Activist Agenda Proposal: Renegotiate NAFTA
For most members of the Young Democratic Socialists, 1994 merely marks another year of their childhood. It was in 1994, however, that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the United States, Canada, and Mexico was signed. This trade agreement, under a Democratic president and during the beginning of post-Cold […]
Activist Agenda Proposal: Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) Solidarity
Since 2001, the Florida-based Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and their partner the Student Farmworker Alliance (SFA) have worked tirelessly to fight for the rights of immigrants and tomato pickers. Their battle for an extra penny per pound of picked tomatos. Although the battles have been hard […]
Activist Agenda Proposal: Access to and Quality of Education
Horace Mann once said, “Education, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of man, the balance-wheel of the social machinery.” Democratic socialists must confront the offensive inequality that plagues our country’s K-12 public education systems if we are to close […]
This is a response to the criticisms of the proposal to rename the YDS. You can read the amendment draft and the lively debate that followed here, please continue any further debate on this post
I want to thank everyone who has taken the time read my proposal. I especially want to express my […]
Proposal to Amend the Constitution of the Young Democratic Socialists, USA
For the 2008 YDS National Convention
The YDS Constitution will be amended as follows:
Article 1 will remove:
The name of the organization shall be the Young Democratic Socialists, USA.
Article 1 will add:
The name of the organization shall be the Campus Democratic Socialists of America.
Note well: This goes […]
Today the media is in full Princess Diana mode, commemorating the 170th anniversary of Charles Fourier’s passing.
In my view, Fourier and other utopian socialists have been unfairly maligned by Marxists. After all, the utopians had it right - yes the antagonisms inherent to capitalism are powerful factors in social change, but ultimately a socialist future […]
“We need to move the heart and soul of the anti-war movement closer to the ground; closer to the average person. Each individual needs to feel that they are contributing to building this mighty movement. The work of Young Democratic Socialists has been key to this. We need you to keep the pressure on because […]
As a Democratic Socialist on a conservative campus, it is rather difficult to have a multitude of individuals from both sides of the political and ideological spectrum to rally around a particular cause for the prerogatives and freedoms of human beings around the world. However, from September 21st to September 23rd The Young Democratic […]
If you have been searching the left side of the political map at Butler and feeling alone, maybe you did not spot the tiny island called Butler Young Democratic Socialists.
For several weeks, black and white posters have boldly asked students who pass through Jordan Hall and Atherton Union, “Could you be a socialist?”
Six students and […]
YDS Summer Conference 2007
“Socialist Summer School”
By David Duhalde - National Organizer
The 2007 Socialist Summer School was held at Local 1199 SEIU Martin Luther King, Jr. Labor Center in New York City, August 10-12, 2007. This was the most promising and exciting gathering in my four years as a member of the Young […]
