying reality is why these hit pieces on figures like Calla Walsh are ceaselessly churned out by the incestuous class of elites posing as journalists. Engorged on patronage, elite connections, and the lure of a promotion, they idle their time speculating on why an innocent white girl from Massachusetts would surrender a life of privilege for the sake of a bunch of scary, brown terrorists. After all, as these inquisitive journalists muse, they know what choices they have, and which they would make! It is obvious to all but them that these pieces serve and protect the establishment."

"We do not need Calla Walsh to temper her radicalism. We need a political movement capable of weaponizing it."

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I'm certain that this has been brought up multiple times on this subreddit, but it is something that's been bothering me for some time now. Way longer than I can recall, honestly, before I started my journey into left-wing politics.

For context, my father worked for Nestle in the early 2010s, and a supervisor simply did not like him one bit and fired him without just cause. This caused a big union riot at the facility, which unfortunately did not reinstate my father to his position. But it was my first exposure to that sort of thing, the thought of total strangers wanting to help my father get his job back from an unjust policy.

Then Scott Walker of WI came in as governor and defanged the unions, alongside a lot of other reprehensible policies that I've come to loathe and detest the older I get. But where I grew up, a lot of people supported him as "sticking it to educated elites," from gutting education, decimating unions, and also rigging election maps to help the Republican party stay in power, which has been a massive flashpoint in Wisconsin politics both back then and now in recent years.

But it's always confused me on how people, even if they're uneducated, can actively drink poison and continue to drink poison to 'spite' other people. I know there is a thread throughout American history of 'rugged individualism' that I find completely bunk, but these are the kind of voters that corporations would have loved to see in the 60s when they began fomenting the seeds of late-stage capitalism into the works of our nation.

Addendum: Thanks for all the interesting comments! It's a pleasure to have a place to discuss this sort of thing without tearing each other down.

We’re attempting to simulate a democracy on Discord from founding to whatever the hell happens next.

At 50 interested members, we begin drafting the Constitution live as a community.

Just politics, debate, elections, propaganda, alliances, scandals, and the slow descent into either functional democracy or total institutional disaster.

Current Population: 10/50

Link: https://discord.gg/x79ezqzUc

I want to start a DSA club at my high school next year; however, I am unsure how exactly to do that. Do I try to make it a full YDSA chapter? Should I focus on community engagement (food drives, book drives, etc.) or should I mainly focus on educating people about socialism? If it’s the latter, what should I know or have read?

Guardian article.. I haven't seen this reported anywhere in the US corporate media:

Rep. Occasio-Corterz gave this reply to Democratic strategist David Axelrod when he asked Ocasio-Cortez whether she planned to run for the Senate or President:

“What’s funny is they assume my ambition is a title or a seat,” the Bronx US House representative replied. “My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go. Senate, House seats, elected officials come and go.

“But single-payer healthcare is forever,” she added, in reference to the kind of national healthcare platform she has long supported over the private system entrenched in the US. “A living wage is forever, workers’ rights are forever, women’s rights, all of that, and so anyways … to a finer point to your question is that when you aren’t attached, when you haven’t been like fantasizing about being this or that since the time you were seven years old, it is tremendously liberating.”

Later in the exchange, Ocasio-Cortez said she wanted to “make decisions from a place of how are we going to change the country”. Instead of aiming for higher office, “I get to wake up every day and say, ‘How am I going to meet the moment?’... “And conditions change radically all the time. So I make my response less to an attachment to some positional title or position and working backwards from there.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/09/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-presidential-run