Statements

DSA IC Condemns Ethnic Cleansing by Azerbaijan Government Against Artsakh’s Armenian Population

Translated into Armenian Below /Հայերեն թարգմանությունը հաջորդում է The Democratic Socialists of America International Committee (DSA IC) strongly condemns attempts by the Azerbaijani government to ethnically cleanse the indigenous Armenian population in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). We call on the United States to permanently cease all security assistance to Azerbaijan and work toward a lasting peace that…

DSA Congratulates Citizens Revolution Party in Ecuador

The Democratic Socialists of America International Committee (DSA IC) extends its warm congratulations to the Citizen’s Revolution party in Ecuador for its notable achievements in the August 20th snap general elections. We also recognize the decisive vote in favor of Indigenous-led national referenda against carbon extraction. The elections occurred after the assassinations of Presidential candidate…

#NuncaMas for Democracy in Chile

Translated into Spanish below / Traducido al español a continuación The DSA International Committee commemorates the coup d’etat and death of Chilean President Salvador Allende fifty years ago today. Allende’s Unidad Popular coalition was a shining example of democratic socialism coming to power as a result of worker and peasant mobilization. Allende will be forever…

For a Second Guatemalan Spring

Translated into Spanish below / Traducido al español a continuación The DSA IC congratulates Bernardo Arévalo and Movimiento Semilla for their resounding victory with 58% of the vote in Guatemala’s presidential runoff election on August 20. We stand in solidarity with the Guatemalan people who voted to put an end to elite control and corruption…

DSA IC stands in solidarity with people in Niger against US and French imperialism

Translated into French below / Traduit en français ci-dessous The DSA International Committee condemns France, the United States, and their compradors in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for interfering in the internal affairs of Niger via the imposition of sanctions, the suspension of humanitarian aid, and the threat of military action. These…

DSA IC Stands with President Petro and Expresses Support for the Ceasefire between the Colombian Government and the ELN

Translated into Spanish below / Traducido al español a continuación The Democratic Socialists of America International Committee congratulates President Petro and the Pacto Histórico coalition for their first year leading the first progressive government in modern Colombian history and rejects the media smear campaign against Petro’s administration.  On June 19th, 2022 the Colombian people voted…

DSA IC stands in solidarity with the Swazi people against U.S.-backed dictatorship in Swaziland/eSwatini

The DSA International Committee stands in solidarity with the pro-democracy movement in the Kingdom of eSwatini, commonly referred to as Swaziland by the opposition movement. We condemn King Mswati’s constant and unrelenting repression against left-wing political organizers, women’s groups, LGBTQ+ organizations, political parties, and labor unions.  In 2021, partially inspired by the George Floyd uprisings…

DSA IC supports the people of Guatemala in demanding the June 25th election results be respected, and urges the U.S. to condition bilateral aid on commitments to free elections and human rights

Translated into Spanish below / Traducido al español a continuación The DSA International Committee expresses support for people of Guatemala, who participated widely in the national elections on June 25th. The IC congratulates Movimiento Semilla on their hard-won electoral victories and expresses its support of the Guatemalan people in demanding respect for the June 25th…

DSA IC rejects U.S. media war against MORENA and Mexico

Translated into Spanish below / Traducido al español a continuación The Democratic Socialists of America International Committee (DSA IC) stands in solidarity with the Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (MORENA) against the increase in polemical U.S. media coverage of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) and the MORENA party, the Biden Administration’s newly launched and rebranded war on…

DSA IC stands in solidarity with the People’s Democratic Party and condemns government attacks on democracy in Turkey

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…