Democrat Socialists of America

According to Wikipedia, The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is an organization of democratic socialist, social democratic and labor-oriented members in the United States. The DSA has its roots in the Socialist Party of America (SPA). The organization has at times endorsed Democratic electoral candidates—notably Walter Mondale, Jesse Jackson, John Kerry, Barack Obama and Bernie Sanders—and the Green Party candidate Ralph Nader. map of DSA chapters Map of DSA chapters as of January 2019 The DSA is not only by far the largest socialist organization in the United States in the 21st century, it is also the largest socialist organization in the United States in over a century.

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Seattle Protesters Negotiate Over Leaving ‘Autonomous Zone’

6/12/20

from The Wall Street Journal,

6/12/20:

Six-block area with no police draws threat from Trump, while residents call it ‘a picture of what a new way of living could be’

Black Lives Matter protesters negotiated with local officials here Friday over their terms for leaving a six block area that they have controlled for most of the week without a police presence. The occupation of what has become known as the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, also known as ‘CHAZ,’ began when Mayor Jenny Durkan on Monday ordered police to abandon the East Precinct station, which had been the site of almost daily confrontations between officers and people protesting the killing of a black man, George Floyd, by a white Minneapolis policeman on May 25.

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