The DSA International Committee stands in solidarity with the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) and the oppressed peoples of Turkey in the face of criminalization by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Turkey’s other reactionary ethnonationalist forces. The IC calls on the Turkish government to stop its anti-democratic prosecution of the HDP, a part…
In the wake of the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria, the DSA International Committee demands the immediate lifting of US sanctions against Syria. Devastated by more than a decade of war and an illegal and punitive sanctions regime by the US and its allies, the Syrian people are unable to receive proper humanitarian aid…
Translated into Spanish below / Traducido al español a continuación The ten-year anniversary of the passing of President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela reminds us what an important leader the world lost on March 5th, 2013. When Chávez became president in early 1999, he initially espoused a “third way” type of liberal social democracy. However, his…
Translated into French below / Traduit en français ci-dessous DSA’s International Committee expresses its support and solidarity for the campaign of French unions against cutbacks to the state pension system, falsely called pension reform. On February 1, up two million French workers joined mass demonstrations in Paris and other French cities. Millions continue to strike…
The Democratic Socialists of America International Committee (DSA IC) congratulates Ecuador’s Revolución Ciudadana party (RC, Citizen’s Revolution) for its victories in Ecuador’s elections of February 5, 2023. Citizen’s Revolution candidates won election for prefect in seven of the largest provinces of Ecuador as well as elections for mayor in six of Ecuador’s largest cities, including…
The Democratic Socialists of America International Committee (DSA IC) reiterates its opposition to the United States embargo of Cuba and calls on the Biden administration to immediately remove Cuba from the list of State Sponsors of Terror (SSOT). Donald Trump’s secretary of state Mike Pompeo announced Cuba’s designation to the State Sponsor of Terror list…
Translated into Spanish below / Traducido al español a continuación The Democratic Socialists of America International Committee condemns the Peruvian coup government – particularly President Dina Boluarte and the right-wing Congress that supports her – for their illicit power grab and ongoing political violence and repression against students, workers, and farmers who have been mobilizing…
Translated into Portuguese below / Traduzido para o português abaixo The Democratic Socialists of America condemns the coup attempt in Brazil’s capital of Brasilia and calls on the Biden administration to revoke any refuge for former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro. Nearly two years to the day of the invasion of the US Capitol by far-right…
Translated into Spanish below / Traducido al español a continuación The Democratic Socialists of America International Committee (DSA IC) stands in solidarity with the working class of Bolivia and with the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party as they defend Bolivian democracy against violent attacks by far-right groups in the city of Santa Cruz. The current…
Translated into Portuguese below / Traduzido para o português abaixo The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) International Committee congratulates Presidential candidate Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva, Vice-Presidential candidate Gerardo Alckmin, the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL) and the Vamos Juntos pelo Brasil electoral coalition for their historic win in the elections…
