DFA Hosts Young Dem Socialist Speaker Wed. Oct 11

Written by: Aaron Voldman on Oct 11, 2006 2:56 AM EDT

****David Duhade Speaks to DFA at Rosenthal South Lounge at 9 pm on Wednesday, October 11****

Hi DFA!

DFA will host Young Democratic Socialists National Organizer David Duhade at Rosenthal South Lounge at 9 PM on Wednesday, October 11. David will speak about 'Radical and Electoral Politics in Contemporary America.' We will be phone banking in Rosenthal South from 7-9 PM, so this will be a great way to end our phone banking and remind ourselves why we do the work that we do. DFA is pleased to host David and I hope that all of you can join us and continue to engage in the democratic discourse we hold dear.

Thanks!

-Aaron Voldman

Description of Young Democratic Socialists:

We are a diverse collective, informed and inspired by a variety of movements and figures in the long struggle for social justice. From the American labor movement, to the fight for civil rights, from European Social Democracy to women's liberation, the Young Democratic Socialists takes lessons and hope from the wide history of our progressive project. But YDS is not a theoretical debating society. We are proud of our heritage as socialists, but don't get bogged down in endless arguments about how many Karl Marx books can fit on the head of a pin. We are the nation's largest socialist student and youth organization, but unlike many socialist groups, we don't think we are the end-all-be-all of progressive politics in America. We work in coalitions, as a principled ally of a variety of struggles. We work to be a socialist voice within the left, but don't think that we should tell other movements that we have all the answers. We want to see a progressive, democratic majority in the US, and work in good faith to build that majority. Progressive Democrats, queer activists, people of color, Greens, labor activists, feminists, we have come together because we don't think there is currently room in US politics for our vision of a society based on solidarity, instead of greed. We are going to make that room.

For more information, check out www.ydsusa.org

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