So, you’ve joined DSA. You attended your first meeting the other day. And like any right-thinking socialist at their first DSA meeting, you identified your politics as ‘to the left of the DSA.’ Now you’re sitting around thinking, ‘why doesn’t DSA have a real socialist caucus?’
Good think you clicked this blog post, my friend, because you’re in luck. I’m going to explain the 5 steps to start a DSA caucus. Read on and enjoy!
1. Find 3 or 4 friends who are unhappy with the current caucus system.
The Libertarian Socialists annoying you again? Not into Reform and Revolution? No Green New Deal for you? Get together with some comrades and start talking about what you can do. Together you can find a better path.
2. Declare yourselves ‘Marxists.’
Hey, DSA doesn’t yet have a real Marxist caucus! That’s where you come in. It’s time you and your friends started one. What are you waiting for? Read on to find out how to do it.
3. Find a name that hasn’t been taken yet.
You’ve got to name your caucus. How about Communion Wafers and Zinnias? Maybe Small Change and Big Uprising? Materialize?
Each of these names is still available.
4. Start a social media page.
As soon as you pick out your name, it’s time to get that Twitter account up and running. How else will you be able to participate in all the latest DSA Twitter gossip and Twitter wars?
5. Start a newsletter.
Finally, you’ve got to get that newsletter off the ground. How else can you fight off all those rivals? That’s when you know you’ve made it!
