R&E Political Discussion 2026

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) outline their core political vision and policy mandates in their comprehensive organizational program, most notably represented by their “Workers Deserve More” platform. Rather than a single traditional manifesto, the DSA's guiding platform targets major economic, social, and structural democratic reforms.
🌟 Thriving Working Class CommunitiesHealthcare for All — Guarantee universal, single-payer Medicare for All at no cost to individuals, inclusive of reproductive and gender-affirming care. This bold text means genital mutillation of children.
Housing for All — Enforce universal rent control, build publicly owned social housing, and strictly regulate corporate investment properties.
Labor Rights — Establish a living minimum wage, mandate paid family leave, and transition standard employment toward a 32-hour workweek with full pay and benefits.Rent control INVARIABLY leads to severe housing shortages.
Green New Deal — Execute a democratic, worker-led transition to clean renewable energy to combat climate change. These people have ZERO understanding of how the energy sector actually operates.
🏛️ Working-Class Democracy
Constitutional Overhaul — Propose a rewrite of the U.S. constitutional framework to eliminate the U.S. Senate and make executive and judicial bodies subordinate to a single-chamber, proportionally representative legislative branch. This requires consent of 38 of the 50 states, of which over 30 will LOSE representation. Good luck passing that.
Electoral Reform — Replace the Electoral College with a national popular vote and dismantle the two-party system in favor of a multi-party democracy. Again, requires 38 states to approve.
Universal Suffrage — Expand full voting and political rights to all permanent residents, including non-citizens and individuals with past criminal convictions. Sure, let the murderers vote on who sets penalties for murder. What could go wrong?
🌐 Working-Class Foreign Policy & Social Justice
Criminal Justice Reform — Demilitarize police forces, disempower police unions, and defund agencies like ICE as steps toward abolishing the conventional mass incarceration and prison systems. Just let all of the criminals loose to commit more crimes.
Immigration — Grant full legal status and amnesty to undocumented immigrants currently residing in the United States.
Anti-Imperialism — Oppose economic blockades and foreign military interventions, emphasizing international solidarity with working-class movements abroad. Working class movements abroad means COMMUNISTS.