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submitted 1 year ago by Chapo_is_Red@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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This vibes anecdotally with my local chapter. In the face of overwhelming membership solidarity with Palestinian liberation, the social imperialist reactionaries are purging themselves.

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[-] hotcouchguy@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

expulsion of the international committee

What happened? I havent kept up I guess. The international committee seemed great.

[-] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They were, in fact cool, which is why they harshly criticized Bowman for voting to send Israel money for the Iron Dome and went on a visit to Israel.

The working group demanded that he break ties with Zionist lobbyests like J Street which sponsored the trip. Bowman refused. The working group demanded that DSA begin the process of expelling Bowman.

DSA National Leadership pissed its pants and dechartered the working group

Actually, you know what I hate that I know all this shit. I'm going to forget it right fucking now

[-] Chapo_is_Red@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

One of the members of the disbanded working group, Ahmed Husain, was elected to DSA's national political committee.

[-] porcupine@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 1 year ago

I remembered incorrectly: it was the Palestine solidarity/BGS workgroup that got dechartered around the time of the Bowman affair. I recall pretty continuous calls for the expulsion of the IC at the time, and it got conflated in my memory.