Symposium: Organizing After Bernie — Activists Respond

THE HISTORIC SANDERS CAMPAIGN has come to a close, and the strength of social movements will be critical after November, whether to build the left in the face of a
Democratic president carrying out the party’s neoliberal policies or to prevent a reelected Trump from further institutionalizing his and the GOP’s far-right agenda. So
we asked the contributors to this symposium: What organizing projects do you see as essential following the election? Should we continue Sanders’ project of working inside the Democratic Party? Should we build independent social movements, a new political party, networks of self-managed cooperatives? How do we mobilize the broad, diverse, and cross-generational excitement around Sanders’ candidacy into concrete victories after November?

In this symposium:

We’re Not Just Along for the Ride

By: Natalia Tylim Summer 2020

How socialists in organizations outside of the Sanders campaign operate and what this situation demands of us.

After Bernie, DSA Will Be Essential

By: Mindy Isser Summer 2020

Bernie Sanders’ campaign for president has changed politics as we know it.

After the Sanders Campaign

The Struggle for Power Continues

By: Bill Fletcher Jr. Summer 2020

Takeaways from the Sanders campaign and recommendations on a possible road forward.

We Are the Saviors We’ve Been Waiting for

Moving on from Bernie

By: Taheerah Barney Summer 2020

The effort of the media, the DNC, and the Dem establishment to bring Bernie’s campaign to a grinding halt highlights the limits of electoral politics.

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