What I would say is people usually categorize B&R as "left" when compared to SMC and GW, totally discounting international issues. As far as I can tell B&R might be the absolute furthest right on international issues of any major caucus. I'm weirdly glad they did not do well on the NPC this convention.

I'm planning on putting together a write up once convention ends on Sunday. Maybe while I'm sitting in the airport.

AOC was barred from the DSA

That would be news to me! The most I've heard is National (not NYC DSA) has rescinded their endorsement back in June. And there's a resolution at convention to officially censure AOC, which I think has a good chance of passing after the iron dome shit.

There's a little bit of that. A lot of the anti-Zionist resolutions call for us to join this-or-that coalition, and a lot of the electoral ones call for us to form some kind of left-labor coalition as part of running for office (such as recruiting candidates from unions). In general, you're more likely to see united front stuff being hammered out locally on specific issues. The PSL chapter in my town likes us, for instance, which I don't think is necessarily true for their national org (jack can correct me, lol).

would love to know where DSA and the members you see are going with their thoughts on China, Russia, Iran

As with many things, there's a huge range of opinion. Probably the broadest statement I can make is that DSA is overwhelmingly anti-war and anti-intervention. There are a lot of strong resolutions regarding Palestine on the table this year. Also a few foreign parties, including delegates from Cuba, will be here.

curious about their revolutionary energy, and their thoughts on the Democratic Party

A common topic! Zohran's recent win has added a lot to the debate, with both the "dirty break" (only use the Dem ballot line if necessary, otherwise run independent) and the "realignment" (always run as Dems and take over the party (lmao)) people calling him a win for their position. There are resolutions up for debate that call for creating third-party ballot lines which DSA can use, and we are likely to see some kind of commitment to a big push in the next couple of elections to establish a presence in federal congress.

As far as revolutionary energy, there's no resolution for forming an armed wing yet

uhhhh, i don't think this doxxes me so, hi, i will literally be there. ama if anyone wants to know anything.

edit: to answer your question, yes there are multiple caucuses that present themselves as ML. the most notable ones nationally are Red Star and Marxist Unity Group

As a website that is (someone correct me if I'm wrong!) overwhelmingly American, I assume it's like this just because more people are actually familiar with the full electoral context in a way that most aren't for other countries. I'd guess that if this site was majority Estonian or something, local election discussion for that country would be very controversial.

How very convenient when one's analysis requires them to stay at home and do nothing.

I have spent a lot of time talking shit about NYC-DSA and I must now shut up and listen. Amazing work.

As a fellow grass-toucher, this post goes hard. I have never in my life been to a more libbed-up protest but I was happy to be there with my comrades. I think many armchair organizers are far more worried about appearing the same as liberals when instead they should be worried about making more socialists.

Protest where I'm at was much bigger than I was anticipating for a short notice action on a weekday.

I have a pet theory that a lot of Americans, including unorganized folks, really crave that sense of revolutionary freedom that was in the air during summer of 2020, and I think it's easy to see potential for that in LA. Though how far any of this goes is hard to judge from where we're standing now.

My org got pulled from the speaker list of a TDOV event explicitly because we were going to call out Democratic inaction on trans issues. It sucks, but I always hope situations like this push people towards more narrowly targeted actions that are organized by socialists and labor instead of these coalition-based mass demonstrations.