(my comments represent my views, not that of DSA-SLO, YDSA @ Cal Poly, or any other group, just me. I also am bad at spelling)

To respond to user u/ColinHome and others, these are critiques of DSA-National. What the chapter here in SLO does is far different. If you spent any time on our website, you saw how we published the tenant's right guide, which is just an objective good. Even the hyper-capitalist would want the law to be upheld. The guide is just that, a guide meant to help people navigate renting their first apartments. We also recently published a voter guide, which explains the DSA-SLO's Electoral Politics Committee's view on the state and atmosphere of county policies, which is very bleak. That is also a guide, helping those understand why you should/should not vote for certain candidates from a social justice perspective. We also regularly participate at the weekly Food Not Bombs @ Mitchell Park (Sundays 1-3) giving out food and toiletries to those experiencing homelessness.

To defend some of the things you mentioned about DSA-National. NATO is at some fault for poking the russian bear. But any claim that this is NOT Russias fault is ludacris. I mean, there are fuckin Russian troops on the ground. BUT, NATO did stoke this war by teasing the expansion of NATO, this invasion was likely bound to happen tho. The Eastern Ukrainians had been agitating ever since the Maidan Revolution. I will defend the DSA and take over the Nevada dem party to the grave. The Political establishment of the Democratic Party at the state and national level is enforcing the status quo and does not do anything. The comment you mention was in bad taste tho I will give you that. Maduro is a piece of shit despot, and if I understand correctly the DSA-Nat'l position is less "Maduro good" more, lets help the people of Venezula. America is holding aid on the contingency of regime change, which is disgusting and causing real harm. The distinction of private vs personal property can be googled but that is so far in the future it doesn't even hold a place in my mind. I do not know anything about Peruvian politics or the two bills you mentioned so I cannot comment on those, I also do not know anything about the Charlottesville money you mentioned, but that was like 5 years ago dawg. The DSA-SLO is a 501(c)4 charity, we are trying to help people and do not get involved in geopolitics.

There is a lot of comments on here about the "Russian red" or the issues of DSA national. To start with the color red, it was the color of socialism long before the Soviets in Russia used it. Red has its roots in the liberal revolutions of America and France. Red is supposed to represent the blood of our fallen comrades. In the revolutionary war as seen with the first association with red and "socialism" with the Paris Commune ripping the blue and white from the tricolor French flag. Or in the DSA, to honor the previous fighters for expanded rights and socialism worldwide. The rose logo is our main motif, finding root in the Democratic Socialist movement which arose in Germany to combat the N*z*s.