How is this "left"? How is this "progressive"? How is this "socialist"?

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65. There are several members of Congress who are members or affiliated.

AOC denounced the rally in a statement today. NYC Comptroller Lander is a DSA member and denounced it before it even happened. There are several prominent DSA members in both NYC and NYS government.

Jamaal Bowman is a member, but he was almost expelled for voting for the Iron Dome missile defense system.

The tone of the letter of warning that they sent him is entitled and disrespectful.

On the Question of Expelling Congressman Bowman
December 2, 2021

As a socialist organization building mass, working class power for the freedom of all oppressed peoples under capitalism and imperialism, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is committed to the Palestinian fight for freedom. Palestinian liberation is an essential part of our struggle for a socialist future, not a symbolic statement, and we are facing a question of how to achieve the power necessary to ensure we are victorious. It is within this context, the context of strategy, that we examine our relationship to DSA member and Congressman Jamaal Bowman following his egregious Iron Dome vote, meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, and recent trip to Israel with J Street, a pro-Israel lobby group.

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Already, we have seen considerable movement from Representative Bowman and his office, and a marked demonstration of interest in both accountability, and collaboration on an effective and strategic path forward to advance the Palestinian cause through progressive struggle on the congressional terrain. This is why the NPC has decided not to expel Bowman. The National Political Committee will not re-endorse Bowman unless he is able to demonstrate solidarity with Palestine in alignment with expectations we have set.

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Palestinian and Black socialist BDS organizers have implored NPC members to use all our organizational leverage to engage Bowman directly to determine whether and how his office can move toward our positions on solidarity with Palestine, before escalating to any further consequences — and to maintain a high degree of discipline about what we communicate publicly, lest we fuel Zionist media narratives.

https://www.dsausa.org/statements/on-the-question-of-expelling-rep-bowman/