2025 DSA Convention
Red Star is excited to be gearing up for Convention, keep an eye on this page for the latest news and updates from the caucus!
NPC Election
Rank and support our NPC Slate! Rank John L, Hazel W, Andrew D, and Adithya P at the top of your ballots! You can read more about the slate here!
Quick Links
🛰️ Red Star Transmissions, an announcements-only Signal chat that we'll be using to keep in touch with friends and fellow travelers before and during convention! (Join here and invite your comrades!)
- Vote Megan Romer #1 for Co-Chair! Megan has been a principled leader the last two years helping lead the democratization and political maturation of DSA, serving as an unwavering ally for Palestinian liberation and anti-imperialism, and continuously developing new leadership behind her in chapters across the country. Read more below about Megan's work as a communist, popular educator, and mother in the words of comrades across the organization.
Megan Romer for Co-Chair
As DSA’s National Convention rapidly approaches and the 2023-2025 NPC term draws to a close, Red Star would like to shine some light on the stakes of the co-chair race and make the case for Megan Romer’s re-election. We have offered our own accounting of the past two
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- Support a motion to split out NPC expansion and DemComm rechartering from the rest of the Democracy Commission Omnibus!
Red Star Opposes NPC Expansion (Again)
Red Star recommends that Delegates support a motion to divide the question on the DemComm Omnibus. We support specifically separating NPC Expansion and DemComm Rechartering from the other planks, and voting these two items down. If the Omnibus is not divided, we support voting down the entire thing.
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Resolution Recommendations
*Caucus-submitted proposals marked with asterisk
- YES on CB03: Bylaws Amendment Clarifying Setting Fee Structures for the Organization's Print Publications
- YES on CB04: Fair Representation via STV Delegate Elections
- NO on CB02: One Member, One Vote for National Leadership Elections
- *YES on R44-A01: For a Member-Guided Budgeting Process
- YES if amended on R44: Resolution on Staff, Contractors, and Budgeting
- YES on CR05-A02: One DSA: Toward a Unified Endorsement Process
- YES on CR05-A03: Towards Deliberative Federal Endorsements
- NO on R06: One Member, One Vote for Federal Endorsements
- YES on R33-A02: Building a United Front Toward 2028
- NO on CR02-A02: Democratic Socialist Internationalism
- NO on R22-A01: Align with the BDS Movement
- YES if unamended on R22: For a Fighting Anti-Zionist DSA
- *YES on R01-A01: DSA for Palestinian Self-Determination
- NO on R01-A02: DSA Endorses the One Democratic State Campaign
- *YES on R42-A01: For a Strike Ready Labor for an Arms Embargo
- YES on R47: Resolution to Censure U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- NO on R43-A01: Towards a Well-Financed Federation
- YES on R03-A01: Not Just Large Chapters
- YES on CR09-A01: Amendment for the Organizational Merger of QSWG and TRBA
More About Our NPC Slate
Announcing the Red Star NPC Slate for DSA Convention 2025
This is a critical moment for DSA. Our organization has experienced large growth in response to the second Trump administration as more and more people grow increasingly radicalized by capitalist institutions undergoing deepening states of decay. The challenges facing DSA are substantial; capitalism is flailing against its own crises by
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Scroll down to also find links to NPC questionnaires, video statements and panels our candidates have participated in.
Other Convention Links
Convention 2025 Platform
Build The Foundation to Raise the Roof DSA’s greatest strength resides in Chapters, where hands-on democracy, face-to-face organizing, and connections with local workers create the conditions to recruit and develop committed socialist cadre. Red Star will prioritize efforts to Increase Resources for Chapters to provide the skills and funding
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Build the Foundation to Raise the Roof: Red Star’s Strategy and Orientation Towards DSA
DSA finds itself in a defining political moment—amid global crises and the unsustainability of global capitalism, the contradictions that face DSA must be confronted. Joseph H. argues that we must build a foundation that prioritizes member-organizers to raise the roof on a vanguard party.
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Retrospective on our 2023 Leadership Pledge and NPC Term
Leadership Pledge Retrospective, Part One
Improving DSA’s Publications, Building a Socialists in Office Committee, and Improving the Functioning of the NPC
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Leadership Pledge Retrospective, Part Two
Expanding the Growth and Development Committee, Disciplined Communication and Commitment to the NPC, and Partnership with the Staff Union
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Leadership Pledge Retrospective, Part Three
Building the Connection Between NPC and Chapters, Addressing DSA’s Grievance Process, and Addressing DSA’s Budget Crisis
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More from Zenith Volume 4
Read more from our most recent issue of Zenith on Red Star's analysis of the present challenges DSA faces, and how we hope to address them. Pre-order a print edition of Zenith here for pickup at convention!
Zenith Volume 4
Announcing volume four of Zenith, a journal of theory and practice from Red Star.
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More About Red Star
Red Star Points of Unity
Red Star elaborates on what the caucus is, what we believe, and how we approach DSA.
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