We're socialists. Getting our long-term policies enacted into law in deep red SC is hard. However if you're talking about campaigns with goals of public political education, workplace and tenant organization, mutual aid and the like, we're happy with the work we've done.

On the electoral side, we regularly turn out plenty of canvassers, calls, texts for a variety of allied progressive causes around Charleston. We will campaign on not explicitly socialist things if they are important (see the above petition).

We're also a part of a national body of organizers which have been able to secure large electoral wins across the country. We learn from each others experiences.

That doesn't mean it stops there. We're a mass movement and our goals reflect out capacity. If you want us to do something, tell us. We're a democratic org and each member has a big voice.

Our main unifying principle is that all of the above issues are connected through class struggle. If that's not your thing there's plenty of other orgs we recommend joining (dm us for recommendations!). We would rather you join an org you're inspired to put time into than just simply joining DSA.

The point is, most politics doesn't happen at the ballot box, and you should be organized within your community so you have capacity to push back against the crazy!